Discontinued Operations And Associated Spin-Off Adjustments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Aug. 04, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 28, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 28, 2014
Assets Held For Sale [Line Items]
Operating revenues				$ 144,890		$ 970,501
Operating (loss) profit				(14,503)		38,712
Gain (loss) on equity investments, net				3		(626)
Interest expense	[1]			(1,227)		(6,837)
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Investment Transactions	[2]			0		1,484
Reorganization items, net				(1)		(9)
(Loss) income before income taxes				(15,728)		32,724
Income tax (benefit) expense from discontinued operations	[3]			(839)		19,172
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes			$ 0	(14,889)	$ 0	13,552
Cash dividends received		$ 275,000
Repayments of long‑term debt associated with the Spin-off					$ 1,107,302	297,783
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Allocated Interest Expense, Excluding Capital Leases				1,000		7,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Investment Transactions	[2]			$ 0		$ 1,484
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Equity Interest In Acquiree, Acquisition of Remaining Interest				50.00%
Effective tax rate on income from discontinued operations, percent				5.30%		58.60%
U.S federal statutory rate, percent					35.00%	35.00%
Secured Debt | Tribune Publishing Company
Assets Held For Sale [Line Items]
Borrowings under senior secured credit facility		350,000
Senior Secured Credit Agreement | Term Loan Facility
Assets Held For Sale [Line Items]
Repayments of long‑term debt associated with the Spin-off		$ 275,000

[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 7). 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 $1 million and $7 million for

[2] Gain on investment transaction consists of the $1 million gain related to the remeasurement of Tribune Publishing’s investment in McClatchy/Tribune Information Services (“MCT”) as a result of the acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in MCT during the second quarter of 2014.

[3] The effective tax rate on pretax income from discontinued operations was 5.3% and 58.6% for the three and nine months ended September 28, 2014, respectively. These rates differ 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.