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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
Income Taxes
The effective income tax rate was 47% for the nine months ended November 30, 2014. Our effective tax rate was higher than our estimated annual effective tax rate of 40% principally due to a discrete expense of $0.9 million we recorded during the period. This expense related to the effect of increasing our statutory rate by 1% on existing deferred tax liabilities due to changes in state tax laws and the effect of the WBLS-FM and WLIB-AM LMA and related acquisition on our income apportionments. This discrete expense is partially offset during the nine months ended November 30, 2014 by a discrete benefit of $0.6 million related to the loss on debt extinguishment the Company recorded during the period.
The effective income tax rate was 6% for the nine months ended November 30, 2013. During the nine months ended November 30, 2013, the Company recorded a valuation allowance for its net deferred tax assets, including its net operating loss carryforwards.