Business operations and segment information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Segment operating results for continuing operations are summarized as follows (in thousands):

Business segment financial information

	2017			2016			2015
Revenues				(recast)			(recast)
Media	$	1,903,026		$	1,994,120		$	1,713,982
Digital	—			9,968			50,840
Total	$	1,903,026		$	2,004,088		$	1,764,822
Operating income
Media ⁽¹⁾	$	602,514		$	800,791		$	701,995
Digital ⁽¹⁾	—			(30,241		)	(41,059		)
Corporate ⁽¹⁾	(56,612		)	(62,398		)	(68,595		)
Net gain on sale of corporate building	—			—			89,892
Unallocated ⁽²⁾	—			—			(51,939		)
Total	$	545,902		$	708,152		$	630,294
Depreciation, amortization, asset impairment and facility consolidation charges (gains)
Media ⁽¹⁾	$	79,398		$	85,890		$	83,004
Digital ⁽¹⁾	—			21,166			26,581
Corporate ⁽¹⁾	1,669			3,706			(82,342		)
Total	$	81,067		$	110,762		$	27,243
Capital expenditures
Media	$	39,055		$	41,572		$	53,928
Digital	—			—			5,263
Corporate	390			1,643			790
Total	$	39,445		$	43,215		$	59,981


(1)	Operating income for Media and Digital Segments includes pre-tax net asset impairment and facility consolidation charges (gains) for each year presented. See Note 11.


(2)	Unallocated expenses represent certain expenses that historically were allocated to the former Publishing Segment but that could not be allocated to discontinued operations as they were not clearly and specifically identifiable to the spun-off businesses.