Investments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Investments consisted of the following (in thousands):



	June 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Equity method investments	$	1,622,546	$	1,668,316
Cost method investments	24,247		20,868
Marketable equity securities	6,161		3,516
Total investments	$	1,652,954	$	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						Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2016			June 30, 2015			June 30, 2016			June 30, 2015
Income from equity investments, net, before amortization of basis difference	$	57,950		$	59,475		$	109,873		$	109,971
Amortization of basis difference	(13,644		)	(13,562		)	(27,315		)	(27,124		)
Income from equity investments, net	$	44,306		$	45,913		$	82,558		$	82,847

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



	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2016		June 30, 2015		June 30, 2016		June 30, 2015
Cash distributions from equity investments	$	36,258	$	34,242	$	125,604	$	129,148

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				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2016		June 30, 2015		June 30, 2016		June 30, 2015
Revenues, net	$	298,275	$	278,410	$	575,451	$	539,633
Operating income	$	188,381	$	151,728	$	370,377	$	282,026
Net income	$	157,213	$	155,770	$	305,530	$	289,925

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



	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2016		June 30, 2015		June 30, 2016		June 30, 2015
Revenues, net	$	180,748	$	176,034	$	351,906	$	351,188
Operating income	$	29,598	$	33,614	$	48,927	$	63,940
Net income	$	28,842	$	33,063	$	49,154	$	61,414