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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 29, 2015
Dec. 28, 2014
Current Assets    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,171,830us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 1,455,183us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Restricted cash and cash equivalents 17,595us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 17,600us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Accounts receivable (net of allowances of $5,382 and $7,313) 415,033us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent 440,722us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Broadcast rights 127,901trco_ProgramRightsCurrent 147,423trco_ProgramRightsCurrent
Deferred income taxes 28,974us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetCurrent 29,675us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetCurrent
Prepaid expenses and other 82,566us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent 70,220us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets 1,843,899us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 2,160,823us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Properties    
Property, plant and equipment 968,384us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross 953,438us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Accumulated depreciation (119,351)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (102,841)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Net properties 849,033us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 850,597us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Other Assets    
Broadcast rights 159,975trco_ProgramRightsNoncurrent 157,014trco_ProgramRightsNoncurrent
Goodwill 3,916,266us-gaap_Goodwill 3,918,136us-gaap_Goodwill
Other intangible assets, net 2,348,016us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsNet 2,397,794us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsNet
Investments 1,654,944us-gaap_LongTermInvestments 1,717,192us-gaap_LongTermInvestments
Other 188,470us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent 194,899us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total other assets 8,267,671us-gaap_AssetsNoncurrent 8,385,035us-gaap_AssetsNoncurrent
Total Assets 10,960,603us-gaap_Assets 11,396,455us-gaap_Assets
Current Liabilities    
Accounts payable 64,781us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent 77,295us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Debt due within one year 4,034us-gaap_OtherLongTermDebtCurrent 4,088us-gaap_OtherLongTermDebtCurrent
Income taxes payable 12,612us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent 252,570us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent
Employee compensation and benefits 65,252us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent 80,270us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent
Contracts payable for broadcast rights 158,532us-gaap_ProgramRightsObligationsCurrent 178,685us-gaap_ProgramRightsObligationsCurrent
Deferred revenue 33,416us-gaap_DeferredRevenueCurrent 34,352us-gaap_DeferredRevenueCurrent
Dividends payable to shareholders and accrued payments to warrant holders 648,644us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent 0us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent
Other 64,386us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 56,920us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Total current liabilities 1,051,657us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 684,180us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Non-Current Liabilities    
Long-term debt 3,490,187us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 3,490,897us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Deferred income taxes 1,153,885us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent 1,156,214us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Contracts payable for broadcast rights 272,152us-gaap_ProgramRightsObligationsNoncurrent 279,819us-gaap_ProgramRightsObligationsNoncurrent
Contract intangible liability, net 30,613trco_FiniteLivedIntangibleLiabilitiesNet 34,425trco_FiniteLivedIntangibleLiabilitiesNet
Pension obligations, net 461,813us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent 469,116us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Postretirement, medical, life and other benefits 20,767us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent 21,456us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Other obligations 64,009us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 64,917us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total non-current liabilities 5,493,426us-gaap_LiabilitiesNoncurrent 5,516,844us-gaap_LiabilitiesNoncurrent
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 8)      
Shareholders’ Equity    
Authorized: 40,000,000 shares; No shares issued and outstanding at March 29, 2015 and at December 28, 2014 0us-gaap_PreferredStockValueOutstanding 0us-gaap_PreferredStockValueOutstanding
Treasury stock, at cost: 3,907,404 shares at March 29, 2015 and 975,594 shares at December 28, 2014 (Note 11) (232,988)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue (67,814)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Additional paid-in-capital 4,595,295us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapital 4,591,470us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapital
Retained earnings 105,991us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 718,218us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (52,876)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax (46,541)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Total shareholders’ equity 4,415,520us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 5,195,431us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity 10,960,603us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity 11,396,455us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
Class A Common Stock    
Shareholders’ Equity    
Common Stock, value 96us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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Total shareholders’ equity 96us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
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Class B Common Stock    
Shareholders’ Equity    
Common Stock, value 2us-gaap_CommonStockValueOutstanding
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Total shareholders’ equity $ 2us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
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