Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements Not Practicable (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 29, 2013	Sep. 29, 2013	Jan. 30, 2012
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Investments	$ 8,774,000
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount	821,255,000	834,558,000
1st Lien Agreement [Member]
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount	55,000,000
2nd Lien Agreement [Member]
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount	175,000,000
New Pulitzer Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount	55,000,000	63,000,000
Pulitzer Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount	$ 0	$ 0	$ 126,355,000