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Debt Schedule Of Debt Payments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block] | Debt is summarized as follows:
| Amount |  | Interest Rates (%)
(Thousands of Dollars) | September 30 2012 |  | September 25 2011 |  | September 30 2012
1 st Lien Agreement | 661,850 |  | — |  | 7.50
2 nd Lien Agreement | 175,000 |  | — |  | 15.00
Previous credit agreement: |  |  |
Term loan | — |  | 569,335 |  |
Revolving credit facility | — |  | 286,425 |  |
Pulitzer Notes | 109,000 |  | 138,500 |  | 10.55
Unaccreted (unamortized) present value adjustment | (19,624 | ) | 290 |  |
| 926,226 |  | 994,550 |  |
Less current maturities of debt | 17,400 |  | 994,550 |  |
Current amount of present value adjustment | (5,418 | ) | — |  |
Total long term debt | 914,244 |  | — |  |
1st Lien Agreement [Member] |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 2012 payments made under the 1 st Lien Agreement are summarized as follows:
(Thousands of Dollars) |  |  | 2012 |
Mandatory |  |  | 5,000 |
Voluntary |  |  | 19,450 |
Asset sales |  |  | 3,210 |
Excess cash flow |  |  | — |
|  |  | 27,660 |
Pulitzer Notes [Member] |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 2012 payments made under the Pulitzer Notes are summarized as follows:
(Thousands of Dollars) |  |  | 2012 |
Prior to refinancing |  |  | 500 |
Pursuant to the Plan, net |  |  | 11,645 |
Mandatory |  |  | 1,400 |
Voluntary |  |  | 15,955 |
Asset sales |  |  | — |
Excess cash flow |  |  | — |
|  |  | 29,500 |

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