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Schedule II - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule II - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (In thousands)
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of period |  |  | Charges to Costs, Expenses and other |  |  | Write-off of Accounts Receivable |  |  | Other |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Year ended December 31, 2009 |  | $ | 97,364 |  |  | $ | 52,498 |  |  | $ | 77,850 |  |  | $ | (362 | ) (1) |  | $ | 71,650 |
Year ended December 31, 2010 |  | $ | 71,650 |  |  | $ | 23,023 |  |  | $ | 20,731 |  |  | $ | 718 | (1) |  | $ | 74,660 |
Year ended December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 74,660 |  |  | $ | 13,723 |  |  | $ | 27,345 |  |  | $ | 2,060 | (1) |  | $ | 63,098 |
(1) | Primarily foreign currency adjustments and acquisition and/or divestiture activity.
SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance (In thousands)
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of period |  |  | Charges to Costs, Expenses and other (1) |  |  | Utilization (2) |  |  | Adjustments (3) |  |  | Balance at end of Period |
Year ended December 31, 2009 |  | $ | 319,530 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (7,369 | ) |  | $ | (308,307 | ) |  | $ | 3,854 |
Year ended December 31, 2010 |  | $ | 3,854 |  |  | $ | 13,580 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 17,434 |
Year ended December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 17,434 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3,257 | ) |  | $ | 14,177 |
| (1) | During 2010, the Company recorded a valuation allowance on certain capital allowance deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty of the ability to utilize those assets in future periods.
| (2) | During 2009 the Company utilized capital loss carryforwards to offset the capital gains generated in continuing operations from the disposition of primarily broadcast assets and certain investments. The related valuation allowance was released as a result of the capital loss carryforward utilization.
| (3) | Related to a valuation allowance for the capital loss carryforward recognized during 2005 as a result of the spin-off of Live Nation and certain net operating loss carryforwards. During 2009 the Company released all valuation allowances related to its capital loss carryforwards due to the fact the all capital loss carryforwards were utilized or expired as of December 31, 2009. In addition, the Company released valuation allowances related to certain net operating loss carryforwards due to the fact that the Company can now carryback certain losses to prior years as a result of the enactment of the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (the "Act") on November 6, 2009 that allowed carryback of certain net operating losses five years. The Company's expectations as to future taxable income from deferred tax liabilities that reverse in the relevant carryforward period for those net operating losses that cannot be carried back will be sufficient for the realization of the deferred tax assets associated with the remaining net operating loss carryforwards. During 2011, the Company adjusted certain valuation allowances as a result of changes in tax rates in certain jurisdictions and changes to the net deferred tax liabilities.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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