XML 105 R92.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.4.1.9
Business Operations and Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail)
Dec. 28, 2014
Home
Store
Broadcasting  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]  
Number of television stations 46gci_NumberOfTelevisionStations
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= gci_BroadcastingMember
Number of households covered 35,000,000gci_NumberOfHouseholdsCoveredByService
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= gci_BroadcastingMember
Percentage Of market covered 33.33%gci_PercentageOfMarketCovered
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= gci_BroadcastingMember
Publishing | United States and United Kingdom  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]  
Number of daily publications 100gci_NumberOfDailyPublications
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= gci_PublishingMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= gci_UnitedStatesandUnitedKingdomMember
Publishing | United States | Minimum  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]  
Number of non daily publications 400gci_NumberOfNonDailyPublications
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= gci_PublishingMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_US
Publishing | United Kingdom | Minimum  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]  
Number of weekly publications 125gci_NumberOfWeeklyPublications
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= gci_PublishingMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_GB