CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
REVENUES:
Advertising	$ 699,053us-gaap_AdvertisingRevenue	$ 806,499us-gaap_AdvertisingRevenue	$ 775,806us-gaap_AdvertisingRevenue
Sublicensing and other revenues (including revenue from related parties of $514, $719 and $1,075 in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively)	12,320	25,604	29,140
Total operating revenues	711,373us-gaap_Revenues	832,103us-gaap_Revenues	804,946us-gaap_Revenues
EXPENSES:
Direct operating expenses (exclusive of programming expenses, shown below; exclusive of depreciation and amortization of $20,393, $29,024 and $22,583 in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively; and exclusive of stock-based compensation expense (benefit) of $763, $846 and $(1,617) in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively)	(45,640)ctcm_DirectOperatingCostsAndExpenses	(46,658)ctcm_DirectOperatingCostsAndExpenses	(45,357)ctcm_DirectOperatingCostsAndExpenses
Selling, general and administrative (exclusive of depreciation and amortization $3,625, $4,092 and $3,499 in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively; exclusive of stock-based compensation expense of $4,016, $988 and $1,446 in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively)	(159,271)	(174,224)	(181,266)
Stock-based compensation (expense)/benefit	171	(1,834)	(4,779)
Programming expenses	(300,134)ctcm_ProgrammingExpenses	(338,703)ctcm_ProgrammingExpenses	(317,136)ctcm_ProgrammingExpenses
Depreciation and amortization	(26,082)	(33,116)	(24,018)
Impairment loss (Notes 2 and 10)	(29,356)us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges	(29,869)us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges	(82,503)us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Total operating expenses	(560,312)us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses	(624,404)us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses	(655,059)us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
OPERATING INCOME	151,061us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	207,699us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	149,887us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
FOREIGN CURRENCY GAINS (LOSSES)	9,166	1,658	1,762
INTEREST INCOME	10,458us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	11,615us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	9,522us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
INTEREST EXPENSE	(486)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(768)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(749)us-gaap_InterestExpense
OTHER NON-OPERATING INCOME (LOSS), net	(1,325)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	26us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	2,852us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
EQUITY IN (LOSS) INCOME OF INVESTEE COMPANIES	(713)	1,266	1,415
Income before income tax	168,161	221,496	164,689
INCOME TAX EXPENSE	(54,785)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(61,335)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(64,873)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME	113,376us-gaap_ProfitLoss	160,161us-gaap_ProfitLoss	99,816us-gaap_ProfitLoss
LESS: INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTEREST	(5,284)	(7,821)	(6,753)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CTC MEDIA, INC. STOCKHOLDERS	$ 108,092us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 152,340us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 93,063us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net income per share attributable to CTC Media, Inc. stockholders-basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.69us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 0.97us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 0.59us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Net income per share attributable to CTC Media, Inc. stockholders-diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.69us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 0.97us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 0.59us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic (in shares)	155,747,225	156,889,533	157,995,346
Weighted average common shares outstanding-diluted (in shares)	156,008,428	156,932,452	158,062,250
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.70	$ 0.63	$ 0.52

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