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Debt Schedule Of Debt Payments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 24, 2017
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |
Pulitzer Excess Cash Flow [Table Text Block] | Pulitzer Excess Cash Flow and the related payments on the 2 nd Lien Term Loan for the previous four quarters are as follows:
For the Period Ending (Thousands of Dollars) | Pulitzer Excess Cash Flow |  | Payment Date | Payment Amount (not rejected) |
September 25, 2016 | — |  | Q1 2017 | — |
December 25, 2016 | 930 |  | Q2 2017 | 174 |
March 26, 2017 | 4,488 |  | Q3 2017 | 4,488 |
June 25, 2017 | 5,549 |  | Q4 2017 | 5,549 |
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block] | Debt is summarized as follows:
|  |  | Interest Rates (%)
(Thousands of Dollars) | September 24 2017 |  | September 26 2016 |  | September 24 2017
Revolving Facility | — |  | — |  | 6.74
1 st Lien Term Loan | 45,145 |  | 101,304 |  | 7.49
Notes | 385,000 |  | 385,000 |  | 9.50
2 nd Lien Term Loan | 118,240 |  | 130,863 |  | 12.00
| 548,385 |  | 617,167 |  |
Unamortized debt issue costs | (21,824 | ) | (26,271 | ) |
Less current maturities of long-term debt | 30,182 |  | 25,070 |  |
Total long-term debt | 496,379 |  | 565,826 |  |
1st Lien Agreement [Member] |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 2017 principal payments made for the year under the 1 st Lien Term Loan are summarized as follows:
| 13 Weeks Ended
(Thousands of Dollars) | December 25 2016 |  | March 26 2017 |  | June 25 2017 |  | September 24 2017 |
Mandatory | 6,250 |  | 6,250 |  | 6,250 |  | 6,250 |
Voluntary | 11,000 |  | 7,500 |  | 5,000 |  | 6,000 |
Excess cash flow payment | 70 |  | — |  | — |  | 1,589 |
| 17,320 |  | 13,750 |  | 11,250 |  | 13,839 |

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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84159872&loc=d3e21475-112644 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 470 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=75038535&loc=d3e64711-112823 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(e),(f)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 55 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930739&loc=d3e28878-108400 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84159872&loc=d3e21538-112644 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84159872&loc=d3e21506-112644 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930785&loc=d3e28541-108399 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930785&loc=d3e28551-108399 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 7 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84159872&loc=d3e21521-112644 + Details
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