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Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements Not Practicable (Details) - USD ($) | Jun. 28, 2015 | Sep. 28, 2014 | Jan. 30, 2012
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Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Investments | $ 7,359,000 |  |
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount | 745,000,000 | $ 804,750,000 |
New Pulitzer Notes [Member] |  |  |
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount | $ 0 | $ 23,000,000 |
Pulitzer Notes [Member] |  |  |
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount |  |  | $ 126,355,000

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