Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Dec. 31, 2011
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	12. Subsequent events Agreement for sale of Company's Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald News building On March 19, 2012, the Company entered into an Agreement of Purchase and Sale (the "Agreement") with Hagen Creek Properties, Inc., a Georgia corporation ("Buyer"), for the sale of the Company's building and real estate located at One Press Place, Athens, Georgia (the "Real Property"). The building contains approximately 102 thousand square feet of space and is situated on approximately 3.1 acres. Under the Agreement, the Buyer will pay the Company $13,230, payable in cash, at closing (the “Purchase Price”). The Buyer is required to close on the Real Property no later than June 17, 2012. Buyer has broad rights to inspect the Real Property and may terminate the Agreement for any reason within 60 days after the date of the Agreement. The Company will continue to publish its newspaper, the Athens Banner-Herald, following the sale and will lease back approximately 10 thousand square feet (approximately 9.8% of total square feet) of the Real Property for a period of 5 years at an initial rate of $15.25 per square foot of office space and tenant's share of common area per year on a triple net basis, plus an allocation for common area maintenance. Waivers under Working Capital Facility On March 20, 2012, the Company received consents and/or waivers from the Bank, under the Working Capital Facility, permitting or consenting to the longer term leaseback of such Real Property. The Bank previously consented to the sale of the Real Property and the use of the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of the Real Property in Athens to prepay any balances under the Working Capital Facility and to repurchase New Notes under the Indenture, without terminating the Working Capital Facility. Out sourcing of newspaper print editions-During the first quarter of 2012, the Company contracted with the Kansas City (Kan.) Star (the "Star") and Atlanta (Ga.) Journal Constitution (the "AJC") to produce the print edition copies of The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal and Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald newspapers, respectively. The AJC commenced the printing of the Athens newspaper during the first quarter of 2012 and the Star is expected to commence printing of the Topeka newspaper during the second quarter of 2012. During 2011, as a result of the analysis of impairment of long-lived assets, the Company impaired $524 related to press equipment at the Athens newspaper. In connection with management's decision to outsource printing of the Topeka newspaper, the Company anticipates recognizing an impairment on the newspaper's press equipment ranging from $2,000 to $2,800 during the first quarter of 2012.

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