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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 25, 2016
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) | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated: | 34,961 |  |  | 23,316 |  |  | 6,795 |
Weighted average Common Stock | 55,493 |  |  | 54,430 |  |  | 53,438 |
Less non-vested restricted Common Stock | (2,295 | ) |  | (1,790 | ) |  | (1,165 | )
Basic average Common Stock | 53,198 |  |  | 52,640 |  |  | 52,273 |
Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock | 1,026 |  |  | 1,291 |  |  | 1,463 |
Diluted average Common Stock | 54,224 |  |  | 53,931 |  |  | 53,736 |
Earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |
Basic: | 0.66 |  |  | 0.44 |  |  | 0.13 |
Diluted | 0.64 |  |  | 0.43 |  |  | 0.13 |

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