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Shareholders' equity Stock-Based Compensation Related Amounts Recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) for Equity Awards (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2014
Dec. 29, 2013
Dec. 30, 2012
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock-based compensation $ 33,882us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation $ 33,437us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation $ 26,608us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Income tax benefit 12,875us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense 12,706us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense 10,111us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
Share-based compensation expense, net of tax 21,007us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseNetOfTax 20,731us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseNetOfTax 16,497us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseNetOfTax
Per diluted share impact (in dollars per share) $ 0.09gci_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpensePerDilutedShare $ 0.09gci_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpensePerDilutedShare $ 0.07gci_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpensePerDilutedShare
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock-based compensation 17,754us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gci_RestrictedStockAndRestrictedStockUnitsMember
18,105us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gci_RestrictedStockAndRestrictedStockUnitsMember
14,362us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gci_RestrictedStockAndRestrictedStockUnitsMember
Income tax benefit 9,500us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gci_RestrictedStockAndRestrictedStockUnitsMember
7,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gci_RestrictedStockAndRestrictedStockUnitsMember
5,400us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= gci_RestrictedStockAndRestrictedStockUnitsMember
Performance Shares      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock-based compensation 14,850us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
12,331us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
7,991us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
Stock options and other      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock-based compensation $ 1,278us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
$ 3,001us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
$ 4,255us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember