Goodwill and other Intangible Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Goodwill [Line Items]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:

	26 Weeks Ended
(Thousands of Dollars)	March 31 2013
Goodwill, gross amount	1,536,000
Accumulated impairment losses	(1,288,729	)
Goodwill, beginning of period, as previously reported	247,271
Goodwill allocated to discontinued operations	(3,542	)
Goodwill, beginning of period, as reclassified	243,729
Goodwill, end of period	243,729

Schedule of Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

Identified intangible assets consist of the following:

(Thousands of Dollars)	March 31 2013	September 30 2012
Nonamortized intangible assets:
Mastheads	28,605	28,605
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer and newspaper subscriber lists	855,773	855,773
Less accumulated amortization	456,458	437,366
	399,315	418,407
Noncompete and consulting agreements	28,524	28,524
Less accumulated amortization	28,520	28,519
	4	5
	427,924	447,017