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INVESTMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
INVESTMENTS

NOTE 3 – INVESTMENTS

The Company’s most significant investments in nonconsolidated affiliates are listed below:

Australian Radio Network

The Company owns a fifty-percent (50%) interest in Australian Radio Network (“ARN”), an Australian company that owns and operates radio stations in Australia and New Zealand.

Summarized Financial Information

The following table summarizes the Company’s investments in nonconsolidated affiliates:

 

(In thousands)                 ARN                     All
      Others      
                  Total         

Balance at December 31, 2010

    $     342,785        $          14,966        $     357,751   

Cash advances (repayments)

        -            (929)            (929)   

Dispositions of investments, net

        -            (6,316)            (6,316)   

Equity in earnings

        20,958            6,000            26,958   

Foreign currency transaction adjustment

        (153)            -            (153)   

Foreign currency translation adjustment

        (1,125)            290            (835)   

Distributions received

        (15,088)            (1,701)            (16,789)   

Other

        -            -            -   
 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2011

    $     347,377        $          12,310        $     359,687   

Cash advances (repayments)

        (8,758)            3,082            (5,676)   

Acquisitions of investments, net

        -            2,704            2,704   

Equity in earnings (loss)

        18,621            (64)            18,557   

Foreign currency transaction adjustment

        (1,189)            -            (1,189)   

Foreign currency translation adjustment

        8,085            (10)            8,075   

Distributions received

        (11,074)            (642)            (11,716)   

Other

        -            470            470   
 

 

   

 

   

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2012

    $     353,062        $          17,850        $     370,912   
     

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

The investments in the table above are not consolidated, but are accounted for under the equity method of accounting, whereby the Company records its investments in these entities in the balance sheet as “Other assets.” The Company’s interests in their operations are recorded in the statement of comprehensive loss as “Equity in earnings of nonconsolidated affiliates.”