Business Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Summary of Segment Reporting Information, by Operating Segment [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
		June 30,				June 30,
(in thousands)		2013		2012		2013		2012
Operating Revenues
	Education	$	548,230	$	551,774	$	1,076,045	$	1,098,459
	Cable television		204,550		195,579		404,688		385,789
	Newspaper publishing		138,423		139,228		265,687		271,678
	Television broadcasting		99,320		95,591		184,590		177,088
	Other businesses		31,419		7,177		50,310		11,945
	Corporate office		―		―		―		―
	Intersegment elimination		(91)		(246)		(364)		(355)
		$	1,021,851	$	989,103	$	1,980,956	$	1,944,604
Income (Loss) from Operations
	Education	$	23,726	$	3,728	$	19,670	$	(8,187)
	Cable television		44,710		38,446		81,323		71,223
	Newspaper publishing		(14,827)		(12,614)		(49,299)		(33,226)
	Television broadcasting		47,704		43,728		83,066		74,727
	Other businesses		(4,510)		(6,775)		(10,623)		(11,418)
	Corporate office		(3,753)		(3,492)		(8,027)		(8,800)
		$	93,050	$	63,021	$	116,110	$	84,319
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates, Net			3,868		3,314		7,286		7,202
Interest Expense, Net			(8,526)		(8,204)		(16,976)		(16,298)
Other (Expense) Income, Net			(12,858)		(635)		(16,941)		7,953
Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes		$	75,534	$	57,496	$	89,479	$	83,176
Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
	Education	$	20,064	$	21,011	$	42,652	$	41,728
	Cable television		33,964		32,234		67,697		64,431
	Newspaper publishing		6,201		5,934		12,216		11,819
	Television broadcasting		3,151		3,222		6,296		6,347
	Other businesses		435		―		745		―
	Corporate office		60		―		60		―
		$	63,875	$	62,401	$	129,666	$	124,325
Amortization of Intangible Assets
	Education	$	2,363	$	3,803	$	4,881	$	7,039
	Cable television		57		53		107		107
	Newspaper publishing		150		172		300		355
	Television broadcasting		―		―		―		―
	Other businesses		743		400		1,742		800
	Corporate office		―		―		―		―
		$	3,313	$	4,428	$	7,030	$	8,301
Net Pension Expense (Credit)
	Education	$	4,231	$	1,969	$	8,337	$	4,361
	Cable television		913		514		1,795		1,044
	Newspaper publishing		16,811		7,717		39,740		16,257
	Television broadcasting		1,213		1,055		2,501		2,015
	Other businesses		83		10		159		20
	Corporate office		(10,617)		(8,896)		(21,283)		(18,194)
		$	12,634	$	2,369	$	31,249	$	5,503

		As of
		June 30,		December 31,
(in thousands)		2013		2012
Identifiable Assets
	Education	$	1,624,982	$	1,988,015
	Cable television		1,192,679		1,187,603
	Newspaper publishing		255,196		280,323
	Television broadcasting		379,727		374,075
	Other businesses		72,388		81,211
	Corporate office		335,328		193,397
		$	3,860,300	$	4,104,624
Investments in Marketable Equity Securities			457,031		380,087
Investments in Affiliates			27,386		15,535
Prepaid Pension Cost			579,303		604,823
Total Assets		$	4,924,020	$	5,105,069

Education [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Summary of Segment Reporting Information, by Operating Segment [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
		June 30,				June 30,
(in thousands)		2013		2012		2013		2012
Operating Revenues
	Higher education	$	273,092	$	290,861	$	544,952	$	599,245
	Test preparation		85,690		79,787		154,633		142,616
	Kaplan international		187,968		179,141		372,781		352,704
	Kaplan corporate and other		1,669		3,090		4,273		6,474
	Intersegment elimination		(189)		(1,105)		(594)		(2,580)
		$	548,230	$	551,774	$	1,076,045	$	1,098,459
Income (Loss) from Operations
	Higher education	$	22,534	$	5,860	$	27,635	$	14,819
	Test preparation		7,831		2,706		3,486		(7,513)
	Kaplan international		6,490		9,788		12,887		13,928
	Kaplan corporate and other		(13,223)		(14,787)		(24,563)		(29,776)
	Intersegment elimination		94		161		225		355
		$	23,726	$	3,728	$	19,670	$	(8,187)
Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
	Higher education	$	10,741	$	11,673	$	24,180	$	23,430
	Test preparation		4,866		4,449		9,624		8,764
	Kaplan international		4,116		4,471		8,112		8,649
	Kaplan corporate and other		341		418		736		885
		$	20,064	$	21,011	$	42,652	$	41,728
Amortization of Intangible Assets		$	2,363	$	3,803	$	4,881	$	7,039
Pension Expense
	Higher education	$	2,807	$	1,587	$	5,614	$	3,174
	Test preparation		641		414		1,281		827
	Kaplan international		87		(11)		174		1
	Kaplan corporate and other		696		(21)		1,268		359
		$	4,231	$	1,969	$	8,337	$	4,361

		As of
		June 30,		December 31,
(in thousands)		2013		2012
Identifiable assets
	Higher education	$	603,890	$	949,260
	Test preparation		185,196		197,672
	Kaplan international		794,153		818,613
	Kaplan corporate and other		41,743		22,470
		$	1,624,982	$	1,988,015