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Goodwill and other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Goodwill [Line Items] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill related to continuing operations are as follows:
(Thousands of Dollars) | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Goodwill, gross amount | 1,535,155 |  |  | 1,532,458 |
Accumulated impairment losses | (1,288,729 | ) |  | (1,288,729 | )
Goodwill, beginning of year | 246,426 |  |  | 243,729 |
Goodwill acquired in business combinations | — |  |  | 2,697 |
Goodwill allocated to disposed businesses | (250 | ) |  | — |
Goodwill, end of year | 246,176 |  |  | 246,426 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Identified intangible assets related to continuing operations consist of the following:
(Thousands of Dollars) | September 30 2018 |  |  | September 24 2017 |
Non-amortized intangible assets: |  |  |
Mastheads | 21,883 |  |  | 22,035 |
Amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |
Customer and newspaper subscriber lists | 692,886 |  |  | 691,994 |
Less accumulated amortization | 594,950 |  |  | 577,727 |
| 97,936 |  |  | 114,267 |
Non-compete and consulting agreements | 28,524 |  |  | 28,524 |
Less accumulated amortization | 28,524 |  |  | 28,524 |
| — |  |  | — |
| 119,819 |  |  | 136,302 |
Asset Impairment Charges [Table Text Block] | A summary of the pretax impairment charges is included in the table below:
(Thousands of Dollars) | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |
Non-amortized intangible assets | — |  |  | 2,035 |  |  | 818 |
Property, equipment and other assets | 267 |  |  | 482 |  |  | 1,367 |
| 267 |  |  | 2,517 |  |  | 2,185 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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