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Segment Information | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment Information We determine our business segments based upon our management and internal reporting structures, as well as the basis on which our chief operating decision maker makes resource-allocation decisions. Effective with the January 7, 2021 close of the ION acquisition, we realigned our internal reporting structure and changed the reporting of our businesses’ operating results to reflect this new structure. Under the new structure, our operating results are reported under Local Media, Scripps Networks and Other segment captions. 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, telecommunications companies and satellite carriers. We also receive retransmission fees from over-the-top virtual MVPDs such as Hulu, YouTubeTV and AT&T Now. Our Scripps Networks segment is comprised of the ION national network, the Katz multicast networks and the Newsy national news network. These operations earn revenue primarily through the sale of advertising. The operating results of our recently sold Triton business, and the other national businesses that were previously reported in our National Media segment, are aggregated with our remaining business activities in the Other segment caption. Our respective business segment results reflect the impact of intercompany carriage agreements between our local broadcast television stations and our national networks. We also allocate a portion of certain corporate costs and expenses, including information technology, certain employee benefits and shared services to our business segments. These intercompany agreements and 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 amounts, 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:
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Segment operating revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Local Media |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 312,581 |  |  | $ | 324,933 |
Scripps Networks |  |  |  |  |  | 213,660 |  |  | 76,755 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  | 18,121 |  |  | 15,664 |
Intersegment eliminations |  |  |  |  |  | (3,441) |  |  | (3,129) |
Total operating revenues |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 540,921 |  |  | $ | 414,223 |
Segment profit (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Local Media |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 55,937 |  |  | $ | 59,106 |
Scripps Networks |  |  |  |  |  | 92,203 |  |  | 9,969 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  | 3,281 |  |  | 4,191 |
Shared services and corporate |  |  |  |  |  | (18,921) |  |  | (18,654) |
Acquisition and related integration costs |  |  |  |  |  | (28,645) |  |  | (4,910) |
Restructuring costs |  |  |  |  |  | (7,050) |  |  | — |
Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  | (39,507) |  |  | (27,345) |
Gains (losses), net on disposal of property and equipment |  |  |  |  |  | (80) |  |  | (1,433) |
Interest expense |  |  |  |  |  | (43,882) |  |  | (25,798) |
Defined benefit pension plan income (expense) |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  | (1,026) |
Gains on sale of business |  |  |  |  |  | 81,784 |  |  | — |
Gains (losses) on stock warrants |  |  |  |  |  | (67,244) |  |  | — |
Miscellaneous, net |  |  |  |  |  | (4,851) |  |  | 1,114 |
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 23,032 |  |  | $ | (4,786) |
Depreciation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Local Media |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 9,685 |  |  | $ | 11,490 |
Scripps Networks |  |  |  |  |  | 3,835 |  |  | 1,295 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  | 249 |  |  | 185 |
Shared services and corporate |  |  |  |  |  | 356 |  |  | 381 |
Total depreciation |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 14,125 |  |  | $ | 13,351 |
Amortization of intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Local Media |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 9,597 |  |  | $ | 9,921 |
Scripps Networks |  |  |  |  |  | 13,117 |  |  | 1,835 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  | 2,147 |  |  | 1,900 |
Shared services and corporate |  |  |  |  |  | 521 |  |  | 338 |
Total amortization of intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 25,382 |  |  | $ | 13,994 |
Additions to property and equipment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Local Media |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 5,454 |  |  | $ | 14,441 |
Scripps Networks |  |  |  |  |  | 1,489 |  |  | 1,591 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  | 430 |  |  | 223 |
Shared services and corporate |  |  |  |  |  | 19 |  |  | 114 |
Total additions to property and equipment |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 7,392 |  |  | $ | 16,369 |
A disaggregation of the principal activities from which we generate revenue is as follows:
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Operating revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Core advertising |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 361,303 |  |  | $ | 235,821 |
Political |  |  |  |  |  | 1,311 |  |  | 18,720 |
Retransmission and carriage fees |  |  |  |  |  | 156,497 |  |  | 138,950 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  | 21,810 |  |  | 20,732 |
Total operating revenues |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 540,921 |  |  | $ | 414,223 |

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