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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2014
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 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 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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