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Revenue
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 24, 2023
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Revenue REVENUE
The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by source:
Three months Ended
(Thousands of Dollars)December 24,
2023		December 25,
2022
Operating revenue:
Print advertising revenue24,435 41,836 
Digital advertising revenue46,452 47,749 
Advertising and marketing services revenue70,887 89,585 
Print subscription revenue51,872 67,370 
Digital subscription revenue19,467 12,329 
Subscription revenue71,339 79,699 
Print other revenue8,492 11,120 
Digital other revenue4,960 4,727 
Other revenue13,452 15,847 
Total operating revenue155,678 185,131 
Recognition principles: Revenue is recognized when a performance obligation is satisfied by the transfer of control of the contracted goods or services to our customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive in exchange for those goods or services.
Arrangements with multiple performance obligations: We have various advertising and subscription agreements which include both print and digital performance obligations. Revenue from sales agreements that contain multiple performance obligations are allocated to each obligation based on the relative standalone selling price. We determine standalone selling prices based on observable prices charged to customers.
Contract Assets and Liabilities: The Company’s primary source of contract liabilities is unearned revenue from subscriptions paid in advance of the service provided. The Company expects to recognize the revenue related to unsatisfied performance obligations over the next twelve months in accordance with the terms of the subscriptions and other contracts with customers. Revenue recognized in the three months ended December 24, 2023, that was included in the contract liability as of September 24, 2023, was $27.2 million.
Accounts receivable, excluding allowance for credit losses was $74.3 million and $74.4 million as of December 24, 2023, and September 24, 2023, respectively. Allowance for credit losses was $6.2 million and $5.3 million as of December 24, 2023, and September 24, 2023, respectively.
Sales commissions are expensed as incurred as the associated contractual periods are one year or less. These costs are recorded within compensation. Most of our contracts have original expected lengths of one year or less and revenue is earned at a rate and amount that corresponds directly with the value to the customer.