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Investments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2012
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Investments | Investments The company’s investments include several that are accounted for under the equity method. Principal among these are the following:
| % Owned
Wanderful Media, LLC | 11.36%
Ponderay Newsprint Company | 13.50%
Pearl, LLC | 16.20%
Garnet Media | 18.10%
California Newspapers Partnership | 19.49%
4Info | 23.49%
Classified Ventures | 23.60%
Livestream | 26.60%
HotelMe, LLC | 32.14%
Homefinder.com | 33.33%
Topix | 33.71%
Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership | 40.64%
Tucson Newspaper Partnership | 50.00%
The aggregate carrying value of equity investments at Dec. 30, 2012, was $123 million. Certain differences exist between the company’s investment carrying value and the underlying equity of the investee companies principally due to fair value measurement at the date of investment acquisition and due to impairment charges recorded by the company for certain of the investments. The aggregate amount of pretax earnings recorded by the company for its investments accounted for under the equity method was $22 million, $8 million, and $19 million for 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. Distributions received from the investees were $36 million, $53 million and $45 million in 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. The company’s net equity income in unconsolidated investees for 2012, 2011 and 2010 included $7 million, $16 million and $3 million, respectively, of impairment charges related to certain digital business investments. The company also recorded revenue related to CareerBuilder and Classified Ventures products for online advertisements placed on its publishing affiliated digital platforms. Such amounts totaled approximately $161 million for 2012, $154 million for 2011 and $142 million for 2010. These revenues are recorded within Publishing Segment advertising revenue.

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