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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
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:
(Thousands of Dollars and Shares, Except Per Common Share Data) | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated: | 45,766 |  |  | 27,481 |  |  | 34,961 |
Weighted average Common Stock | 57,009 |  |  | 56,481 |  |  | 55,493 |
Less non-vested restricted Common Stock | (2,307 | ) |  | (2,491 | ) |  | (2,295 | )
Basic average Common Stock | 54,702 |  |  | 53,990 |  |  | 53,198 |
Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock | 1,246 |  |  | 1,402 |  |  | 1,026 |
Diluted average Common Stock | 55,948 |  |  | 55,392 |  |  | 54,224 |
Earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |
Basic: | 0.84 |  |  | 0.51 |  |  | 0.66 |
Diluted | 0.82 |  |  | 0.50 |  |  | 0.64 |

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