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Earnings per Common Share (Tables)

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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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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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