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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
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