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Investments in Associated Companies Summarized Financial Information (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
Mar. 30, 2014
Mar. 29, 2015
Mar. 30, 2014
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]        
Equity in earnings of associated companies $ 1,653,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 1,593,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 4,410,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 4,512,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Equity Method Investee- TNI [Member]        
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]        
Share of TNI Operating Expenses (130,000)lee_ShareOfTniOperatingExpenses
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(41,000)lee_ShareOfTniOperatingExpenses
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(198,000)lee_ShareOfTniOperatingExpenses
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(34,000)lee_ShareOfTniOperatingExpenses
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Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Revenue 14,373,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue
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15,065,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue
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29,973,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue
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31,137,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue
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Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Operating Expenses Excluding Depreciation, Amortization And Workforce Adjustments 11,745,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingExpensesExcludingDepreciationAmortizationAndWorkforceAdjustments
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12,297,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingExpensesExcludingDepreciationAmortizationAndWorkforceAdjustments
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23,847,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingExpensesExcludingDepreciationAmortizationAndWorkforceAdjustments
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24,667,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingExpensesExcludingDepreciationAmortizationAndWorkforceAdjustments
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Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Workforce Adjustments 0lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationWorkforceAdjustments
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0lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationWorkforceAdjustments
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= lee_EquityMethodInvesteeTniMember
0lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationWorkforceAdjustments
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= lee_EquityMethodInvesteeTniMember
(87,000)lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationWorkforceAdjustments
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Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Operating Income 2,628,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingIncome
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2,768,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingIncome
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6,126,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingIncome
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6,557,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingIncome
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Income (Loss) From Equity Method Investments Before Amortization 1,314,000lee_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsBeforeAmortization
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1,384,000lee_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsBeforeAmortization
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3,063,000lee_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsBeforeAmortization
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3,279,000lee_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsBeforeAmortization
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Amortization Of Intangible Assets- TNI 105,000lee_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssetsTni
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104,000lee_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssetsTni
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209,000lee_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssetsTni
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209,000lee_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssetsTni
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Equity in earnings of associated companies 1,209,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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1,280,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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2,854,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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3,070,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Next Twelve Months 418,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentAmortizationOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNextTwelveMonths
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  418,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentAmortizationOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNextTwelveMonths
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Rolling Year Two 418,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentsAmortizationOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsRollingYearTwo
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  418,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentsAmortizationOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsRollingYearTwo
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Three 418,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentsAmortizationOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsYearThree
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  418,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentsAmortizationOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsYearThree
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Four 418,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentsAmortizationOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsYearFour
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  418,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentsAmortizationOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsYearFour
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Five 418,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentsAmortizationOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsYearFive
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  418,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentsAmortizationOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsYearFive
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Equity Method Investee- MNI [Member]        
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]        
Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Revenue 16,022,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue
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16,119,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue
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34,678,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue
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33,432,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationRevenue
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Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Operating Expenses Excluding Depreciation, Amortization And Workforce Adjustments 14,178,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingExpensesExcludingDepreciationAmortizationAndWorkforceAdjustments
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14,597,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingExpensesExcludingDepreciationAmortizationAndWorkforceAdjustments
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28,810,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingExpensesExcludingDepreciationAmortizationAndWorkforceAdjustments
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27,856,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingExpensesExcludingDepreciationAmortizationAndWorkforceAdjustments
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Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Workforce Adjustments 47,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationWorkforceAdjustments
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229,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationWorkforceAdjustments
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= lee_EquityMethodInvesteeMniMember
57,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationWorkforceAdjustments
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229,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationWorkforceAdjustments
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Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Depreciation And Amortization 463,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationDepreciationAndAmortization
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398,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationDepreciationAndAmortization
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927,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationDepreciationAndAmortization
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794,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationDepreciationAndAmortization
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Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Operating Income 1,334,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingIncome
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895,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingIncome
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4,884,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingIncome
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4,553,000lee_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationOperatingIncome
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Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Net Income (Loss) 888,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNetIncomeLoss
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625,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNetIncomeLoss
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3,112,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNetIncomeLoss
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2,885,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedFinancialInformationNetIncomeLoss
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Equity in earnings of associated companies $ 444,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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$ 313,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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$ 1,556,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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$ 1,442,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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