Pension Benefits - Schedule of Multiemployer Plans (Details) - Pension Plan $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 26, 2021 USD ($) collectiveBargainingAgreement	Dec. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2019 USD ($)
Pension Benefits
Multiemployer plan, withdrawal obligation	$ 70,000	$ 76,000
Contributions for individually significant plans	2,764	2,888	$ 2,800
Contributions for a plan not individually significant	33	24	0
Total Contributions	2,797	2,912	2,800
CWA/ITU Negotiated Pension Plan
Pension Benefits
Contributions for individually significant plans	364	384	415
Newspaper and Mail Deliverers'-Publishers' Pension Fund
Pension Benefits
Contributions for individually significant plans	$ 912	1,010	1,014
Number of collective bargaining arrangements \| collectiveBargainingAgreement	2
GCIU-Employer Retirement Benefit Plan
Pension Benefits
Contributions for individually significant plans	$ 48	65	58
Pressmen's Publishers' Pension Fund
Pension Benefits
Contributions for individually significant plans	$ 1,337	1,328	1,213
Collective bargaining agreement, actuarial calculation, period for smoothing investment losses (in years)	10 years
Paper-Handlers' - Publishers' Pension Fund
Pension Benefits
Contributions for individually significant plans	$ 103	$ 101	$ 100

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