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Goodwill and other Intangible Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 26, 2017

Goodwill [Line Items]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:

	26 Weeks Ended
(Thousands of Dollars)	March 26 2017
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)	March 26 2017		September 25 2016
Nonamortized intangible assets:
Mastheads	23,644		23,644
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer and newspaper subscriber lists	687,212		687,182
Less accumulated amortization	565,091		552,472
	122,121		134,710
Noncompete and consulting agreements	28,524		28,524
Less accumulated amortization	28,524		28,524
	—		—
Other intangible assets, net	145,765		158,354

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Schedule of Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]- Tabular disclosure of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with both finite and infinite lives, by major class.

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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
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