SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2014	Sep. 28, 2014 item	Sep. 29, 2013	Sep. 28, 2014 item	Sep. 29, 2013	Dec. 29, 2013	Sep. 28, 2014 Career Builder LLC	Oct. 01, 2014 Classified Ventures LLC	Sep. 28, 2014 Classified Ventures LLC	Sep. 28, 2014 Home Finder LLC	May 07, 2014 McClatchy Tribune Information Services Member	Sep. 28, 2014 McClatchy Tribune Information Services Member	May 05, 2014 Anchorage Daily News
Investments in Unconsolidated Companies Activity
Number of daily newspapers		29		29
Length of fiscal quarter		91 days		182 days
Length of Affiliate Agreement	5 years
Total consideration								$ 2,500,000,000
Proceeds on sale of business								631,800,000
Cash received													34,000,000
Long-term debt fair value disclosure
Estimated fair value of long-term debt		1,600,000,000		1,600,000,000
Long-term debt		1,525,299,000		1,525,299,000		1,521,871,000
Property, plant and equipment
Acquisition of a new production facility in cash				6,500,000
Accelerated depreciation incurred		0	100,000	13,600,000	4,100,000
Depreciation expense		11,667,000	12,910,000	49,216,000	44,337,000
Assets held for sale
Impairment charge of assets held for sale		0		1,000,000
Intangible assets subject to amortization, gross
Balance at the beginning of the period				835,461,000
Disposition adjustments				(5,307,000)
Acquisition Adjustments				3,100,000							3,100,000
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)
Disposition Adjustments				5,307,000
Amortization Expense		(12,137,000)	(14,375,000)	(40,809,000)	(42,877,000)
Balance at the end of the period		(603,239,000)		(603,239,000)
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net
Balance at the beginning of the period				267,724,000
Acquisition Adjustments				3,100,000							3,100,000
Amortization Expense		(12,137,000)	(14,375,000)	(40,809,000)	(42,877,000)
Balance at the end of the period		230,015,000		230,015,000
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
Disposition 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
Disposition Adjustments				(16,887,000)
Acquisition Adjustments				3,100,000
Amortization Expense		(12,137,000)	(14,375,000)	(40,809,000)	(42,877,000)
Balance at the end of the period		1,424,372,000		1,424,372,000
Estimated amortization expense
2013 (remainder)		12,140,000		12,140,000
2014		48,357,000		48,357,000
2015		47,986,000		47,986,000
2016		48,907,000		48,907,000
2017		47,275,000		47,275,000
2018		23,769,000		23,769,000
Ownership Interest (as a percent)							15.00%		25.60%	33.30%
Cost of content pursuant to contributor agreement											$ 0	$ 0
Term of contributor agreement											10 years	10 years