SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2014

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Summary of depreciation expense with respect to property, plant and equipment

	Quarters Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 28,		September 29,		September 28,		September 29,
(in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Depreciation expense	$	11,667	$	12,910	$	49,216	$	44,337

Schedule of intangible assets (primarily advertiser lists, subscriber lists and developed technology), mastheads and goodwill

	December 29,		Disposition		Acquisition		Amortization		September 28,
(in thousands)	2013		Adjustments		Adjustments		Expense		2014
Intangible assets subject to amortization	$	835,461	$	(5,307)	$	3,100	$	—	$	833,254
Accumulated amortization	(567,737)		5,307		—		(40,809)		(603,239)
	267,724		—		3,100		(40,809)		230,015
Mastheads	198,242		—		—		—		198,242
Goodwill	1,013,002		(16,887)		—		—		996,115
Total	$	1,478,968	$	(16,887)	$	3,100	$	(40,809)	$	1,424,372

Summary of amortization expense with respect to intangible assets

	Quarters Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 28,		September 29,		September 28,		September 29,
(in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Amortization expense	$	12,137	$	14,375	$	40,809	$	42,877

Amortization expense for the five succeeding fiscal years

	Amortization Expense
Year	(in thousands)
2014 (remainder)	$	12,140
2015	48,357
2016	47,986
2017	48,907
2018	47,275
2019	23,769

Schedule of components of accumulated other comprehensive loss and reclassifications, net of tax

(in thousands)	Minimum Pension and Post- Retirement Liability		Other Comprehensive Loss Related to Equity Investments		Total
Beginning balance - December 29, 2013	$	(296,669)	$	(8,232)	$	(304,901)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	—		607		607
Amounts reclassified from AOCL	5,645		—		5,645
Other comprehensive income	5,645		607		6,252
Ending balance - September 28, 2014	$	(291,024)	$	(7,625)	$	(298,649)

	Amount Reclassified from AOCL (in thousands)
	Quarters Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 28,		September 29,		September 28,		September 29,		Affected Line in the Condensed
AOCL Component	2014		2013		2014		2013		Consolidated Statements of Operations
Minimum pension and post-retirement liability	$	3,137	$	5,645	$	9,408	$	16,933	Compensation
	(1,255)		(2,258)		(3,763)		(6,773)		Income tax provision
	$	1,882	$	3,387	$	5,645	$	10,160	Net of tax

Summary of anti-dilutive stock options

	Quarters Ended		Nine Months Ended
	September 28,	September 29,	September 28,	September 29,
(shares in thousands)	2014	2013	2014	2013
Anti-dilutive stock options	2,874	4,990	1,581	4,936

Schedule of cash paid for interest and income taxes

	Nine Months Ended
	September 28,		September 29,
(in thousands)	2014		2013
Interest paid (net of amount capitalized)	$	77,995	$	82,990
Income taxes paid (net of refunds)	67,233		13,202