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Earnings per Common Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

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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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
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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