Debt Schedule Of Debt Payments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Schedule of Payments [Line Items]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

Debt is summarized as follows:

	Amount			Interest Rates(%)
(Thousands of Dollars)	September 30 2012		September 25 2011	September 30 2012
1st Lien Agreement	661,850		—	7.50
2nd Lien Agreement	175,000		—	15.00
Previous credit agreement:
Term loan	—		569,335
Revolving credit facility	—		286,425
Pulitzer Notes	109,000		138,500	10.55
Unaccreted (unamortized) present value adjustment	(19,624	)	290
	926,226		994,550
Less current maturities of debt	17,400		994,550
Current amount of present value adjustment	(5,418	)	—
Total long term debt	914,244		—

1st Lien Agreement [Member]

Schedule of Payments [Line Items]

Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block]

2012 payments made under the 1^st Lien Agreement are summarized as follows:

(Thousands of Dollars)	2012
Mandatory	5,000
Voluntary	19,450
Asset sales	3,210
Excess cash flow	—
	27,660

Pulitzer Notes [Member]

Schedule of Payments [Line Items]

Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block]

2012 payments made under the Pulitzer Notes are summarized as follows:

(Thousands of Dollars)	2012
Prior to refinancing	500
Pursuant to the Plan, net	11,645
Mandatory	1,400
Voluntary	15,955
Asset sales	—
Excess cash flow	—
	29,500