Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2013	Jul. 31, 2014 Division	Jul. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2013
Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale [Abstract]
Number of division discontinued			2
Number of facilities identified as available for sale			1
Interest expense allocated to discontinued operation		$ 167,000		$ 612,000
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sale of property and equipment			464,229	140,448
Disposal group including discontinued operation income statement [Abstract]
Net Sales		2,659,759		11,144,481
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		(85,312)		(247,202)
Income tax benefit (expense)		27,149		67,492
Gain on sale of discontinued operations		443,304		443,304
Income tax (expense) on sale		(168,681)		(168,681)
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	0	216,460	0	94,913
Assets [Abstract]
Inventory	0		0		0
Assets, discontinued operations [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable	53,869		53,869		124,231
Inventories	0		0		0
Other current assets	0		0		0
Property and equipment, net	0		0		0
Other Assets	0		0		0
Total current assets	53,869		53,869		124,231
Property and equipment, net	0		0		0
Other assets	0		0		0
Total noncurrent assets	0		0		0
Total assets held for sale/discontinued operations	53,869		53,869		124,231
Liabilities, discontinued operations [Abstract]
Accounts payable	0		0		0
Deferred revenue	0		0		0
Accrued payroll and commissions	0		0		0
Taxes accrued and withheld	0		0		315
Accrued expenses	0		0		0
Debt	0		0		0
Total current liabilities	0		0		315
Total noncurrent liabilities	0		0		0
Total liabilities held for sale/discontinued operations	0		0		315
Assets, total [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable	53,869		53,869		124,231
Inventories	0		0		0
Other current assets	0		0		0
Property and equipment, net	257,406		257,406		369,073
Total current assets	311,275		311,275		493,304
Property and equipment, net	0		0		0
Other assets	0		0		0
Total noncurrent assets	0		0		0
Total assets held for sale/discontinued operations	311,275		311,275		493,304
Liabilities, total [Abstract]
Accounts payable	0		0		0
Deferred revenue	0		0		0
Accrued payroll and commissions	0		0		0
Taxes accrued and withheld	0		0		315
Accrued expenses	0		0		0
Debt	0		0		0
Total current liabilities	0		0		315
Total noncurrent liabilities	0		0		0
Total liabilities held for sale/discontinued operations	0		0		315
Printing [Member]
Disposal group including discontinued operation income statement [Abstract]
Net Sales		295,687		2,190,475
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		(136,306)		(738,571)
Income tax benefit (expense)		46,144		250,527
Gain on sale of discontinued operations		(103,802)		(103,802)
Income tax (expense) on sale		35,116		35,116
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations		(158,848)		(556,730)
Herald-Dispatch [Member]
Disposal group including discontinued operation income statement [Abstract]
Net Sales		2,364,072		8,954,006
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		50,994		491,369
Income tax benefit (expense)		(18,995)		(183,035)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations		547,106		547,106
Income tax (expense) on sale		(203,797)		(203,797)
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations		375,308		651,643
Division Held for Sale [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Accounts receivable	0		0		0
Inventory	0		0		0
Other current assets	0		0		0
Property and equipment, net	257,406		257,406		369,073
Other Assets	0		0		0
Total current assets	257,406		257,406		369,073
Property and equipment, net	0		0		0
Total noncurrent assets	0		0		0
Total assets held for sale/discontinued operations	257,406		257,406		369,073
Liabilities [Abstract]
Accounts payable	0		0		0
Deferred revenue	0		0		0
Accrued payroll and commissions	0		0		0
Taxes accrued and withheld	0		0		0
Accrued expenses	0		0		0
Debt	0		0		0
Total current liabilities	0		0		0
Total noncurrent liabilities - debt	0		0		0
Total liabilities held for sale/discontinued operations	0		0		0
Assets, discontinued operations [Abstract]
Inventories	0		0		0
Property and equipment, net	0		0		0
Donihe [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sale of real estate			175,000
Donihe and Merten [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sale of property and equipment			1,050,000
Blue Ridge [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary assets			942,000
Reduced net liquidity adjustments on net commission	22,000		22,000
Champion Publishing [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary assets			$ 9,700,000