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Dispositions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Dispositions | 3. Dispositions ﻿ L incoln F inancial M edia Company ﻿ On July 16, 2015, we closed on the sale of Lincoln Financial Media Company to Entercom Communications Corp. (“Entercom Parent”) and Entercom Radio, LLC. We received $75 million in cash, net of transaction expenses, and $28 million face amount of perpetual cumulative convertible preferred stock of Entercom Parent. During 2015, we recognized a loss of $2 million, after-tax, reflected within income (loss) from continuing operations on our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) related to finalizing the transaction.

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