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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block] | Results of discontinued operations consist of the following:
(Thousands of Dollars) | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Operating revenue | 1,321 |  | 31,416 |  | 32,883 |
Costs and expenses | (1,697 | ) | (36,093 | ) | (35,323 | )
Gain on sale of the North County Times | 1,801 |  | — |  | — |
Loss on sale of The Garden Island | (3,340 | ) | — |  | — |
Loss from discontinued operations, before income taxes | (1,915 | ) | (4,677 | ) | (2,440 | )
Income tax benefit | (669 | ) | (1,759 | ) | (915 | )
Net loss | (1,246 | ) | (2,918 | ) | (1,525 | )
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block] | The components of newsprint inventory by cost method are as follows:
(Thousands of Dollars) | September 29 2013 |  |  | September 30 2012 |
First-in, first-out | 2,219 |  |  | 2,678 |
Last-in, first-out | 2,278 |  |  | 2,723 |
| 4,497 |  |  | 5,401 |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block] | The estimated useful lives are as follows:
| Years
Buildings and improvements | 5 - 54
Printing presses and insertion equipment | 3 - 28
Other | 3 - 20
Intangible Asset Useful Life Table [Table Text Block] | Intangible assets subject to amortization are being amortized using the straight-line method as follows:
| Years |
Customer lists | 7 - 23 |
Newspaper subscriber lists | 9 - 33 |
Noncompete and consulting agreements | 15 |
North County Times [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block] | Assets and liabilities of the North County Times at September 30, 2012 are summarized as follows:
(Thousands of Dollars) | September 30 2012 |
Current assets | 2,093 |
Property and equipment, net | 5,158 |
Goodwill | 3,042 |
Other intangible assets, net | 1,920 |
Current liabilities | (1,714 | )
Assets, net | 10,499 |

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