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Discontinued Operations
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Discontinued Operations
Discontinued Operations

On December 23, 2016, we completed the sale of our Trillium business to Syncsort. The decision to sell Trillium was largely based on the prioritization of investments in support of optimizing our clients' customer journey across an omni-channel delivery platform, and the determination that the Trillium business is likely to be a better strategic fit and more valuable asset to other parties. The business was sold for gross proceeds of approximately $112.0 million in cash and resulted in a loss on the sale of $39.9 million, net of $4.6 million of income tax benefit. We believe that the sale of Trillium will allow us to better focus on our core Customer Interaction businesses and moving towards growth.

Because the sale of Trillium represents a strategic shift that has a major effect on our operations and financial results, the results of operations, financial position, and cash flows for Trillium are reported separately as discontinued operations for all periods presented. Results of the remaining Harte Hanks business are reported as continuing operations.

Summarized operating results for the Trillium discontinued operations, through the dates of disposal, are as follows:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
In thousands
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Revenue
 
$
—

 
$
45,639

 
$
51,135

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Labor
 
—

 
18,687

 
22,219

Production and distribution
 
—

 
703

 
1,404

Advertising, selling, general and administrative
 
—

 
10,255

 
9,951

Depreciation, software and intangible asset amortization
 
—

 
2,304

 
1,867

Interest expense, net
 
—

 
7,133

 
(256
)
Loss on sale
 
—

 
44,529

 
—

Other, net
 
—

 
(1,207
)
 
366

Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes
 
—

 
(36,765
)
 
15,584

Income tax expense
 
—

 
4,394

 
5,446

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations
 
$
—

 
$
(41,159
)
 
$
10,138