Note 4 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

6 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2022

Notes to Financial Statements

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

4 GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Identified intangible assets consist of the following:

	March 27,			September 26,
(Thousands of Dollars)	2022			2021
Goodwill, end of period		330,204			330,204
Non-amortized intangible assets:
Mastheads		39,849			39,672
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer and newspaper subscriber lists		574,451			774,242
Less accumulated amortization		(468,732	)		(657,243	)
		105,719			116,999
Total intangibles, net		475,772			486,875

The weighted average amortization period for amortizable assets is 13 years.