Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements Not Practicable (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2015	Sep. 28, 2014	Jan. 30, 2012
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Investments	$ 7,359,000
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount	745,000,000	$ 804,750,000
New Pulitzer Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount	$ 0	$ 23,000,000
Pulitzer Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Estimate Not Practicable, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt, Long-term and Short-term, Combined Amount			$ 126,355,000