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Investments and Other Assets | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract] |
Investments and other assets | Investments and other assets Our investments and other assets consisted of the following as of September 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):
| Sept. 30, 2018 |  | Dec. 31, 2017
Cash value life insurance | $ | 51,442 |  |  | $ | 51,188 |
Equity method investments | 32,651 |  |  | 27,098 |
Cost method investments | 24,212 |  |  | 17,374 |
Deferred debt issuance cost | 10,029 |  |  | 6,048 |
Other long term assets | 37,883 |  |  | 35,458 |
Total | $ | 156,217 |  |  | $ | 137,166 |
Cash value life insurance: We are the beneficiary of life insurance policies on the lives of certain employees/retirees, which are recorded at their cash surrender value as determined by the insurance carrier. These policies are utilized as a partial funding source for deferred compensation and other non-qualified employee retirement plans. Gains and losses on these investments are included in Other non-operating expenses within our Consolidated Statement of Income and were not material for all periods presented. Equity method investments: We hold several strategic equity method investments. Our largest equity method investment is our ownership in CareerBuilder, of which we own approximately 17% (or approximately 10% on a fully-diluted basis), representing an investment balance of $21.6 million as of September 30, 2018. On May 14, 2018, CareerBuilder sold its subsidiary, Economic Modeling LLC (also known as EMSI). As a result, we received a dividend of $9.9 million in connection with the sale commensurate with our equity ownership in CareerBuilder. Our share of CareerBuilder’s gain on the sale of EMSI was approximately $16.8 million which is included in Equity income (loss) in unconsolidated investments, net, on our Consolidated Statements of Income. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we recorded $15.7 million in equity income from our CareerBuilder investment.

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