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Debt (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 26, 2017
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |
Pulitzer Excess Cash Flow [Table Text Block] | ulitzer 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) |
March 27, 2016 | 2,730 |  | Q3 2016 | 525 |
June 26, 2016 | 1,583 |  | Q4 2016 | 299 |
September 25, 2016 | — |  | Q1 2017 | — |
December 25, 2016 | 930 |  | Q2 2017 | 174 |
New 1st Lien Term Loan [Member] |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 2017 payments made, or required to be made for the remainder of the year, under the 1 st Lien Term Loan are summarized as follows:
| 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ending |
(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 |  | — |  | — |
Excess cash flow payment | 70 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
| 17,320 |  | 13,750 |  | 6,250 |  | 6,250 |

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