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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2015
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) | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Income (loss) attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated: |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | 23,316 |  |  | 6,795 |  |  | (77,071 | )
Discontinued operations | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,246 | )
| 23,316 |  |  | 6,795 |  |  | (78,317 | )
Weighted average Common Stock | 54,430 |  |  | 53,438 |  |  | 52,333 |
Less non-vested restricted Common Stock | (1,790 | ) |  | (1,165 | ) |  | (500 | )
Basic average Common Stock | 52,640 |  |  | 52,273 |  |  | 51,833 |
Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock | 1,291 |  |  | 1,463 |  |  | — |
Diluted average Common Stock | 53,931 |  |  | 53,736 |  |  | 51,833 |
Earnings (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |
Basic: |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | 0.44 |  |  | 0.13 |  |  | (1.49 | )
Discontinued operations | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.02 | )
| 0.44 |  |  | 0.13 |  |  | (1.51 | )
Diluted: |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | 0.43 |  |  | 0.13 |  |  | (1.49 | )
Discontinued operations | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.02 | )
| 0.43 |  |  | 0.13 |  |  | (1.51 | )

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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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