Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

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

		March 31,		June 30,		September 30,
(in thousands)		2013		2013		2013
Operating Revenues
	Education	$	527,815	$	548,230	$	546,452
	Cable television		200,138		204,550		202,381
	Television broadcasting		85,270		99,320		87,063
	Other businesses		23,814		37,572		66,632
	Corporate office		―		―		―
	Intersegment elimination		(197)		(76)		(49)
		$	836,840	$	889,596	$	902,479
Income (Loss) From Operations
	Education	$	(4,056)	$	23,726	$	17,035
	Cable television		36,613		44,710		39,715
	Television broadcasting		35,362		47,704		36,304
	Other businesses		(8,542)		(5,968)		(5,046)
	Corporate office		(5,979)		(5,402)		(6,135)
		$	53,398	$	104,770	$	81,873
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates, Net			3,418		3,868		5,892
Interest Expense, Net			(8,450)		(8,526)		(8,579)
Other Income (Expense), Net			(4,083)		(12,858)		8,110
Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes		$	44,283	$	87,254	$	87,296
Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
	Education	$	22,588	$	20,064	$	18,978
	Cable television		33,733		33,964		32,946
	Television broadcasting		3,145		3,151		3,109
	Other businesses		429		577		555
	Corporate office		―		60		45
		$	59,895	$	57,816	$	55,633
Amortization of Intangible Assets
	Education	$	2,518	$	2,363	$	2,287
	Cable television		50		57		61
	Television broadcasting		―		―		―
	Other businesses		1,149		893		489
	Corporate office		―		―		―
		$	3,717	$	3,313	$	2,837
Net Pension (Credit) Expense
	Education	$	4,106	$	4,231	$	4,169
	Cable television		882		913		973
	Television broadcasting		1,288		1,213		1,251
	Other businesses		116		134		173
	Corporate office		(9,121)		(9,129)		(9,299)
		$	(2,729)	$	(2,638)	$	(2,733)

		March 31,		June 30,		September 30,		December 31,
(in thousands)		2012		2012		2012		2012
Operating Revenues
	Education	$	546,685	$	551,774	$	551,696	$	546,341
	Cable television		190,210		195,579		199,625		201,703
	Television broadcasting		81,497		95,591		106,411		116,192
	Other businesses		9,329		11,666		20,187		31,655
	Corporate office		―		―		―		―
	Intersegment elimination		(109)		(180)		(282)		―
		$	827,612	$	854,430	$	877,637	$	895,891
Income (Loss) From Operations
	Education	$	(11,915)	$	3,728	$	14,693	$	(111,874)
	Cable television		32,777		38,446		39,913		43,445
	Television broadcasting		30,999		43,728		54,082		62,833
	Other businesses		(6,746)		(9,005)		(7,324)		(9,935)
	Corporate office		(7,454)		(5,689)		(8,128)		(7,394)
		$	37,661	$	71,208	$	93,236	$	(22,925)
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates, Net			3,888		3,314		4,099		2,785
Interest Expense, Net			(8,094)		(8,204)		(8,090)		(8,163)
Other Income (Expense), Net			8,588		(635)		4,163		(17,572)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes		$	42,043	$	65,683	$	93,408	$	(45,875)
Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
	Education	$	20,717	$	21,011	$	22,024	$	37,431
	Cable television		32,197		32,234		32,310		32,366
	Television broadcasting		3,125		3,222		3,126		3,545
	Other businesses		126		127		128		389
	Corporate office		―		―		―		―
		$	56,165	$	56,594	$	57,588	$	73,731
Amortization of Intangible Assets and
	Impairment of Goodwill and Other Long-Lived Assets
	Education	$	3,236	$	3,803	$	4,489	$	117,784
	Cable television		54		53		52		52
	Television broadcasting		―		―		―		―
	Other businesses		549		551		549		1,367
	Corporate office		―		―		―		―
		$	3,839	$	4,407	$	5,090	$	119,203
Net Pension (Credit) Expense
	Education	$	2,392	$	1,969	$	3,522	$	3,701
	Cable television		530		514		694		802
	Television broadcasting		960		1,055		1,432		1,523
	Other businesses		36		33		45		55
	Corporate office		(7,393)		(6,939)		(6,827)		(6,712)
		$	(3,475)	$	(3,368)	$	(1,134)	$	(631)

		Nine Months Ended				Fiscal Year Ended
		September 30,				December 31,
(in thousands)		2013		2012		2012		2011
Operating Revenues
	Education	$	1,622,497	$	1,650,155	$	2,196,496	$	2,404,459
	Cable television		607,069		585,414		787,117		760,221
	Television broadcasting		271,653		283,499		399,691		319,206
	Other businesses		128,018		41,182		72,837		42,891
	Corporate office		―		―		―		―
	Intersegment elimination		(322)		(571)		(571)		(780)
		$	2,628,915	$	2,559,679	$	3,455,570	$	3,525,997
Income (Loss) from Operations
	Education	$	36,705	$	6,506	$	(105,368)	$	96,286
	Cable television		121,038		111,136		154,581		156,844
	Television broadcasting		119,370		128,809		191,642		117,089
	Other businesses		(19,556)		(23,075)		(33,010)		(16,771)
	Corporate office		(17,516)		(21,271)		(28,665)		(19,330)
		$	240,041	$	202,105	$	179,180	$	334,118
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates, Net			13,178		11,301		14,086		5,949
Interest Expense, Net			(25,555)		(24,388)		(32,551)		(29,079)
Other (Expense) Income, Net			(8,831)		12,116		(5,456)		(55,200)
Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes		$	218,833	$	201,134	$	155,259	$	255,788
Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
	Education	$	61,630	$	63,752	$	101,183	$	83,735
	Cable television		100,643		96,741		129,107		126,302
	Television broadcasting		9,405		9,473		13,018		12,448
	Other businesses		1,561		381		770		674
	Corporate office		105		―		―		244
		$	173,344	$	170,347	$	244,078	$	223,403
Amortization of Intangible Assets and
	Impairment of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
	Education	$	7,168	$	11,528	$	129,312	$	19,417
	Cable television		168		159		211		267
	Television broadcasting		―		―		―		―
	Other businesses		2,531		1,649		3,016		2,517
	Corporate office		―		―		―		―
		$	9,867	$	13,336	$	132,539	$	22,201
Net Pension (Credit) Expense
	Education	$	12,506	$	7,883	$	11,584	$	6,345
	Cable television		2,768		1,738		2,540		1,924
	Television broadcasting		3,752		3,447		4,970		1,669
	Other businesses		423		114		169		132
	Corporate office		(27,549)		(21,159)		(27,871)		(33,289)
		$	(8,100)	$	(7,977)	$	(8,608)	$	(23,219)

			As of
		September 30,		December 31,
(in thousands)		2013		2012
Identifiable Assets
	Education	$	1,739,301	$	1,988,015
	Cable television		1,189,084		1,187,603
	Television broadcasting		371,726		374,075
	Other businesses		137,068		88,393
	Corporate office		383,471		466,538
		$	3,820,650	$	4,104,624
Investments in Marketable Equity Securities			457,969		380,087
Investments in Affiliates			32,997		15,535
Prepaid Pension Cost			529,165		604,823
Assets of Discontinued Operations			255,100		―
Total Assets		$	5,095,881	$	5,105,069

Education [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

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

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		September 30,				September 30,
(in thousands)		2013		2012		2013		2012
Operating Revenues
	Higher education	$	266,061	$	273,703	$	811,013	$	872,948
	Test preparation		77,431		81,151		232,064		223,767
	Kaplan international		201,305		194,158		574,086		546,862
	Kaplan corporate and other		2,223		3,809		6,496		10,283
	Intersegment elimination		(568)		(1,125)		(1,162)		(3,705)
		$	546,452	$	551,696	$	1,622,497	$	1,650,155
Income (Loss) from Operations
	Higher education	$	14,719	$	1,510	$	42,354	$	16,329
	Test preparation		3,820		3,446		7,306		(4,067)
	Kaplan international		12,020		20,365		24,907		34,293
	Kaplan corporate and other		(13,680)		(10,852)		(38,243)		(40,628)
	Intersegment elimination		156		224		381		579
		$	17,035	$	14,693	$	36,705	$	6,506
Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
	Higher education	$	9,739	$	12,168	$	33,919	$	35,598
	Test preparation		5,034		5,544		14,658		14,308
	Kaplan international		3,903		3,841		12,015		12,490
	Kaplan corporate and other		302		471		1,038		1,356
		$	18,978	$	22,024	$	61,630	$	63,752
Amortization of Intangible Assets		$	2,287	$	4,489	$	7,168	$	11,528
Pension Expense
	Higher education	$	3,201	$	2,234	$	8,815	$	5,408
	Test preparation		731		554		2,012		1,381
	Kaplan international		99		112		273		113
	Kaplan corporate and other		138		622		1,406		981
		$	4,169	$	3,522	$	12,506	$	7,883

		As of
		September 30,		December 31,
(in thousands)		2013		2012
Identifiable assets
	Higher education	$	643,342	$	949,260
	Test preparation		182,450		197,672
	Kaplan international		878,123		818,613
	Kaplan corporate and other		35,386		22,470
		$	1,739,301	$	1,988,015