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Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements Not Practicable (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 29, 2015	Sep. 28, 2014	Jan. 30, 2012
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
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Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount	764,250,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount	804,750,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
New Pulitzer Notes [Member]
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Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount	9,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewPulitzerNotesMember	23,000,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_NewPulitzerNotesMember
Pulitzer Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount			$ 126,355,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = lee_PulitzerNotesMember

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 25

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51813488&loc=d3e22054-111558



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph a, f, g

-Article 7

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