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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2009
Mar. 29, 2015
Feb. 18, 2009
Sep. 28, 2014
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]        
Pulitzer Step Up Tax Benefit- Amortization Period 15 years      
Noncontrolling Interest Redeemed PDLLC, Percent Redeemed 5.00%lee_NoncontrollingInterestRedeemedPdllcPercentRedeemed      
Heral Value Liability- Liability Input 10.00%lee_HeralValueLiabilityLiabilityInput      
Hearld Value- Increase in Amortizable Tax Basis     $ 258,000,000lee_HearldValueIncreaseInAmortizableTaxBasis  
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]        
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]        
Obligations, Fair Value Disclosure     2,300,000us-gaap_FairValueLiabilitiesMeasuredOnRecurringBasisObligations
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member
300,000us-gaap_FairValueLiabilitiesMeasuredOnRecurringBasisObligations
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member
Herald Value Settlement- Shares   100,000lee_HeraldValueSettlementShares
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member
   
Herald Value Settlement   $ 298,000lee_HeraldValueSettlement
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member