Property, Plant and Equipment, Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment

The Company’s property, plant and equipment consisted of the following classes of assets at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.


(In thousands)	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Land, buildings and improvements	$	731,925	$	723,268
Structures		2,999,582		3,021,152
Towers, transmitters and studio equipment		453,044		440,612
Furniture and other equipment		536,255		473,995
Construction in progress		95,671		123,814

		4,816,477		4,782,841
Less: accumulated depreciation		2,117,413		1,885,211

Property, plant and equipment, net	$	2,699,064	$	2,897,630

Schedule Of Other Intangible Assets

The following table presents the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization for each major class of other intangible assets at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively:


(In thousands)	December 31, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Transit, street furniture and other outdoor contractual rights	$	716,723		$(476,523)	$	777,521		$(464,548)
Customer / advertiser relationships		1,222,518		(765,596)		1,212,745		(645,988)
Talent contracts		319,384		(223,936)		319,617		(195,403)
Representation contracts		238,313		(206,338)		252,961		(200,058)
Permanent easements		171,271		-		173,753		-
Other		388,160		(177,249)		387,405		(151,459)

Total	$	3,056,369		$(1,849,642)	$	3,124,002		$(1,657,456)

Schedule Of Future Amortization Expenses

The following table presents the Company’s estimate of amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for definite-lived intangible assets:


(In thousands)
2015	$	236,019
2016		219,485
2017		197,061
2018		127,730
2019		42,274

Schedule Of Changes In Carrying Amount Of Goodwill

The following table presents the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill in each of the Company’s reportable segments:


(In thousands)	iHM		Americas Outdoor Advertising		International Outdoor Advertising		Other		Consolidated
Balance as of December 31, 2012	$	3,236,688	$	585,307	$	276,941	$	117,149	$	4,216,085
Impairment		-		-		(10,684)		-		(10,684)
Acquisitions		-		-		-		97		97
Dispositions		-		-		(456)		-		(456)
Foreign currency		-		(80)		(894)		-		(974)
Other		(1,881)		-		-		-		(1,881)

Balance as of December 31, 2013	$	3,234,807	$	585,227	$	264,907	$	117,246	$	4,202,187
Acquisitions		17,900		-		-		299		18,199
Foreign currency		-		(653)		(32,369)		-		(33,022)
Other		60		-		-		-		60

Balance as of December 31, 2014	$	3,252,767	$	584,574	$	232,538	$	117,545	$	4,187,424