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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 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 per common share:
| 13 Weeks Ended |
(Thousands of Dollars and Shares, Except Per Share Data) | December 27 2015 |  | December 28 2014 |
Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated: | 11,237 |  | 9,753 |
Weighted average common shares | 54,856 |  | 53,913 |
Less weighted average restricted Common Stock | (1,716 | ) | (1,442 | )
Basic average common shares | 53,140 |  | 52,471 |
Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock | 718 |  | 1,483 |
Diluted average common shares | 53,858 |  | 53,954 |
Earnings per common share: |  |
Basic | 0.21 |  | 0.19 |
Diluted | 0.21 |  | 0.18 |

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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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