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Capitalized Content Development Costs (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Capitalized Content Development Costs |
Schedule of capitalized content development costs | Capitalized content development costs consisted of the following as of (in thousands):
|  | December 31, 2013 |  | June 30, 2014 |
Capitalized content development costs |  | $ | 11,816 |  | $ | 14,894 |
Capitalized content development costs in process |  | 1,961 |  | 2,412 |
Accumulated amortization |  | (4,873 | ) | (6,272 | )
Capitalized content development costs, net |  | $ | 8,904 |  | $ | 11,034 |
Schedule of estimated future amortization expense for the capitalized content development costs | As of June 30, 2014, the estimated future amortization expense for the capitalized content development costs is as follows (in thousands):
2014 |  | $ | 1,450 |
2015 |  | 2,589 |
2016 |  | 2,117 |
2017 |  | 1,473 |
2018 |  | 903 |
Thereafter |  | 90 |
Total |  | $ | 8,622 |

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