Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Investments consisted of the following (in thousands):



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Equity method investments	$	1,617,449	$	1,668,316
Cost method investments	20,898		20,868
Marketable equity securities	2,944		3,516
Total investments	$	1,641,291	$	1,692,700

Equity Method Investments Information

Income from equity investments, net reported in the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations consisted of the following (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2016			March 29, 2015
Income from equity investments, net, before amortization of basis difference	$	51,923		$	50,496
Amortization of basis difference	(13,671		)	(13,562		)
Income from equity investments, net	$	38,252		$	36,934

Cash distributions from the Company’s equity method investments were as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2016		March 29, 2015
Cash distributions from equity investments	$	89,346	$	94,906

Summary of Financial Information of Equity Investments

Summarized Financial Information—Summarized financial information for TV Food Network is as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2016		March 29, 2015
Revenues, net	$	277,176	$	261,223
Operating income	$	181,996	$	130,202
Net income	$	148,317	$	133,643

Summarized financial information for CareerBuilder is as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2016		March 29, 2015
Revenues, net	$	171,158	$	175,154
Operating income	$	19,239	$	30,326
Net income	$	20,312	$	28,351