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Fair Value Measurements (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2014
Sep. 28, 2014
Jun. 29, 2014
Mar. 30, 2014
Dec. 29, 2013
Sep. 29, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 28, 2014
Dec. 29, 2013
Dec. 30, 2012
Jun. 24, 2012
Dec. 25, 2011
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]                          
Proportionate share of loss, after tax and allocation to noncontrolling interest $ (7,845,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 1,599,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 25,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ (2,147,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 183,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ (123,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ (405,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ (2,870,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ (8,368,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ (3,215,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 2,936,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments    
Impairment of investments                 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet 5,500,000us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet    
Carrying value of long-term debt 420,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent       677,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent       420,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 677,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent      
Long-term debt, fair value 527,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue       819,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue       527,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue 819,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue      
About Group [Member]                          
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]                          
Goodwill, Impairment Loss                       194,700,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
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Nonrecurring [Member]                          
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[1]    
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]                          
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[1] Impairment losses related 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 13 for additional information.