Debt Schedule of Long-Term Debt Instruments (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended															1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	4 Months Ended					3 Months Ended																					3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 30, 2012	Sep. 29, 2013	Jan. 30, 2012	Sep. 28, 2014 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 29, 2014 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	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]	Jan. 30, 2012 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Revolving Line Of Credit [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Revolving Line Of Credit [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 New Second Lien Loan [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Feb. 18, 2009 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jan. 01, 2013 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	May 01, 2000 Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 29, 2014 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	May 01, 2013 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Federal Funds Rate [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Federal Funds Rate [Member] Revolving Line Of Credit [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Prime Lending Rate [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Prime Lending Rate [Member] Revolving Line Of Credit [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 30 Day LIBOR [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 30 Day LIBOR [Member] Revolving Line Of Credit [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 January 30, 2013 to January 29, 2014 [Member] 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 January 30, 2014 to January 29, 2015 [Member] 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 January 30, 2015 to April 2017 [Member] 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 27, 2015 Lee Legacy [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Lee Legacy [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 29, 2014 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [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. 28, 2014 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 29, 2014 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Mandatory Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Covenant Limitation, Leverage Ratio																																															9.1	9.90
Debt Instrument, Face Amount													$ 689,510,000		$ 40,000,000			$ 175,000,000	$ 200,000,000		$ 186,000,000						$ 306,000,000									$ 94,000,000
New Second Lien Reduction Amount																			75,000,000
Present Value Discount				23,709,000																											(1,565,000)
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	9.20%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued in Refinancing																		6,743,640	6,000,000
Fair Value Of Stock Issued In Refinancing																		9,576,000
Refinancing Cost, Common Stock Value, Per Share																		$ 1.42	$ 4.19
Long Term Debt, Principal Payments																				5,000,000	120,000,000	10,145,000	15,145,000
Base Interest Rate																																							0.50%	0.00%		1.00%	1.00%
Base Interest Rate- Minimum 30 Day LIBOR																																										1.00%
Interest Rate Margin																																						5.25%	4.50%	5.25%	6.25%	6.25%	5.50%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate at Period End								8.00%
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount	821,255,000		834,558,000					603,000,000	609,500,000							175,000,000	175,000,000			126,355,000			126,355,000	0	0						55,000,000	63,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal, Remainder of Fiscal Year	9,750,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	19,900,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	586,150,000							12,750,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	217,200,000							13,500,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five								3,375,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage								7.50%								15.00%		15.00%	12.00%	10.55%			10.55%			11.30%					9.00%						9.00%
Unamortized Loan Commitment and Origination Fees and Unamortized Discounts or Premiums	(11,745,000)		(12,942,000)
Long Term Debt, Annual Interest Rate Increase																				0.75%			0.75%
Long Term Debt, Repayments Of Principal, Redemption Percentage																																												102.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Common Stock Issued In Refinancing, Percent of Total On A Pro Forma Basis																		13.00%	10.00%
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount				12,250,000														8,750,000		3,500,000			3,500,000
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities	13,925,000		19,150,000
Unamortized Present Value Discount- Current Portion	(4,779,000)		(4,779,000)
Long-term Debt	812,109,000		820,187,000
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity														29,942,000
Liquidity	42,598,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt	14,500,000	29,000,000			3,375,000	3,375,000	3,000,000	6,500,000	9,000,000	5,500,000	17,850,000	20,000,000																0	0	0	8,000,000	17,000,000	14,000,000	6,000,000	9,000,000														3,375,000	3,375,000	3,000,000	3,000,000	3,000,000	3,000,000	2,500,000	2,500,000	0	0	0	6,400,000	0	0	2,600,000	3,800,000
Debt, Principal Amount	833,000,000
Accrued Deferred Interest																															(1,189,000)
Proceeds from Maturities, Prepayments and Calls of Available-for-sale Securities																																																																	$ 6,400,000