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Retirement plans Retirement Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2013
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |
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 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011
AFTRA Retirement Plan (a) | 13-6414972/001 | Green as of Nov. 30, 2012 | Green as of Nov. 30, 2011 | NA | $ | 988 |  | $ | 965 |  | $ | 896 |  | NA | 5/31/2015 9/11/2015
CWA/ITU Negotiated Pension Plan | 13-6212879/001 | Red | Red | Implemented | 242 |  | 572 |  | 146 |  | No | 8/17/2013 2/1/2014 10/15/2014 11/8/2014 12/31/2015
GCIU—Employer Retirement Benefit Plan (a) | 91-6024903/001 | Red | Red | Implemented | 216 |  | 380 |  | 280 |  | No | 1/31/2015
The Newspaper Guild International Pension Plan (a) | 52-1082662/001 | Red | Red | Implemented | 279 |  | 415 |  | 385 |  | No | 11/13/2015
IAM National Pension Plan (a) | 51-6031295/002 | Green | Green | NA | 736 |  | 341 |  | 308 |  | NA | 4/30/2016
Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity (a) | 23-1511735/001 | Yellow | Yellow | Implemented | 1,355 |  | 876 |  | 1,054 |  | NA | 3/13/2013
Central Pension Fund of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Participating Employers (a) | 36-6052390/001 | Green as of Jan. 31, 2013 | Green as of Jan. 31, 2012 | NA | 160 |  | 158 |  | 163 |  | NA | 4/30/2016
Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund | 36-6044243/001 | Red as of Dec. 31, 2012 | Red as of Dec. 31, 2011 | Implemented | 40 |  | 260 |  | 372 |  | No | 6/30/2013
Total |  |  |  |  | $ | 4,016 |  | $ | 3,967 |  | $ | 3,604 |  |  |
(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 Plan, Defined Benefit [Member] |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block] | 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
| 2013 | 2012 | 2011
Service cost—benefits earned during the period | $ | 7,538 |  | $ | 7,545 |  | $ | 7,833 |
Interest cost on benefit obligation | 141,030 |  | 155,376 |  | 171,339 |
Expected return on plan assets | (198,216 | ) | (189,863 | ) | (211,659 | )
Amortization of prior service costs | 7,566 |  | 7,689 |  | 7,580 |
Amortization of actuarial loss | 63,212 |  | 53,429 |  | 37,901 |
Pension expense for company-sponsored retirement plans | 21,130 |  | 34,176 |  | 12,994 |
Settlement and special termination benefit charge | 3,077 |  | 7,946 |  | 1,068 |
Total pension cost | $ | 24,207 |  | $ | 42,122 |  | $ | 14,062 |
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. 29, 2013 | Dec. 30, 2012
Change in benefit obligations |  |
Benefit obligations at beginning of year | $ | 3,573,085 |  | $ | 3,351,494 |
Service cost | 7,538 |  | 7,545 |
Interest cost | 141,030 |  | 155,376 |
Plan amendments | 177 |  | — |
Plan participants’ contributions | 4 |  | 7 |
Actuarial (gain) loss | (104,131 | ) | 300,525 |
Foreign currency translation | 21,758 |  | 27,526 |
Gross benefits paid | (230,979 | ) | (245,899 | )
Acquisitions | 274,510 |  | — |
Settlements | (10,743 | ) | (23,489 | )
Benefit obligations at end of year | $ | 3,672,249 |  | $ | 3,573,085 |
Change in plan assets |  |
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year | $ | 2,552,316 |  | $ | 2,408,768 |
Actual return on plan assets | 364,652 |  | 254,225 |
Plan participants’ contributions | 4 |  | 7 |
Employer contributions | 107,086 |  | 137,499 |
Gross benefits paid | (230,979 | ) | (245,899 | )
Acquisitions | 229,774 |  | — |
Settlements | (10,743 | ) | (23,489 | )
Foreign currency translation | 16,357 |  | 21,205 |
Fair value of plan assets at end of year | $ | 3,028,467 |  | $ | 2,552,316 |
Funded status at end of year | $ | (643,782 | ) | $ | (1,020,769 | )
Amounts recognized in Consolidated Balance Sheets
Noncurrent assets | $ | 3,684 |  | $ | — |
Accrued benefit cost—current | $ | (15,271 | ) | $ | (13,444 | )
Accrued benefit cost—noncurrent | $ | (632,195 | ) | $ | (1,007,325 | )
Schedule of Net Funded Status | The funded status (on a projected benefit obligation basis) of the company’s principal retirement plans at Dec. 29, 2013, is as follows:
In thousands of dollars
| Fair Value of Plan Assets | Benefit Obligation | Funded Status
GRP | $ | 2,009,228 |  | $ | 2,194,517 |  | $ | (185,289 | )
SERP (a) | — |  | 190,791 |  | (190,791 | )
Newsquest | 699,478 |  | 925,280 |  | (225,802 | )
Belo | 229,774 |  | 274,510 |  | (44,736 | )
All other | 89,987 |  | 87,151 |  | 2,836 |
Total | $ | 3,028,467 |  | $ | 3,672,249 |  | $ | (643,782 | )
(a) the SERP is an unfunded, unsecured liability
Schedule of Accumulated Benefit Obligations in Excess of Fair Value of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] | The following table presents information for those company retirement plans for which accumulated benefits exceed assets:
In thousands of dollars |  |
| Dec. 29, 2013 | Dec. 30, 2012
Accumulated benefit obligation | $ | 3,568,021 |  | $ | 3,546,819 |
Fair value of plan assets | $ | 2,938,480 |  | $ | 2,552,316 |
Schedule of Benefit Obligations in Excess of Fair Value of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] | The following table presents information for those company retirement plans for which projected benefit obligations exceed assets:
In thousands of dollars |  |
| Dec. 29, 2013 | Dec. 30, 2012
Projected benefit obligation | $ | 3,585,947 |  | $ | 3,573,085 |
Fair value of plan assets | $ | 2,938,480 |  | $ | 2,552,316 |
Schedule of Net Periodic Benefit Cost Not yet Recognized [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the amounts recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) that have not yet been recognized as a component of pension expense as of the dates presented (pre-tax):
In thousands of dollars |  |
| Dec. 29, 2013 | Dec. 30, 2012
Net actuarial losses | $ | (1,390,975 | ) | $ | (1,717,674 | )
Prior service cost | (53,949 | ) | (61,338 | )
Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (1,444,924 | ) | $ | (1,779,012 | )
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
| 2013
Current year actuarial gain | $ | 270,568 |
Change in prior service cost | (177 | )
Amortization of actuarial loss | 63,212 |
Amortization of prior service costs | 7,566 |
Recognition of settlement | 3,077 |
Currency loss | (10,158 | )
Total | $ | 334,088 |
Schedule of Assumptions Used | Pension costs: The following assumptions were used to determine net pension costs:
| 2013 | 2012 | 2011
Discount rate | 4.08% | 4.83% | 5.49%
Expected return on plan assets | 7.94% | 7.95% | 8.46%
Rate of compensation increase | 2.97% | 2.96% | 2.95%
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. 29, 2013 | Dec. 30, 2012
Discount rate | 4.75% | 4.08%
Rate of compensation increase | 2.97% | 2.97%
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets | The asset allocation for the GRP at the end of 2013 and 2012, and target allocations for 2014, by asset category, are presented in the table below:
Target Allocation |  | Allocation of Plan Assets
| 2014 | 2013 | 2012
Equity securities | 65 | % | 64 | % | 51 | %
Debt securities | 20 |  | 22 |  | 35 |
Other | 15 |  | 14 |  | 14 |
Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | %
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
2014 | $ | 225,471 |
2015 | $ | 226,259 |
2016 | $ | 228,646 |
2017 | $ | 234,066 |
2018 | $ | 232,890 |
2019-2023 | $ | 1,168,924 |

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