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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share:
(Thousands of Dollars and Shares, Except Per Common Share Data) | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Loss attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated: |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | (77,071 | ) |  | (13,780 | ) |  | (145,343 | )
Discontinued operations | (1,246 | ) |  | (2,918 | ) |  | (1,525 | )
| (78,317 | ) |  | (16,698 | ) |  | (146,868 | )
Weighted average Common Shares | 52,333 |  |  | 49,357 |  |  | 44,912 |
Less non-vested restricted Common Stock | (500 | ) |  | (96 | ) |  | (65 | )
Basic average Common Shares | 51,833 |  |  | 49,261 |  |  | 44,847 |
Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Diluted average Common Shares | 51,833 |  |  | 49,261 |  |  | 44,847 |
Earnings (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |
Basic: |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | (1.49 | ) |  | (0.28 | ) |  | (3.24 | )
Discontinued operations | (0.02 | ) |  | (0.06 | ) |  | (0.03 | )
| (1.51 | ) |  | (0.34 | ) |  | (3.27 | )
Diluted: |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | (1.49 | ) |  | (0.28 | ) |  | (3.24 | )
Discontinued operations | (0.02 | ) |  | (0.06 | ) |  | (0.03 | )
| (1.51 | ) |  | (0.34 | ) |  | (3.27 | )

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