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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
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Investments	$ 7,272,000us-gaap_FairValueEstimateNotPracticableInvestments
Warrant liability fair value	12,110,000lee_Warrantliabilityfairvalue	10,808,000lee_Warrantliabilityfairvalue	16,930,000lee_Warrantliabilityfairvalue	16,930,000lee_Warrantliabilityfairvalue	16,930,000lee_Warrantliabilityfairvalue
Senior Notes [Member] [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	412,000,000us-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	157,500,000us-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	213,749,000us-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	150,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewSecondLienLoanMember	150,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewSecondLienLoanMember
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	150,000,000us-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	19,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewPulitzerNotesMember	23,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewPulitzerNotesMember
Debt Instrument, Face Amount						94,000,000us-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	$ 400,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_SeniorNotesMemberMember

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 835

-SubTopic 30

-Section 45

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- Definition

This item represents a financial instrument (as defined) for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value. Such disclosure may be for an individual financial instrument or a class of financial instruments.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

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-Subparagraph a, f, g

-Article 7

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The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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