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DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Deferred Costs Capitalized Prepaid And Other Assets Disclosure Abstract |
Schedule of Deferred Charges and Other Assets |
| Deferred Charges And Other Assets |  |
| December 31, |  |
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  |
|  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  | Period Of
| Asset |  | Amortization |  | Net |  | Asset |  | Amortization |  | Net |  | Amortization
| (amounts in thousands) |  |
Deferred contracts | $ | 1,588 |  | $ | 1,341 |  | $ | 247 |  | $ | 1,788 |  | $ | 1,491 |  | $ | 297 |  | Term of contract
Leasehold premium |  | 17,028 |  |  | 431 |  |  | 16,597 |  |  | 448 |  |  | 169 |  |  | 279 |  | Term of contract
Advertiser lists and customer relationships |  | 29,126 |  |  | 1,390 |  |  | 27,736 |  |  | 832 |  |  | 825 |  |  | 7 |  | 5 years
Other definite-lived assets |  | 6,916 |  |  | 4,996 |  |  | 1,920 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 10 |  | Term of contract
Total definite-lived intangibles |  | 54,658 |  |  | 8,158 |  |  | 46,500 |  |  | 3,097 |  |  | 2,504 |  |  | 593 |  |
Debt issuance costs |  | 2,487 |  |  | 1,880 |  |  | 607 |  |  | 1,810 |  |  | 741 |  |  | 1,069 |  | Term of debt
Prepaid assets - long-term |  | 5,239 |  |  | - |  |  | 5,239 |  |  | 6,361 |  |  | - |  |  | 6,361 |  |
Software costs and other |  | 9,720 |  |  | 4,109 |  |  | 5,611 |  |  | 7,033 |  |  | 5,051 |  |  | 1,982 |  |
| $ | 72,104 |  | $ | 14,147 |  | $ | 57,957 |  | $ | 18,301 |  | $ | 8,296 |  | $ | 10,005 |  |
Schdule of Deferred Charges Amortization Expense |
|  | Amortization Expense
|  | Deferred Charges And Other Assets
|  | For The Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Definite-lived assets |  | $ | 1,240 |  | $ | 81 |  | $ | 150
Deferred financing expense |  |  | 2,333 |  |  | 2,585 |  |  | 2,863
Software costs |  |  | 1,091 |  |  | 1,023 |  |  | 850
Total |  | $ | 4,664 |  | $ | 3,689 |  | $ | 3,863
Schdule of Future Estimated Amortization Expense |
|  | Future Amortization Expense
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Definite-Lived
|  | Total |  | Other |  | Assets
Years ending December 31, |  | (amounts in thousands)
2018 |  | $ | 14,960 |  | $ | 2,104 |  | $ | 12,856
2019 |  |  | 9,127 |  |  | 1,757 |  |  | 7,370
2020 |  |  | 7,570 |  |  | 1,172 |  |  | 6,398
2021 |  |  | 6,413 |  |  | 125 |  |  | 6,288
2022 |  |  | 6,026 |  |  | 114 |  |  | 5,912
Thereafter |  |  | 7,676 |  |  | - |  |  | 7,676
Total |  | $ | 51,772 |  | $ | 5,272 |  | $ | 46,500

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