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Earnings per Common Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 25, 2017

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 25 2017		June 26 2016		June 25 2017		June 26 2016
Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated:	5,995		4,092		24,296		34,557
Weighted average common shares	56,668		55,735		56,401		55,398
Less weighted average restricted Common Stock	(2,515	)	(2,524	)	(2,491	)	(2,222	)
Basic average common shares	54,153		53,211		53,910		53,176
Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock	1,302		1,114		1,492		783
Diluted average common shares	55,455		54,325		55,402		53,959
Earnings per common share:
Basic	0.11		0.08		0.45		0.65
Diluted	0.11		0.08		0.44		0.64

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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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