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Goodwill and other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 29, 2015
Goodwill [Line Items] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:
|  | 26 Weeks Ended |
| (Thousands of Dollars) | March 29 2015 |
| Goodwill, gross amount | 1,532,458 |
| Accumulated impairment losses | (1,288,729 | )
| Goodwill, beginning of period | 243,729 |
| Goodwill, end of period | 243,729 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Identified intangible assets consist of the following:
| (Thousands of Dollars) | March 29 2015 |  | September 28 2014 |
| Nonamortized intangible assets: |  |
| Mastheads | 25,102 |  | 25,102 |
| Amortizable intangible assets: |  |
| Customer and newspaper subscriber lists | 686,912 |  | 686,732 |
| Less accumulated amortization | 512,937 |  | 499,178 |
|  | 173,975 |  | 187,554 |
| Noncompete and consulting agreements | 28,524 |  | 28,524 |
| Less accumulated amortization | 28,524 |  | 28,523 |
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|  | 199,077 |  | 212,657 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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