	Deferred Charges And Other Assets
	December 31,
	2011						2010
													Period Of
	Asset		Reserve		Net		Asset		Reserve		Net		Amortization
	(amounts in thousands)

Deferred contracts and other agreements	$	1,788	$	1,049	$	739	$	1,588	$	929	$	659	Term of contract
Advertiser lists and customer relationships		817		701		116		656		653		3	3 years
Total definite-lived intangibles		2,605		1,750		855		2,244		1,582		662
Debt issuance costs		21,746		1,584		20,162		15,482		10,546		4,936	Term of debt
Prepaid assets - long-term		1,457		-		1,457		1,995		-		1,995
Software costs and other		12,137		10,096		2,041		12,629		9,659		2,970
	$	37,945	$	13,430	$	24,515	$	32,350	$	21,787	$	10,563

The following table presents the various categories of amortization expense for the periods indicated, including deferred financing expense which is reflected as interest expense:

	Amortization Expense
	For The Years Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(amounts in thousands)

Definite-lived assets	$	284	$	197	$	246
Deferred financing expense		3,567		3,912		1,518
Software costs		667		1,100		1,294
Total amortization expense for deferred charges
and other assets	$	4,518	$	5,209	$	3,058

The following table presents the Company's estimate of amortization expense, for each of the five succeeding years for: (1) deferred charges and other assets; and (2) definite-lived assets:

	Future Amortization Expense
					Definite-Lived
	Total		Other		Assets
Years ending December 31,	(amounts in thousands)
2012	$	3,764	$	3,582		182
2013		3,611		3,457		154
2014		3,104		2,998		106
2015		3,014		2,947		67
2016		2,904		2,855		49
Thereafter		6,252		5,955		297
Total	$	22,649	$	21,794	$	855