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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
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 |  | 26 Weeks Ended |
(Thousands of Dollars and Shares, Except Per Share Data) | March 31 2019 |  | March 25 2018 |  | March 31 2019 |  | March 25 2018 |
(Loss) Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated: | (2,678 | ) | 2,239 |  | 7,683 |  | 37,242 |
Weighted average common shares | 57,703 |  | 57,070 |  | 57,501 |  | 56,924 |
Less weighted average restricted Common Stock | (2,095 | ) | (2,378 | ) | (2,097 | ) | (2,416 | )
Basic average common shares | 55,608 |  | 54,692 |  | 55,404 |  | 54,508 |
Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock | — |  | 1,169 |  | 1,287 |  | 1,309 |
Diluted average common shares | 55,608 |  | 55,861 |  | 56,691 |  | 55,817 |
Earnings per common share: |  |  |  |
Basic | (0.05 | ) | 0.04 |  | 0.14 |  | 0.68 |
Diluted | (0.05 | ) | 0.04 |  | 0.14 |  | 0.67 |

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