ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND RELATED ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFALL ACCOUNTS (Block)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Loans Notes Trade And Other Receivables Disclosure Text Block

3. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND RELATED ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

Accounts receivable are primarily attributable to advertising which has been provided and for which payment has not been received from the advertiser. Accounts receivable are net of agency commissions and an estimated allowance for doubtful accounts. Estimates of the allowance for doubtful accounts are recorded based on management’s judgment of the collectability of the accounts receivable based on historical information, relative improvements or deteriorations in the age of the accounts receivable and changes in current economic conditions.

The accounts receivable balances and reserve for doubtful accounts are presented in the following table:

	Net Accounts Receivable
	December 31,
	2015		2014
	(amounts in thousands)

Accounts receivable	$	89,291	$	72,698
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(2,134)		(2,449)
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts	$	87,157	$	70,249

See the table in Note 6 for accounts receivable credits outstanding as of the periods indicated.

The following table presents the changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts

Changes In Allowance For Doubtful Accounts
			Additions
	Balance At		Charged To		Deductions		Balance At
	Beginning		Costs And		From		End Of
Year Ended	Of Year		Expenses		Reserves		Year
	(amounts in thousands)
December 31, 2015	$	2,449	$	1,553	$	(1,868)	$	2,134
December 31, 2014		2,413		1,004		(968)		2,449
December 31, 2013		2,703		824		(1,114)		2,413

- Definition

The entire disclosure for claims held for amounts due a entity, excluding financing receivables. Examples include, but are not limited to, trade accounts receivables, notes receivables, loans receivables. Includes disclosure for allowance for credit losses.

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