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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 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:
|  | 13 Weeks Ended |  | 26 Weeks Ended |
| (Thousands of Dollars and Shares, Except Per Share Data) | March 31 2013 |  | March 25 2012 |  | March 31 2013 |  | March 25 2012 |
| Income (loss) attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated: |  |  |  |
| Continuing operations | (3,702 | ) | (26,340 | ) | 9,822 |  | (11,931 | )
| Discontinued operations | (2,293 | ) | (285 | ) | (1,247 | ) | (141 | )
|  | (5,995 | ) | (26,625 | ) | 8,575 |  | (12,072 | )
| Weighted average common shares | 52,296 |  | 49,552 |  | 52,295 |  | 47,242 |
| Less non-vested restricted Common Stock | 500 |  | — |  | 500 |  | — |
| Basic average common shares | 51,796 |  | 49,552 |  | 51,795 |  | 47,242 |
| Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock | — |  | — |  | 71 |  | — |
| Diluted average common shares | 51,796 |  | 49,552 |  | 51,866 |  | 47,242 |
| Earnings (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |
| Basic: |  |  |  |
| Continuing operations | (0.07 | ) | (0.53 | ) | 0.19 |  | (0.25 | )
| Discontinued operations | (0.04 | ) | (0.01 | ) | (0.02 | ) | — |
|  | (0.12 | ) | (0.54 | ) | 0.17 |  | (0.26 | )
| Diluted: |  |  |  |
| Continuing operations | (0.07 | ) | (0.53 | ) | 0.19 |  | (0.25 | )
| Discontinued operations | (0.04 | ) | (0.01 | ) | (0.02 | ) | — |
|  | (0.12 | ) | (0.54 | ) | 0.17 |  | (0.26 | )

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