Debt Schedule Of Debt Payments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 24, 2017

Schedule of Payments [Line Items]

Pulitzer Excess Cash Flow [Table Text Block]

Pulitzer Excess Cash Flow and the related payments on the 2^nd Lien Term Loan for the previous four quarters are as follows:

For the Period Ending (Thousands of Dollars)	Pulitzer Excess Cash Flow	Payment Date	Payment Amount (not rejected)
September 25, 2016	—	Q1 2017	—
December 25, 2016	930	Q2 2017	174
March 26, 2017	4,488	Q3 2017	4,488
June 25, 2017	5,549	Q4 2017	5,549

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

Debt is summarized as follows:

					Interest Rates(%)
(Thousands of Dollars)	September 24 2017		September 26 2016		September 24 2017
Revolving Facility	—		—		6.74
1st Lien Term Loan	45,145		101,304		7.49
Notes	385,000		385,000		9.50
2nd Lien Term Loan	118,240		130,863		12.00
	548,385		617,167
Unamortized debt issue costs	(21,824	)	(26,271	)
Less current maturities of long-term debt	30,182		25,070
Total long-term debt	496,379		565,826

1st Lien Agreement [Member]

Schedule of Payments [Line Items]

Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block]

2017 principal payments made for the year under the 1^st Lien Term Loan are summarized as follows:

	13 Weeks Ended
(Thousands of Dollars)	December 25 2016	March 26 2017	June 25 2017	September 24 2017
Mandatory	6,250	6,250	6,250	6,250
Voluntary	11,000	7,500	5,000	6,000
Excess cash flow payment	70	—	—	1,589
	17,320	13,750	11,250	13,839