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Earnings per Common Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 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 per common share:

		13 Weeks Ended
	(Thousands of Dollars and Shares, Except Per Share Data)	December 28 2014		December 29 2013
	Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated:	9,753		11,892
	Weighted average common shares	53,913		52,886
	Less weighted average restricted Common Stock	(1,442	)	805
	Basic average common shares	52,471		52,081
	Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock	1,483		1,178
	Diluted average common shares	53,954		53,259
	Earnings per common share:
	Basic	0.19		0.23
	Diluted	0.18		0.22

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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.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 260

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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