Business operations and segment information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 25, 2011

In thousands of dollars

Business segment financial information

		September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
	2011			2010			2009
Operating revenues
Publishing	$	3,831,108		$	4,050,839		$	4,292,344
Digital		686,471			618,259			586,174
Broadcasting		722,410			769,580			631,085

Total	$	5,239,989		$	5,438,678		$	5,509,603

Operating income
Publishing (2)	$	477,583		$	647,741		$	516,328
Digital (2)		125,340			83,355			43,295
Broadcasting (2)		302,140			329,245			216,101
Corporate (1) (2)		(74,272	)		(60,646	)		(56,806	)

Total	$	830,791		$	999,695		$	718,918

Depreciation, amortization and facility consolidation and asset impairment charges
Publishing (2)	$	148,537		$	170,073		$	255,733
Digital (2)		30,693			43,313			59,489
Broadcasting (2)		28,926			40,460			42,640
Corporate (1) (2)		16,460			17,039			15,677

Total	$	224,616		$	270,885		$	373,539

Equity income (losses) in unconsolidated investees, net
Publishing	$	8,543		$	19,337		$	4,010
Digital		(184	)		(197	)		(83	)
Broadcasting		(162	)		—			—

Total	$	8,197		$	19,140		$	3,927

Identifiable assets
Publishing	$	3,032,605		$	3,162,655		$	3,417,026
Digital		1,014,805			1,057,898			1,139,266
Broadcasting		1,994,051			2,003,929			2,058,415
Corporate (1)		574,989			592,362			533,725

Total	$	6,616,450		$	6,816,844		$	7,148,432

Capital expenditures
Publishing	$	40,175		$	36,776		$	44,935
Digital		15,673			11,883			8,232
Broadcasting		15,263			19,694			13,656
Corporate (1)		1,340			717			914

Total	$	72,451		$	69,070		$	67,737

(1)

Corporate amounts represent those not directly related to the company’s three business segments.

(2)

Results for 2011 include pre-tax facility consolidation charges of $27 million for publishing. Results for 2010 include pre-tax facility consolidation and asset impairment charges of $36 million for publishing, $13 million for digital and $8 million for broadcasting. Results for 2009 include pre-tax facility consolidation and asset impairment charges of $99 million for publishing, $25 million for digital and $9 million for broadcasting. The asset impairment charges did not affect the company’s operations or cash flow. Refer to Notes 3 and 4 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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