Debt Schedule of Payments (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended																																						12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 25, 2011	Sep. 29, 2013 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 25, 2011 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Previous Pulitzer Notes [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 Previous Pulitzer Notes [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Previous Pulitzer Notes [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 25, 2011 Previous Pulitzer Notes [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Debt Payments Under Reorganization Plan [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 Debt Payments Under Reorganization Plan [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Debt Payments Under Reorganization Plan [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 25, 2011 Debt Payments Under Reorganization Plan [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Mandatory Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Mandatory Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 Mandatory Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Mandatory Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 25, 2011 Mandatory Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Voluntary Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Voluntary Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Voluntary Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 Voluntary Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Voluntary Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 25, 2011 Voluntary Payment [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Voluntary Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Voluntary Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 25, 2011 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 25, 2011 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 January 30, 2013 to January 29, 2014 [Member] 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 January 30, 2014 to January 29, 2015 [Member] 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 January 30, 2015 to April 2017 [Member] 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Line Items]
Long Term Debt, Repayments Of Principal, Redemption Percentage																																																																																								102.00%	101.00%	100.00%
Repayments of Long-term Debt	$ 192,350,000	$ (1,065,455,000)	$ 137,330,000	$ 9,000,000	$ 5,500,000	$ 17,850,000	$ 20,000,000	$ 6,150,000	$ 6,500,000	$ 15,010,000	$ 6,000,000	$ 9,000,000	$ 4,000,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 11,855,000	$ 10,645,000	$ 17,000,000	$ 14,000,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 500,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1,500,000	$ 10,145,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 2,500,000	$ 2,500,000	$ 2,500,000	$ 2,500,000	$ 0	$ 2,600,000	$ 3,800,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1,400,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 6,400,000	$ 6,000,000	$ 2,260,000	$ 15,350,000	$ 9,750,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 3,850,000	$ 12,600,000	$ 1,500,000	$ 0	$ 4,000,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 8,955,000	$ 0	$ 17,000,000	$ 14,000,000	$ 0	$ 240,000	$ 0	$ 7,750,000	$ 650,000	$ 150,000	$ 2,410,000	$ 1,900,000	$ 5,200,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0