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FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures Abstract

Schedule of recurring fair value measurements

Fair Value Measurements At Reporting Date

Quoted prices

Significant

Significant

Measured at

Balance at

in active

other observable

unobservable

Net Asset Value

December 31,

markets

inputs

inputs

as a Practical

Description

2018

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Expedient (2)

(amounts in thousands)

Liabilities

Deferred compensation plan liabilities (1)

$

30,928

$

23,476

$

-

$

-

$

7,452

Quoted prices

Significant

Significant

Measured at

Balance at

in active

other observable

unobservable

Net Asset Value

December 31,

markets

inputs

inputs

as a Practical

Description

2017

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Expedient (2)

(amounts in thousands)

Liabilities

Deferred compensation plan liabilities (1)

$

40,995

$

23,751

$

-

$

-

$

17,244

Schedule Of Carrying Value Of Financial Instruments

		December 31,						December 31,
		2018						2017
		Carrying			Fair			Carrying			Fair
		Value			Value			Value			Value
		(amounts in thousands)
Term B Loans (1)		$	1,291,700		$	1,243,261		$	1,330,000		$	1,336,650
Revolver (2)		$	180,000		$	180,000		$	143,000		$	143,000
Senior Notes (3)		$	400,000		$	378,000		$	400,000		$	422,876
Other debt (4)		$	912					$	70
Letters of credit (4)		$	5,862					$	1,856

Schedule of Cost Method Investments Table Text Block

		Investments Valued Under the
		Measurement Alternative
		December 31,
		2018			2017
			(amounts in thousands)
Investment balance before cumulative
impairment as of January 1,		$	9,955		$	255
Accumulated impairment as of January 1,			-			-
Investment beginning balance after cumulative
impairment as of January 1,			9,955			255
Acquisition of interest in a privately held company			1,250			9,700
Ending period balance		$	11,205		$	9,955

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A tabular disclosure of (a) the aggregate carrying amount of all cost-method investments; (b) the aggregate carrying amount of cost-method investments that the investor did not evaluate for impairment for cost-method investments.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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