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Debt Schedule Of Debt Payments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
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 |  | Payment Date
September 24, 2017 | 5,182 |  | Q1 2018
December 24, 2017 | 5,632 |  | Q2 2018
March 25, 2018 | 6,259 |  | Q3 2018
June 24, 2018 | 3,611 |  | Q4 2018
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block] | Debt is summarized as follows:
|  |  | Interest Rates (%)
(Thousands of Dollars) | September 30 2018 |  | September 24 2017 |  | September 30 2018
Revolving Facility | — |  | — |  | 6.13
1 st Lien Term Loan | 6,303 |  | 45,145 |  | 8.33
Notes | 385,000 |  | 385,000 |  | 9.50
2 nd Lien Term Loan | 93,556 |  | 118,240 |  | 12.00
| 484,859 |  | 548,385 |  |
Unamortized debt issue costs | (17,055 | ) | (21,824 | ) |
Less current maturities of long-term debt | 7,027 |  | 30,182 |  |
Total long-term debt | 460,777 |  | 496,379 |  |
1st Lien Agreement [Member] |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 2018 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 2017 |  | March 26 2018 |  | June 25 2018 |  | September 30 2018 |
Mandatory | 6,250 |  | 6,250 |  | 6,250 |  | 6,250 |
Voluntary | 5,000 |  | 3,000 |  | 4,000 |  | — |
Excess cash flow payment | — |  | — |  | — |  | 1,842 |
| 11,250 |  | 9,250 |  | 10,250 |  | 8,092 |

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