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Goodwill and other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 27, 2015
Goodwill [Line Items] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:
| 13 Weeks Ended |
(Thousands of Dollars) | December 27 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) | December 27 2015 |  | September 27 2015 |
Nonamortized intangible assets: |  |
Mastheads | 25,102 |  | 25,102 |
Amortizable intangible assets: |  |
Customer and newspaper subscriber lists | 687,182 |  | 687,182 |
Less accumulated amortization | 532,938 |  | 526,322 |
| 154,244 |  | 160,860 |
Noncompete and consulting agreements | 28,524 |  | 28,524 |
Less accumulated amortization | 28,524 |  | 28,524 |
| — |  | — |
Other intangible assets, net | 179,346 |  | 185,962 |

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