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Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Investments [Abstract]  
Investments

NOTE 3 – INVESTMENTS

The Company's most significant investments in nonconsolidated affiliates are listed below:

Australian Radio Network

The Company owns a fifty-percent (50%) interest in Australian Radio Network ("ARN"), an Australian company that owns and operates radio stations in Australia and New Zealand.

Summarized Financial Information

The following table summarizes the Company's investments in nonconsolidated affiliates:

 

$000,00000 $000,00000 $000,00000
(In thousands)        ARN          All
    Others     
         Total      

Balance at December 31, 2009

     $ 320,778            $ 24,571             $ 345,349       

Reclass to cost method investments and other

     —              1,574               1,574       

Dispositions of investments, net

     —              (987)             (987)     

Cash advances

     —            2,556             2,556       

Equity in net earnings (loss)

     15,685            (9,983)           5,702       

Foreign currency transaction adjustment

     (6,881)           —             (6,881)     

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     21,589            (434)           21,155       

Distributions received

     (8,386)           (2,331)           (10,717)     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2010

     $ 342,785            $ 14,966             $ 357,751       

Cash advances (repayments)

     —            (929)           (929)     

Dispositions of investments, net

     —            (6,316)           (6,316)     

Equity in earnings

     20,958            6,000           26,958     

Foreign currency transaction adjustment

     (153)           —             (153)     

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     (1,125)           290           (835)     

Distributions received

     (15,088)           (1,701)           (16,789)     

Other

     —            —             —       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2011

     $ 347,377            $ 12,310             $ 359,687       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The investments in the table above are not consolidated, but are accounted for under the equity method of accounting, whereby the Company records its investments in these entities in the balance sheet as "Other assets." The Company's interests in their operations are recorded in the statement of operations as "Equity in earnings (loss) of nonconsolidated affiliates