Debt Schedule of Payments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	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]	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]	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 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 29, 2014 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Voluntary Payment [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [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. 28, 2014 Voluntary Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 29, 2014 Voluntary Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 Voluntary Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Voluntary Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 29, 2013 Voluntary Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Voluntary Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Voluntary Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Voluntary Payment [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 29, 2014 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [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. 28, 2014 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 29, 2014 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] New 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]	Mar. 31, 2013 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Payment Due To Asset Sale [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Sep. 28, 2014 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Jun. 29, 2014 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] 1st Lien Agreement [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. 28, 2014 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Jun. 29, 2014 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] New 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]	Mar. 31, 2013 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Excess Cash Flow Sweep [Member] New Pulitzer Notes [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 January 30, 2013 to January 29, 2014 [Member] 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 January 30, 2014 to January 29, 2015 [Member] 2nd Lien Agreement [Member]	Mar. 30, 2014 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%	100.00%	100.00%
Repayments of Long-term Debt	$ 34,500	$ 52,850	$ 3,375	$ 3,375	$ 10,000	$ 6,500	$ 9,000	$ 5,500	$ 17,850	$ 20,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 10,000	$ 8,000	$ 17,000	$ 14,000	$ 6,000	$ 9,000	$ 3,375	$ 3,375	$ 3,000	$ 3,000	$ 3,000	$ 3,000	$ 2,500	$ 2,500	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 6,400	$ 0	$ 0	$ 2,600	$ 3,800	$ 0	$ 0	$ 5,500	$ 3,350	$ 6,000	$ 2,260	$ 15,350	$ 9,750	$ 0	$ 0	$ 10,000	$ 1,600	$ 17,000	$ 14,000	$ 1,500	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 150	$ 0	$ 240	$ 0	$ 7,750	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1,900	$ 5,200	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1,500	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0