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Earnings per Common Share | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2014
Earnings Loss Per Common Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share [Text Block] | EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE 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 30 2014 |  | March 31 2013 |  | March 30 2014 |  | March 31 2013 |
| Income (loss) attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated: |  |  |  |
| Continuing operations | 1,486 |  | (3,702 | ) | 13,378 |  | 9,822 |
| Discontinued operations | — |  | (2,293 | ) | — |  | (1,247 | )
|  | 1,486 |  | (5,995 | ) | 13,378 |  | 8,575 |
| Weighted average common shares | 53,519 |  | 52,296 |  | 53,199 |  | 52,295 |
| Less weighted average restricted Common Stock | 1,296 |  | 500 |  | 1,048 |  | 500 |
| Basic average common shares | 52,223 |  | 51,796 |  | 52,151 |  | 51,795 |
| Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock | 1,575 |  | — |  | 1,390 |  | 71 |
| Diluted average common shares | 53,798 |  | 51,796 |  | 53,541 |  | 51,866 |
| Earnings (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |
| Basic: |  |  |  |
| Continuing operations | 0.03 |  | (0.07 | ) | 0.26 |  | 0.19 |
| Discontinued operations | — |  | (0.04 | ) | — |  | (0.02 | )
|  | 0.03 |  | (0.12 | ) | 0.26 |  | 0.17 |
| Diluted: |  |  |  |
| Continuing operations | 0.03 |  | (0.07 | ) | 0.25 |  | 0.19 |
| Discontinued operations | — |  | (0.04 | ) | — |  | (0.02 | )
|  | 0.03 |  | (0.12 | ) | 0.25 |  | 0.17 |
For the 13 weeks and 26 weeks ended March 30, 2014, we had 98,000 and 100,000 weighted average shares, respectively, not considered in the computation of diluted earnings per common share because the stock option exercise price was in excess of the fair market value of our Common Stock. No stock options were considered in the computation of loss per common share in the 13 weeks ended March 31, 2013. For the 26 weeks ended March 31, 2013, we had 2,985,000 weighted average shares not considered in the computation of diluted earnings per common share because the stock option exercise price was in excess of the fair market value of our Common Stock.

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