Discontinued Operations And Associated Spin-Off Adjustments (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Aug. 04, 2014	Mar. 29, 2015	Mar. 30, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Operating revenues			$ 406,110,000
Operating profit			24,087,000
Loss on equity investments, net			(335,000)
Interest expense			(2,783,000)	[1]
Reorganization items, net			(9,000)
Income before income taxes			20,960,000
Income tax (benefit) expense from discontinued operations			8,359,000	[2]
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes		0	12,601,000
Cash dividends received	275,000,000
Cash dividend received to repay outstanding borrowings		1,067,000	914,000
Interest expense allocated to discontinued operations			3,000,000
Effective tax rate on income from discontinued operations, percent			39.90%
U.S federal statutory rate, percent		35.00%	35.00%
Secured Debt | Tribune Publishing Company
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Borrowings under senior secured credit facility	350,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Agreement | Term Loan Facility
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash dividend received to repay outstanding borrowings	$ 275,000,000

[1] In connection with the Publishing Spin-off on August 4, 2014, the Company received a $275 million cash dividend from Tribune Publishing utilizing borrowings of $350 million under a senior term loan facility entered into by Tribune Publishing prior to the Publishing Spin-off. The full amount of the $275 million cash dividend was used to permanently repay $275 million of outstanding borrowings under the Company’s Term Loan Facility (as defined and described in Note 6). Interest expense associated with the Company’s outstanding debt was allocated to discontinued operations based on the ratio of the $275 million cash dividend received from Tribune Publishing to the total outstanding indebtedness under the outstanding credit facilities in effect in each respective period prior to the Publishing Spin-off and totaled $3 million for three months ended March 30, 2014

[2] The effective tax rate on pretax income from discontinued operations was for 39.9% for the three months ended March 30, 2014. This rate differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% primarily due to state income taxes (net of federal benefit) and the impact of certain nondeductible transaction costs.