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Earnings per Common Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

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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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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