GAIN FROM LITIGATION SETTLEMENT	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
GAIN FROM LITIGATION SETTLEMENT	GAIN FROM LITIGATION SETTLEMENT On February 4, 2010, we executed a settlement agreement and release (the “Settlement Agreement”) with News America Incorporated, a/k/a News America Marketing Group, News America Marketing, FSI, Inc. a/k/a News America Marketing FSI, LLC and News America Marketing In-Store Services, Inc. a/k/a News America Marketing In-Store Services, LLC (collectively, “News”). The operative complaint alleged violations of the Sherman Act and various state competitive statutes and the commission of torts by News in connection with the marketing and sale of FSI space and in-store promotion and advertising services. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, News paid us $500.0 million and entered into a 10-year shared mail distribution agreement with our subsidiary, Valassis Direct Mail, Inc., which provides for our sale of certain shared mail services to News on specified terms. In connection with the settlement, the parties worked with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (the “Court”), under the Honorable Arthur J. Tarnow, on a set of procedures to handle future disputes among the parties with respect to conduct at issue in the litigation. The Court issued the order on this matter on June 15, 2011. The settlement resolved all outstanding claims between us and News as of February 4, 2010. As a result, the parties dismissed all outstanding litigation between them and released all existing and potential claims against each other that were or could have been asserted in the litigation as of the date of the Settlement Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2010, in connection with the successful settlement of these lawsuits, we made $9.9 million in related payments, including special bonuses to certain of our employees (including our named executive officers in our proxy statement) in an aggregate amount of $8.1 million. These expenses were netted against the $500.0 million of proceeds received, and the net proceeds of $490.1 million were recorded as a separate line item “Gain from litigation settlement, net” in our consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2010.

GAIN FROM LITIGATION SETTLEMENT

On February 4, 2010, we executed a settlement agreement and release (the “Settlement Agreement”) with News America Incorporated, a/k/a News America Marketing Group, News America Marketing, FSI, Inc. a/k/a News America Marketing FSI, LLC and News America Marketing In-Store Services, Inc. a/k/a News America Marketing In-Store Services, LLC (collectively, “News”). The operative complaint alleged violations of the Sherman Act and various state competitive statutes and the commission of torts by News in connection with the marketing and sale of FSI space and in-store promotion and advertising services. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, News paid us $500.0 million and entered into a 10-year shared mail distribution agreement with our subsidiary, Valassis Direct Mail, Inc., which provides for our sale of certain shared mail services to News on specified terms.

In connection with the settlement, the parties worked with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (the “Court”), under the Honorable Arthur J. Tarnow, on a set of procedures to handle future disputes among the parties with respect to conduct at issue in the litigation. The Court issued the order on this matter on June 15, 2011.

The settlement resolved all outstanding claims between us and News as of February 4, 2010. As a result, the parties dismissed all outstanding litigation between them and released all existing and potential claims against each other that were or could have been asserted in the litigation as of the date of the Settlement Agreement.

During the year ended December 31, 2010, in connection with the successful settlement of these lawsuits, we made $9.9 million in related payments, including special bonuses to certain of our employees (including our named executive officers in our proxy statement) in an aggregate amount of $8.1 million. These expenses were netted against the $500.0 million of proceeds received, and the net proceeds of $490.1 million were recorded as a separate line item “Gain from litigation settlement, net” in our consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2010.