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Goodwill and other Intangible Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2015

Goodwill [Line Items]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:

	39 Weeks Ended
(Thousands of Dollars)	June 28 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)	June 28 2015		September 28 2014
Nonamortized intangible assets:
Mastheads	25,102		25,102
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer and newspaper subscriber lists	687,055		686,732
Less accumulated amortization	519,774		499,178
	167,281		187,554
Noncompete and consulting agreements	28,524		28,524
Less accumulated amortization	28,524		28,523
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Other intangible assets, net	192,383		212,657

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Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule.

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