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Basis of Presentation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Basis of Presentation [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block] | The estimated useful lives are as follows:
| Years
Buildings and improvements | 5 - 54
Printing presses and insertion equipment | 3 - 28
Other | 3 - 17
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block] | The components of inventory by cost method are as follows:
(Thousands of Dollars) | September 30 2018 |  |  | September 24 2017 |
Newsprint - FIFO method | 2,079 |  |  | 962 |
Newsprint - LIFO method | 2,071 |  |  | 1,167 |
Other inventory - FIFO method | 1,534 |  |  | 1,487 |
| 5,684 |  |  | 3,616 |
Intangible Asset Useful Life Table [Table Text Block] | Intangible assets subject to amortization are being amortized using the straight-line method as follows:
| Years
Customer lists | 15 - 23
Newspaper subscriber lists | 17 - 33

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