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Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements (Details) (USD $) | Dec. 28, 2014 | Sep. 28, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 30, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2013 | May 01, 2013
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Investments | $ 7,272,000 us-gaap_FairValueEstimateNotPracticableInvestments |  |  |  |  |
Warrant liability fair value | 12,110,000 lee_Warrantliabilityfairvalue | 10,808,000 lee_Warrantliabilityfairvalue | 16,930,000 lee_Warrantliabilityfairvalue | 16,930,000 lee_Warrantliabilityfairvalue | 16,930,000 lee_Warrantliabilityfairvalue |
Senior Notes [Member] [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Fair Value | 412,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = lee_SeniorNotesMemberMember |  |  |  |  |
2nd Lien Agreement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Fair Value | 157,500,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = lee_A2NdLienAgreementMember |  |  |  |  |
1st Lien Agreement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Fair Value | 213,749,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = lee_A1StLienAgreementMember |  |  |  |  |
New Second Lien Loan [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount | 150,000,000 us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewSecondLienLoanMember | 150,000,000 us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewSecondLienLoanMember |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount | 150,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewSecondLienLoanMember |  |  |  |  |
New Pulitzer Notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount | 19,000,000 us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewPulitzerNotesMember | 23,000,000 us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewPulitzerNotesMember |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount |  |  |  |  |  | 94,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewPulitzerNotesMember
Senior Notes [Member] [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount | $ 400,000,000 us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_SeniorNotesMemberMember |  |  |  |  |

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