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Retirement plans Retirement Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2012
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures | Postretirement benefit cost for health care and life insurance included the following components:
In thousands of dollars
| 2012 | 2011 | 2010
Service cost – benefits earned during the period | $ | 545 |  | $ | 611 |  | $ | 713 |
Interest cost on net benefit obligation | 7,744 |  | 9,205 |  | 10,606 |
Amortization of prior service credit | (19,190 | ) | (19,510 | ) | (19,377 | )
Amortization of actuarial loss | 1,943 |  | 5,444 |  | 4,949 |
Net periodic postretirement benefit | $ | (8,958 | ) | $ | (4,250 | ) | $ | (3,109 | )
Schedule of Net Funded Status | The funded status (on a projected benefit obligation basis) of the company’s principal retirement plans at Dec. 30, 2012, is as follows:
In thousands of dollars
| Fair Value of Plan Assets | Benefit Obligation | Funded Status
GRP | $ | 1,868,164 |  | $ | 2,461,782 |  | $ | (593,618 | )
SERP (a) | — |  | 219,297 |  | (219,297 | )
Newsquest | 606,174 |  | 798,078 |  | (191,904 | )
Newspaper Guild Plan | 77,978 |  | 93,928 |  | (15,950 | )
Total | $ | 2,552,316 |  | $ | 3,573,085 |  | $ | (1,020,769 | )
(a) the SERP is an unfunded, unsecured liability
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plan Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive loss consist of the following:
In thousands of dollars
| 2012
Current year actuarial loss | $ | (236,163 | )
Amortization of actuarial loss | 53,429 |
Amortization of prior service costs | 7,689 |
Actuarial gain due to settlement | 7,946 |
Currency loss | (11,585 | )
Total | $ | (178,684 | )
Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive (loss) consist of the following:
In thousands of dollars
| 2012
Current year actuarial gain | $ | 5,364 |
Amortization of actuarial loss | 1,943 |
Amortization of prior service credit | (19,190 | )
Total | $ | (11,883 | )
Schedule of Assumptions Used | Postretirement benefit costs: The following assumptions were used to determine postretirement benefit cost:
| 2012 | 2011 | 2010
Discount rate | 4.75 | % | 5.30 | % | 5.80 | %
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year | 6.50 | % | 6.50 | % | 6.50 | %
Ultimate trend rate | 5.00 | % | 5.00 | % | 5.00 | %
Year that ultimate trend rate is reached | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Schedule Of Assumptions Used In Calculating Pension Benefit Obligations Table | Benefit obligations and funded status: The following assumptions were used to determine the year-end benefit obligations:
| Dec. 30, 2012 | Dec. 25, 2011
Discount rate | 4.08% | 4.86%
Rate of compensation increase | 2.97% | 2.96%
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets | The asset allocation for the GRP at the end of 2012 and 2011, and target allocations for 2013, by asset category, are presented in the table below:
Target Allocation |  | Allocation of Plan Assets
| 2013 | 2012 | 2011
Equity securities | 47 | % | 51 | % | 46 | %
Debt securities | 35 |  | 35 |  | 39 |
Other | 18 |  | 14 |  | 15 |
Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | %
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments | Cash flows: The company expects to make the following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, and to receive the following federal subsidy benefits as appropriate:
In thousands of dollars | Benefit Payments | Subsidy Benefits
2013 | $ | 19,655 |  | $ | 4,360 |
2014 | $ | 19,154 |  | $ | 3,626 |
2015 | $ | 18,559 |  | $ | 3,592 |
2016 | $ | 17,751 |  | $ | 3,501 |
2017 | $ | 16,927 |  | $ | 3,439 |
2018-2022 | $ | 69,422 |  | $ | 15,361 |
Multiemployer Pension Plans Table |
Multi-employer Pension Plans |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| EIN Number/ | Zone Status Dec. 31, | FIP/RP Status Pending/Implemented | Contributions(in thousands) | Surcharge Imposed | Expiration Dates of CBAs
Pension Plan Name | Plan Number | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010
AFTRA Retirement Plan (a) | 13-6414972/001 | Green as of Nov. 30, 2011 | Green as of Nov. 30, 2010 | NA | $ | 965 |  | $ | 896 |  | $ | 858 |  | NA | 7/13/2012 6/30/2013 12/16/2013
CWA/ITU Negotiated Pension Plan | 13-6212879/001 | Red | Red | Implemented | 572 |  | 146 |  | 169 |  | No | 11/13/2012- 3/27/2016
GCIU—Employer Retirement Benefit Plan (a) | 91-6024903/001 | Red | Red | Implemented | 380 |  | 280 |  | 331 |  | No | 4/13/2011- 1/31/2015
The Newspaper Guild International Pension Plan (a) | 52-1082662/001 | Red | Red | Implemented | 415 |  | 385 |  | 392 |  | No | 11/13/2012 12/20/2012
IAM National Pension Plan (a) | 51-6031295/002 | Green | Green | NA | 341 |  | 308 |  | 315 |  | NA | 4/30/2013
Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity (a) | 23-1511735/001 | Yellow | Yellow | Implemented | 876 |  | 1,054 |  | 995 |  | NA | 12/14/2012 3/11/2013
Central Pension Fund of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Participating Employers (a) | 36-6052390/001 | Green as of Jan. 31, 2012 | Green as of Jan. 31, 2011 | NA | 158 |  | 163 |  | 166 |  | NA | 4/30/2013
Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund | 36-6044243/001 | Red | Red | Implemented | 260 |  | 372 |  | 343 |  | No | 6/30/2013
Total |  |  |  |  | $ | 3,967 |  | $ | 3,604 |  | $ | 3,569 |  |  |
(a) This plan has elected to utilize special amortization provisions provided under the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010.
Pension Plans, Defined Benefit |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures | The company’s pension costs, which include costs for its qualified and non-qualified plans, are presented in the following table:
In thousands of dollars
| 2012 | 2011 | 2010
Service cost—benefits earned during the period | $ | 7,545 |  | $ | 7,833 |  | $ | 14,829 |
Interest cost on benefit obligation | 155,376 |  | 171,339 |  | 176,738 |
Expected return on plan assets | (189,863 | ) | (211,659 | ) | (191,614 | )
Amortization of prior service costs | 7,689 |  | 7,580 |  | 6,731 |
Amortization of actuarial loss | 53,429 |  | 37,901 |  | 46,870 |
Pension expense for company-sponsored retirement plans | 34,176 |  | 12,994 |  | 53,554 |
Curtailment gains | — |  | — |  | (3,840 | )
Settlement and special termination benefit charge | 7,946 |  | 1,068 |  | — |
Total pension cost | $ | 42,122 |  | $ | 14,062 |  | $ | 49,714 |
Schedule of Changes in Projected Benefit Obligations | The following table provides a reconciliation of pension benefit obligations (on a projected benefit obligation measurement basis), plan assets and funded status of company-sponsored retirement plans, along with the related amounts that are recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
In thousands of dollars
| Dec. 30, 2012 | Dec. 25, 2011
Change in benefit obligations |  |
Benefit obligations at beginning of year | $ | 3,351,494 |  | $ | 3,217,877 |
Service cost | 7,545 |  | 7,833 |
Interest cost | 155,376 |  | 171,339 |
Plan amendments | — |  | 1,297 |
Plan participants’ contributions | 7 |  | 3,885 |
Actuarial loss | 300,525 |  | 182,789 |
Foreign currency translation | 27,526 |  | 5,740 |
Gross benefits paid | (245,899 | ) | (240,334 | )
Special termination benefit | — |  | 1,068 |
Settlements | (23,489 | ) | — |
Benefit obligations at end of year | $ | 3,573,085 |  | $ | 3,351,494 |
Change in plan assets |  |
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year | $ | 2,408,768 |  | $ | 2,588,728 |
Actual return on plan assets | 254,225 |  | (6,537 | )
Plan participants’ contributions | 7 |  | 3,885 |
Employer contributions | 137,499 |  | 56,392 |
Gross benefits paid | (245,899 | ) | (240,334 | )
Settlements | (23,489 | ) | — |
Foreign currency translation | 21,205 |  | 6,634 |
Fair value of plan assets at end of year | $ | 2,552,316 |  | $ | 2,408,768 |
Funded status at end of year | $ | (1,020,769 | ) | $ | (942,726 | )
Amounts recognized in Consolidated Balance Sheets
Accrued benefit cost—current | $ | (13,444 | ) | $ | (34,616 | )
Accrued benefit cost—long-term | $ | (1,007,325 | ) | $ | (908,110 | )
Schedule of Assumptions Used | Pension costs: The following assumptions were used to determine net pension costs:
| 2012 | 2011 | 2010
Discount rate | 4.83% | 5.49% | 5.88%
Expected return on plan assets | 8.25% | 8.75% | 8.75%
Rate of compensation increase | 2.96% | 2.95% | 2.88%
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments | The company estimates it will make the following benefit payments (from either retirement plan assets or directly from company funds), which reflect expected future service, as appropriate:
In thousands of dollars
2013 | $ | 208,975 |
2014 | $ | 214,648 |
2015 | $ | 215,860 |
2016 | $ | 217,673 |
2017 | $ | 222,956 |
2018-2022 | $ | 1,095,723 |

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