Discontinued Operations (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended									12 Months Ended							3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2012	Sep. 23, 2012	Jun. 24, 2012	Mar. 25, 2012	Dec. 25, 2011		Sep. 25, 2011	Jun. 26, 2011	Mar. 27, 2011	Dec. 30, 2012		Dec. 25, 2011		Dec. 26, 2010	Dec. 30, 2012 Carrying (Reported) Amount, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]	Dec. 25, 2011 Carrying (Reported) Amount, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]	Dec. 25, 2011 About Group's Consumersearch Tradename [Member] [Member]	Sep. 25, 2012 About Group [Member]	Jun. 24, 2012 About Group [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 About Group [Member]		Dec. 25, 2011 About Group [Member]		Dec. 26, 2010 About Group [Member]	Jan. 06, 2012 Regional Media Group [Member] Newspaper	Dec. 30, 2012 Regional Media Group [Member]		Dec. 25, 2011 Regional Media Group [Member]		Dec. 26, 2010 Regional Media Group [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 WQXR-FM [Member]	Dec. 25, 2011 WQXR-FM [Member]	Dec. 26, 2010 WQXR-FM [Member]
Discontinued operations
Proceeds from the sale of discontinued operations																		$ 300,000,000							$ 140,044,000	$ 140,044,000		$ 0		$ 0
Net working capital adjustment																		17,000,000
Net after-tax proceeds from sale, including tax benefit																		291,000,000							150,000,000
Number of newspapers, print publications and related businesses sold																									16
Revenues										81,085,000		370,771,000		412,736,000						74,970,000		110,826,000		136,077,000		6,115,000		259,945,000		276,659,000			0	[1]
Total operating costs										59,157,000		302,507,000		323,924,000						51,140,000		67,475,000		74,570,000		8,017,000		235,032,000		249,354,000			0	[1]
Impairment of goodwill										194,732,000	[2]	155,209,000							194,700,000	194,732,000		3,116,000				0		152,093,000
Pre-tax loss										(172,804,000)		(86,945,000)		88,812,000						(170,902,000)		40,235,000		61,507,000		(1,902,000)		(127,180,000)		27,305,000			0	[1]
Income tax benefit										(60,801,000)		4,574,000	[3]	35,199,000						(60,065,000)		15,453,000	[3]	24,416,000		(736,000)		(10,879,000)	[3]	10,783,000			0	[1]
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes										(112,003,000)				53,613,000						(110,837,000)				37,091,000	(6,600,000)	(1,166,000)				16,522,000			0	[1]
Gain/(loss) on sale										91,234,000				16,000				96,700,000		96,675,000		0		0		(5,441,000)		0		0	0	0	16,000	[1]
Income tax expense/(benefit)(1)										5,714,000	[4]			3,000						34,785,000	[4]			0		(29,071,000)	[4]			0			3,000	[1]
Gain on sale, net of income taxes										85,520,000		0		13,000				61,900,000		61,890,000				0	23,600,000	23,630,000				0			13,000	[1]
(Loss)/income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	59,789,000	6,026,000	(125,689,000)	33,391,000	7,921,000		9,074,000	(120,381,000)	11,867,000	(26,483,000)		(91,519,000)		53,626,000						(48,947,000)		24,782,000		37,091,000		22,464,000		(116,301,000)		16,522,000			13,000	[1]
Goodwill															0	0
Impairment of assets										194,732,000		164,434,000		16,148,000			3,100,000
Cost method investments															0	2,864,000
Accounts receivable, net					40,919,000							40,919,000										14,369,000						26,550,000
Property, plant and equipment, net					148,050,000							148,050,000										1,763,000						146,287,000
Goodwill					367,276,000							367,276,000										367,276,000						0
Other intangible assets acquired, net					17,540,000							17,540,000										17,210,000						330,000
Other assets					16,217,000							16,217,000										11,203,000						5,014,000
Total assets held for sale	0				590,002,000					0		590,002,000										411,821,000						178,181,000
Total liabilities					19,568,000	[5]						19,568,000	[5]									0	[5]					19,568,000	[5]
Net assets					$ 570,434,000							$ 570,434,000										$ 411,821,000						$ 158,613,000

[1] In October 2009, we completed the sale of WQXR-FM, a New York City classical radio station. In 2010, we recorded post-closing adjustments to the gain on the sale of WQXR-FM.

[2] Impairment losses relate to the About Group and are included within “(Loss)/income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes” for the year ended December 30, 2012. We sold the About Group in September 2012. See Note 15 for additional information.

[3] The income tax benefit for the Regional Media Group was unfavorably impacted because a portion of the goodwill impairment charge was non-deductible.

[4] The income tax benefit for the Regional Media Group included a tax deduction for goodwill, which was previously non-deductible, triggered upon the sale of the Regional Media Group.

[5] Included in “Accrued expenses” in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 25, 2011.