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Segment Information (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Information regarding business segments | Information regarding our business segments is as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Segment operating revenues: |  |  |  |
Local Media |  | $ | 321,804 |  |  | $ | 203,387 |
National Media |  | 107,602 |  |  | 87,317 |
Other |  | 1,500 |  |  | 1,459 |
Total operating revenues |  | $ | 430,906 |  |  | $ | 292,163 |
Segment profit (loss): |  |  |  |
Local Media |  | $ | 55,977 |  |  | $ | 34,173 |
National Media |  | 11,785 |  |  | 4,941 |
Other |  | (170 | ) |  | (433 | )
Shared services and corporate |  | (18,654 | ) |  | (16,158 | )
Acquisition and related integration costs |  | (4,910 | ) |  | (3,480 | )
Restructuring costs |  | — |  |  | (938 | )
Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets |  | (27,915 | ) |  | (17,792 | )
Gains (losses), net on disposal of property and equipment |  | (1,433 | ) |  | (173 | )
Interest expense |  | (25,798 | ) |  | (8,916 | )
Defined benefit pension plan expense |  | (1,026 | ) |  | (1,572 | )
Miscellaneous, net |  | 1,114 |  |  | (800 | )
Loss from operations before income taxes |  | $ | (11,030 | ) |  | $ | (11,148 | )
Depreciation: |  |  |  |
Local Media |  | $ | 11,490 |  |  | $ | 7,591 |
National Media |  | 1,620 |  |  | 1,004 |
Other |  | 37 |  |  | 38 |
Shared services and corporate |  | 381 |  |  | 342 |
Total depreciation |  | $ | 13,528 |  |  | $ | 8,975 |
Amortization of intangible assets: |  |  |  |
Local Media |  | $ | 9,921 |  |  | $ | 3,958 |
National Media |  | 4,128 |  |  | 4,521 |
Shared services and corporate |  | 338 |  |  | 338 |
Total amortization of intangible assets |  | $ | 14,387 |  |  | $ | 8,817 |
Additions to property and equipment: |  |  |  |
Local Media |  | $ | 14,441 |  |  | $ | 9,480 |
National Media |  | 1,854 |  |  | 4,290 |
Other |  | 5 |  |  | 31 |
Shared services and corporate |  | 114 |  |  | 411 |
Total additions to property and equipment |  | $ | 16,414 |  |  | $ | 14,212 |
Disaggregation of Principal Revenue Generating Activities | A disaggregation of the principal activities from which we generate revenue is as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Operating revenues: |  |  |  |
Core advertising |  | $ | 240,994 |  |  | $ | 173,361 |
Political |  | 18,720 |  |  | 880 |
Retransmission and carriage |  | 138,950 |  |  | 87,283 |
Other |  | 32,242 |  |  | 30,639 |
Total operating revenues |  | $ | 430,906 |  |  | $ | 292,163 |

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