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Acquisitions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Preliminary Fair Value of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed | Pending the finalization of asset valuations, the following table summarizes the preliminary fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed:
(in thousands) |  |
Assets: |  |
Cash |  | $ | 21,372 |
Accounts receivable |  | 44,306 |
Current portion of programming |  | 47,120 |
Intangible assets |  | 32,300 |
Goodwill |  | 209,572 |
Programming (less current portion) |  | 74,998 |
Other assets |  | 1,395 |
Total assets acquired |  | 431,063 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | 29,339 |
Current portion of programming liabilities |  | 46,376 |
Programming liabilities |  | 53,036 |
Net purchase price |  | $ | 302,312 |
Schedule of Pro Forma Information | Pro forma results of operations, assuming the Katz acquisition had taken place at the beginning of 2017, are presented in the following table. The pro forma information includes the historical results of operations of Scripps and Katz, as well as adjustments for additional depreciation and amortization of the assets acquired and additional interest expense related to the financing of the transaction. The pro forma information does not include efficiencies, cost reductions or synergies expected to result from the acquisition. The unaudited pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the results that actually would have occurred had the acquisition been completed at the beginning of the period.
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands, except per share data) (unaudited) |  | 2017
Operating revenues |  | $ | 233,288 |
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax |  | (2,538 | )
Income (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to the shareholders of The E.W. Scripps Company |  |
Basic |  | $ | (0.03 | )
Diluted |  | (0.03 | )

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