Significant Accounting Policies Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2009	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 25, 2011
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Subsequent Event, Date		Dec. 14, 2012
Inventory, LIFO Reserve		$ 3,556,000	$ 3,895,000
FIFO Inventory Amount		2,848,000	2,595,000
LIFO Inventory Amount		2,723,000	2,719,000
Newsprint Inventory		$ 5,571,000	$ 5,314,000
Buildings Useful Life- Low End of Range		5 years 0 months 0 days
Building Useful Life- High End of Range		54 years 0 months 0 days
Press Equipment Useful Life- Low End of Range		3 years 0 months 0 days
Press Equipment Useful Life- High End of Range		28 years 0 months 0 days
Other PPE Useful Life- Low End Of Range		3 years 0 months 0 days
Other PPE Useful Life- High End Of Range		20 years 0 months 0 days
Noncontrolling Interest Redeemed PDLLC, Percent Redeemed	5.00%
Heral Value Liability- Liability Input		10.00%
Customer Lists [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets Useful Life- Low End Of Range		7 years 0 months 0 days
Finite Lived Intagible Asset Useful Life- High End Of Range		23 years 0 months 0 days
Subscriber Lists [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets Useful Life- Low End Of Range		7 years 0 months 0 days
Finite Lived Intagible Asset Useful Life- High End Of Range		33 years 0 months 0 days
Noncompete Agreements [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life		15 years 0 months 0 days