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Earnings per Common Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 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 per common share:

		13 Weeks Ended				26 Weeks Ended
	(Thousands of Dollars and Shares, Except Per Share Data)	March 29 2015		March 30 2014		March 29 2015		March 30 2014
	Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated:	1,800		1,486		11,553		13,378
	Weighted average common shares	54,506		53,519		54,206		53,199
	Less weighted average restricted Common Stock	(2,012	)	(1,296	)	(1,724	)	(1,048	)
	Basic average common shares	52,494		52,223		52,482		52,151
	Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock	1,381		1,575		1,434		1,390
	Diluted average common shares	53,875		53,798		53,916		53,541
	Earnings per common share:
	Basic	0.03		0.03		0.22		0.26
	Diluted	0.03		0.03		0.21		0.25

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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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