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Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2013
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
Dec. 29, 2013
Wanderful Media, LLC
12.73%
Ponderay Newsprint Company
13.50%
Captivate Holdings, LLC
18.00%
California Newspapers Partnership
19.49%
4Info
24.53%
Livestream
26.03%
Classified Ventures (1)
26.90%
Pearl, LLC
32.10%
HotelMe, LLC
32.14%
Homefinder.com
33.33%
Topix
33.71%
Garnet Media
34.00%
Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership
40.64%
Tucson Newspaper Partnership
50.00%

(1)
The acquisition of Belo increased the ownership percentage in Classified Ventures from 23.6% to 26.9%.

The aggregate carrying value of equity investments at Dec. 29, 2013, was $164.9 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 company’s net equity income in unconsolidated investees included impairment charges related primarily to certain digital business investments for 2013, 2012 and 2011 of $0.7 million, $7.0 million and $15.7 million, respectively.
The company also recorded revenue related to Classified Ventures and Homefinder.com products for online advertisements placed on its publishing affiliated digital platforms. Such amounts totaled approximately $98.3 million for 2013, $90.2 million for 2012 and $82.7 million for 2011. These revenues are recorded within Publishing Segment advertising revenue.