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Debt Schedule Of Debt Payments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2015

Sep. 28, 2014

Sep. 29, 2013

Schedule of Payments [Line Items]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

Debt is summarized as follows:

					Interest Rates (%)
(Thousands of Dollars)	September 27 2015		September 28 2014		September 27 2015
Revolving Facility	—		5,000		5.65
1st Lien Term Loan	180,872		226,750		7.25
Notes	400,000		400,000		9.50
2nd Lien Term Loan	145,000		150,000		12.00
New Pulitzer Notes	—		23,000		9.00
	725,872		804,750
Less current maturities of long-term debt	25,000		31,400
Total long-term debt	700,872		773,350

1st Lien Agreement [Member]

Schedule of Payments [Line Items]

Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block]

(Thousands of Dollars)	December 28 2014		March 29 2015		June 28 2015		September 27 2015		2015
Mandatory	6,250		6,250		6,250		6,250		25,000
Voluntary	5,000		4,000		4,000		—		13,000
Asset sales	—		—		—		—		—
Excess cash flow	—		—		—		7,878		7,878
	11,250		10,250		10,250		14,128		45,878

New Pulitzer Notes [Member]

Schedule of Payments [Line Items]

Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block]

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Pulitzer Notes [Member]

Schedule of Payments [Line Items]

Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block]

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Tabular disclosure of long-debt instruments or arrangements, including identification, terms, features, collateral requirements and other information necessary to a fair presentation. These are debt arrangements that originally required repayment more than twelve months after issuance or greater than the normal operating cycle of the entity, if longer.

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