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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 26, 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 |  | 39 Weeks Ended |
(Thousands of Dollars and Shares, Except Per Share Data) | June 26 2016 |  | June 28 2015 |  | June 26 2016 |  | June 28 2015 |
Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated: | 4,092 |  | 1,882 |  | 34,557 |  | 13,435 |
Weighted average common shares | 55,735 |  | 54,642 |  | 55,398 |  | 54,352 |
Less weighted average restricted Common Stock | (2,524 | ) | (2,045 | ) | (2,222 | ) | (1,831 | )
Basic average common shares | 53,211 |  | 52,597 |  | 53,176 |  | 52,521 |
Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock | 1,114 |  | 1,459 |  | 783 |  | 1,436 |
Diluted average common shares | 54,325 |  | 54,056 |  | 53,959 |  | 53,957 |
Earnings per common share: |  |  |  |
Basic | 0.08 |  | 0.04 |  | 0.65 |  | 0.26 |
Diluted | 0.08 |  | 0.03 |  | 0.64 |  | 0.25 |

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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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