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Debt Schedule of Payments (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 25, 2011	Sep. 26, 2010	Sep. 30, 2012 Previous Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 14, 2012 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Previous Credit Agreement [Member]	Dec. 14, 2012 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Debt Payments Under Reorganization Plan [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Mandatory Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Voluntary Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 January 30, 2013 to January 29, 2014 [Member] 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 January 30, 2014 to January 29, 2015 [Member] 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 January 30, 2015 to April 2017 [Member] 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 2012 Member [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 After 2012 [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Annual Principal Payment																						$ 1,400,000	$ 6,400,000
Long Term Debt, Repayments Of Principal, Redemption Percentage																			102.00%	101.00%	100.00%
Repayments of Long-term Debt	$ 1,065,455,000	$ 137,330,000	$ 170,545,000	$ 1,000	$ 17,750,000	$ 27,660,000	$ 0	$ 9,000,000	$ 30,000	$ 12,000	$ 5,000,000	$ 1,000	$ 19,450,000	$ 16,000	$ 3,210,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

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Long Term Debt, Repayments Of Principal, Redemption Percentage- The percentage of which long term debt can be redeemed relative to the face value of debt.

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Amount of the total principal payments made during the annual reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 22

-Article 5

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- Definition

The cash outflow for debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 95

-Paragraph 18

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Financing Activities

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6513228



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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 15

-Subparagraph (b)

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 95

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