SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended						0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2014 newspaper	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 29, 2014 newspaper	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 29, 2013	Jun. 29, 2014 Career Builder LLC	Jun. 29, 2014 Classified Ventures LLC	Jun. 29, 2014 Home Finder LLC	May 07, 2014 MCT	Jun. 29, 2014 MCT
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Number of daily newspapers	29		29
Number of days in a fiscal quarter	91 days		182 days
Related Party Transaction
Ownership Interest (as a percent)						15.00%	25.60%	33.30%
Long-term debt fair value disclosure
Estimated fair value of long-term debt	$ 1,700,000,000		$ 1,700,000,000
Carrying value of long-term debt	1,524,157,000		1,524,157,000		1,521,871,000
Property, plant and equipment
Acquisition of a new production facility in cash			6,500,000
Accelerated depreciation incurred	0	1,800,000	13,500,000	3,900,000
Depreciation expense	11,567,000	15,442,000	37,549,000	31,427,000
Assets held for sale
Impairment charge of assets held for sale	100,000		1,000,000
Intangible assets subject to amortization, gross
Balance at the beginning of the period			835,461,000
Other Adjustments			(2,207,000)
Balance at the end of the period	833,254,000		833,254,000
Accumulated amortization
Balance at the beginning of the period			(567,737,000)
Other Adjustments			5,307,000
Amortization Expense	(14,359,000)	(14,251,000)	(28,672,000)	(28,502,000)
Balance at the end of the period	(591,102,000)		(591,102,000)
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net
Balance at the beginning of the period			267,724,000
Other Adjustments			3,100,000						3,100,000	3,100,000
Amortization Expense	(14,359,000)	(14,251,000)	(28,672,000)	(28,502,000)
Balance at the end of the period	242,152,000		242,152,000
Mastheads
Balance at the beginning of the period			198,242,000
Balance at the end of the period	198,242,000		198,242,000
Goodwill
Balance at the beginning of the period			1,013,002,000
Other Adjustments			(16,887,000)
Balance at the end of the period	996,115,000		996,115,000
Total
Balance at the beginning of the period			1,478,968,000
Other Adjustments			(13,787,000)
Amortization Expense	(14,359,000)	(14,251,000)	(28,672,000)	(28,502,000)
Balance at the end of the period	1,436,509,000		1,436,509,000
Removal of applicable intangible assets subject to amortization			5,300,000
Cost of content pursuant to contributor agreement									0	0
Term of contributor agreement									10 years	10 years
Amortization expense with respect to intangible assets
Amortization expense	14,359,000	14,251,000	28,672,000	28,502,000
Estimated amortization expense
2014 (remainder)	24,293,000		24,293,000
2015	48,383,000		48,383,000
2016	48,012,000		48,012,000
2017	48,843,000		48,843,000
2018	47,268,000		47,268,000
2019	$ 23,768,000		$ 23,768,000