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Earnings per Common Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 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 per common share:

	13 Weeks Ended				26 Weeks Ended
(Thousands of Dollars and Shares, Except Per Share Data)	March 27 2016		March 29 2015		March 27 2016		March 29 2015
Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated:	19,228		1,800		30,465		11,553
Weighted average common shares	55,610		54,506		55,231		54,206
Less weighted average restricted Common Stock	(2,434	)	(2,012	)	(2,073	)	(1,724	)
Basic average common shares	53,176		52,494		53,158		52,482
Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock	575		1,381		619		1,434
Diluted average common shares	53,751		53,875		53,777		53,916
Earnings per common share:
Basic	0.36		0.03		0.57		0.22
Diluted	0.36		0.03		0.57		0.21

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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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