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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 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 |  | 39 Weeks Ended |
| (Thousands of Dollars and Shares, Except Per Share Data) | June 30 2013 |  | June 24 2012 |  | June 30 2013 |  | June 24 2012 |
| Income (loss) attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated: |  |  |  |
| Continuing operations | 1,795 |  | (1,061 | ) | 11,619 |  | (12,991 | )
| Discontinued operations | — |  | (412 | ) | (1,247 | ) | (553 | )
|  | 1,795 |  | (1,473 | ) | 10,372 |  | (13,544 | )
| Weighted average common shares | 52,325 |  | 51,731 |  | 52,305 |  | 48,733 |
| Less non-vested restricted Common Stock | 500 |  | — |  | 500 |  | — |
| Basic average common shares | 51,825 |  | 51,731 |  | 51,805 |  | 48,733 |
| Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock | 213 |  | — |  | 107 |  | — |
| Diluted average common shares | 52,038 |  | 51,731 |  | 51,912 |  | 48,733 |
| Earnings (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |
| Basic: |  |  |  |
| Continuing operations | 0.03 |  | (0.02 | ) | 0.22 |  | (0.27 | )
| Discontinued operations | — |  | (0.01 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.01 | )
|  | 0.03 |  | (0.03 | ) | 0.20 |  | (0.28 | )
| Diluted: |  |  |  |
| Continuing operations | 0.03 |  | (0.02 | ) | 0.22 |  | (0.27 | )
| Discontinued operations | — |  | (0.01 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.01 | )
|  | 0.03 |  | (0.03 | ) | 0.20 |  | (0.28 | )

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