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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment Information We determine our business segments based upon our management and internal reporting structure, as well as the basis that our chief operating decision maker makes resource allocation decisions. We report our financial performance based on the following segments: Local Media, National Media, Other. Our Local Media segment includes our 61 local broadcast stations and their related digital operations. It is comprised of 18 ABC affiliates, 11 NBC affiliates, nine CBS affiliates and four FOX affiliates. We also have 12 CW affiliates - four on full power stations and eight on multicast; two MyNetworkTV affiliates; three independent stations and 10 additional low power stations. Our Local Media segment earns revenue primarily from the sale of advertising to local, national and political advertisers and retransmission fees received from cable operators, telecommunication companies and satellite carriers. We also receive retransmission fees from over-the-top virtual MVPDs such as Hulu, YouTubeTV and AT&T Now. Our National Media segment includes our collection of national brands. Our national media brands include Katz, Newsy, Triton and other national brands. These operations earn revenue primarily through the sale of advertising. We allocate a portion of certain corporate costs and expenses, including information technology, certain employee benefits and shared services, to our business segments. The allocations are generally amounts agreed upon by management, which may differ from an arms-length amount. Our chief operating decision maker evaluates the operating performance of our business segments and makes decisions about the allocation of resources to our business segments using a measure called segment profit. Segment profit excludes interest, defined benefit pension plan expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, impairment charges, divested operating units, restructuring activities, investment results and certain other items that are included in net income (loss) determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Information regarding our business segments is as follows:
|  | For the years ended December 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Segment operating revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Local Media |  | $ | 1,475,392 |  |  | $ | 1,022,805 |  |  | $ | 917,480 |
National Media |  | 378,218 |  |  | 323,674 |  |  | 235,107 |
Other |  | 3,868 |  |  | 4,920 |  |  | 4,775 |
Total operating revenues |  | $ | 1,857,478 |  |  | $ | 1,351,399 |  |  | $ | 1,157,362 |
Segment profit (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Local Media |  | $ | 431,398 |  |  | $ | 217,885 |  |  | $ | 251,119 |
National Media |  | 62,538 |  |  | 43,166 |  |  | 29,168 |
Other |  | (3,196) |  |  | (3,957) |  |  | (3,680) |
Shared services and corporate |  | (60,758) |  |  | (57,409) |  |  | (53,123) |
Acquisition and related integration costs |  | (18,678) |  |  | (26,304) |  |  | (4,124) |
Restructuring costs |  | — |  |  | (3,370) |  |  | (8,911) |
Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets |  | (107,155) |  |  | (84,344) |  |  | (60,711) |
Gains (losses), net on disposal of property and equipment |  | (661) |  |  | 1,692 |  |  | (1,255) |
Interest expense |  | (92,994) |  |  | (80,596) |  |  | (36,184) |
Defined benefit pension plan expense |  | (4,388) |  |  | (6,953) |  |  | (19,752) |
Miscellaneous, net |  | 2,914 |  |  | 1,194 |  |  | 123 |
Income from continuing operations before income taxes |  | $ | 209,020 |  |  | $ | 1,004 |  |  | $ | 92,670 |
Depreciation: |  |  |  |  |  |
Local Media |  | $ | 42,934 |  |  | $ | 34,086 |  |  | $ | 30,467 |
National Media |  | 5,788 |  |  | 4,302 |  |  | 2,336 |
Other |  | 199 |  |  | 148 |  |  | 150 |
Shared services and corporate |  | 1,495 |  |  | 1,462 |  |  | 1,432 |
Total depreciation |  | $ | 50,416 |  |  | $ | 39,998 |  |  | $ | 34,385 |
Amortization of intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Local Media |  | $ | 37,848 |  |  | $ | 26,283 |  |  | $ | 14,821 |
National Media |  | 17,537 |  |  | 16,710 |  |  | 10,152 |
Shared services and corporate |  | 1,354 |  |  | 1,353 |  |  | 1,353 |
Total amortization of intangible assets |  | $ | 56,739 |  |  | $ | 44,346 |  |  | $ | 26,326 |
A disaggregation of the principal activities from which we generate revenue is as follows:
|  | For the years ended December 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Operating revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Core advertising |  | $ | 915,515 |  |  | $ | 861,386 |  |  | $ | 686,229 |
Political |  | 272,066 |  |  | 23,263 |  |  | 139,600 |
Retransmission and carriage |  | 588,888 |  |  | 390,043 |  |  | 304,402 |
Other |  | 81,009 |  |  | 76,707 |  |  | 27,131 |
Total operating revenues |  | $ | 1,857,478 |  |  | $ | 1,351,399 |  |  | $ | 1,157,362 |
The following table presents additions to property and equipment by segment:
|  | For the years ended December 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Additions to property and equipment: |  |  |  |  |  |
Local Media |  | $ | 42,611 |  |  | $ | 46,855 |  |  | $ | 37,773 |
National Media |  | 3,079 |  |  | 11,963 |  |  | 9,004 |
Other |  | 141 |  |  | 529 |  |  | — |
Shared services and corporate |  | 646 |  |  | 1,878 |  |  | 723 |
Total additions to property and equipment |  | $ | 46,477 |  |  | $ | 61,225 |  |  | $ | 47,500 |
Total assets by segment for the years ended December 31 were as follows:
|  | As of December 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Local Media |  | $ | 2,463,064 |  |  | $ | 2,694,667 |  |  | $ | 1,261,526 |
National Media |  | 721,805 |  |  | 680,764 |  |  | 655,718 |
Other |  | 3,297 |  |  | 3,503 |  |  | 865 |
Shared services and corporate |  | 1,671,220 |  |  | 81,657 |  |  | 129,969 |
Total assets of continuing operations |  | 4,859,386 |  |  | 3,460,591 |  |  | 2,048,078 |
Discontinued operations |  | — |  |  | 101,266 |  |  | 82,269 |
Total assets |  | $ | 4,859,386 |  |  | $ | 3,561,857 |  |  | $ | 2,130,347 |

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