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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information [Table Text Block]

	Quarter Ended
(Thousands of Dollars, Except Per Common Share Data)	December			March			June			September
2018
Operating revenue	143,786			127,805			132,618			139,746
Net income	35,327			2,533			4,750			4,438
Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated	35,003			2,239			4,458			4,066
Earnings per common share:
Basic	0.64			0.04			0.08			0.07
Diluted	0.63			0.04			0.08			0.07
2017
Operating revenue	153,989			133,387			139,355			140,212
Net income	12,440			6,377			6,287			3,501
Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated	12,173			6,128			5,995			3,185
Earnings (loss) per common share:
Basic	0.23			0.11			0.11			0.06
Diluted	0.22			0.11			0.11			0.06

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Tabular disclosure of quarterly financial data. Includes, but is not limited to, financial information for fiscal quarters, cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 270
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)-(j)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173487&loc=d3e1280-108306

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