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Other Assets
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Other Assets
Other Assets

Other assets consist of the following (in thousands):
 
December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Debt issuance costs, net of amortization
$
72,259

 
$
56,445

Deferred tax asset(1)
—

 
95,843

Investments
10,106

 
11,106

Other
—

 
1,853

Total other assets
$
82,365

 
$
165,247

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(1)
The deferred tax asset at December 31, 2015, upon which there is a full valuation allowance, was netted against the deferred tax liability for presentation purposes as a result of the Company’s adoption of ASU 2015-17 in the fourth quarter of 2015. See Note 1.