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Debt Schedule Of Debt Payments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |  |
Reorganization Costs [Table Text Block] | As a result of the Plan, we recognized $37,765,000 of reorganization costs in the 2012 Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). The components of reorganization costs are summarized as follows:
(Thousands of Dollars) |  |
Fees paid in cash to lenders, attorneys and others |  | 38,628 |
Unamortized loan fees from previous debt agreements |  | 1,740 |
Fair value of stock granted to 2 nd Lien Lenders |  | 9,576 |
Noncash fees paid in the form of additional debt |  | 12,250 |
Present value adjustment |  | (23,709 | )
|  | 38,485 |
Charged to expense in 2012 |  | 37,765 |
Charged to expense in 2011 as other non-operating expense |  | 720 |
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block] | Debt is summarized as follows:
|  |  | Interest Rates (%)
(Thousands of Dollars) | September 29 2013 |  | September 30 2012 |  | September 29 2013
Revolving credit facility | — |  | — |  | 6.75
1 st Lien Agreement | 609,500 |  | 661,850 |  | 7.50
2 nd Lien Agreement | 175,000 |  | 175,000 |  | 15.00
New Pulitzer Notes | 63,000 |  | — |  | 9.00
Pulitzer Notes | — |  | 109,000 |  |
Unamortized present value adjustment | (12,942 | ) | (19,624 | ) |
| 834,558 |  | 926,226 |  |
Less current maturities of long-term debt | 19,150 |  | 17,400 |  |
Current amount of present value adjustment | (4,779 | ) | (5,418 | ) |
Total long-term debt | 820,187 |  | 914,244 |  |
1st Lien Agreement [Member] |  |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |  |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 2013 payments made under the 1 st Lien Agreement, are summarized as follows:
|  | 13 Weeks Ended |
(Thousands of Dollars) | December 30 2012 |  | March 31 2013 |  | June 30 2013 |  | September 29 2013 |
Mandatory | 2,500 |  | 2,500 |  | 3,000 |  | 3,000 |
Voluntary | 9,750 |  | 15,350 |  | 2,260 |  | 6,000 |
Asset sales | 7,750 |  | — |  | 240 |  | — |
Excess cash flow | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |
| 20,000 |  | 17,850 |  | 5,500 |  | 9,000 |
| 2012 payments made under the 1st Lien Agreement are summarized as follows:
|  | 13 Weeks Ended |  | 14 Weeks Ended |
(Thousands of Dollars) |  | March 25 2012 |  | June 24 2012 |  | September 30 2012 |
Mandatory |  | — |  | 2,500 |  | 2,500 |
Voluntary |  | 12,600 |  | 3,850 |  | 3,000 |
Asset sales |  | 2,410 |  | 150 |  | 650 |
Excess cash flow |  | — |  | — |  | — |
|  | 15,010 |  | 6,500 |  | 6,150 |
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:
|  | 13 Weeks Ended |  | 14 Weeks Ended |
(Thousands of Dollars) | December 25 2011 |  | March 25 2012 |  | June 24 2012 |  | September 30 2012 |
Prior to 2012 refinancing | 500 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Pursuant to the Plan, net | 10,145 |  | 1,500 |  | — |  | — |
Mandatory | — |  | 1,400 |  | — |  | — |
Voluntary | — |  | 8,955 |  | 3,000 |  | 4,000 |
Asset sales | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Excess cash flow | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |
| 10,645 |  | 11,855 |  | 3,000 |  | 4,000 |
New Pulitzer Notes [Member] |  |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |  |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 2013 payments made under the New Pulitzer Notes and Pulitzer Notes are summarized below.
|  | 13 Weeks Ended |
(Thousands of Dollars) | December 30 2012 |  | March 31 2013 |  | June 30 2013 |  | September 29 2013 |
Mandatory | 3,800 |  | 2,600 |  | — |  | — |
Voluntary | — |  | 1,500 |  | 14,000 |  | 17,000 |
Asset sales | 5,200 |  | 1,900 |  | — |  | — |
Excess cash flow | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |
| 9,000 |  | 6,000 |  | 14,000 |  | 17,000 |

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