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Related Party Transactions
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions

We have a 50% ownership interest in two joint ventures that operate transit shelters in the greater Los Angeles area and Vancouver, and four joint ventures acquired in connection with the acquisition of certain outdoor advertising businesses (the “Acquired Business”) of Van Wagner Communications, LLC (the “Acquisition”), which operate billboards in New York and Boston. All of these ventures are accounted for as equity investments. These investments totaled $24.2 million as of March 31, 2015, and $27.0 million as of December 31, 2014, and are included in Other assets on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. We provided sales and management services to these joint ventures and recorded management fees in Revenues on the Consolidated Statement of Operations of $1.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015, and $0.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014.

CBS Corporation (“CBS”)

On July 16, 2014, CBS disposed of all of its shares of our common stock and as of July 16, 2014, we were separated from CBS (the “Separation”) and CBS and their affiliates ceased to be related parties. Our Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014, include charges from CBS for services, such as tax, internal audit, cash management, insurance, technology systems and other services. Charges for these services and benefits have been included in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations and totaled $6.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Also included in these 2014 charges are professional fees associated with our planned election to be taxed as a REIT. During 2014, all services previously provided by CBS have been transitioned to us.

For advertising spending placed by CBS and its subsidiaries, we recognized total revenues of $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

As of December 31, 2014, there were no receivables from CBS and payables to CBS were $0.2 million, which were included in Other current liabilities on our Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

Viacom Inc. is controlled by National Amusements, Inc., the controlling stockholder of CBS. On July 16, 2014, as a result of the Separation, Viacom Inc. ceased to be a related party. Revenues recognized for advertising spending placed by various subsidiaries of Viacom Inc. were $1.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014.