Intangible Assets And Goodwill

3 Months Ended

Mar. 25, 2012

Intangible Assets And Goodwill [Abstract]

Intangible Assets And Goodwill

NOTE 3. INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

Intangible assets and goodwill consisted of the following (in thousands):

	March 25, 2012
	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount
Intangible assets subject to amortization:
Advertiser and subscriber lists	$	803,840	$	(435,669	)	$	368,171
Other		31,121		(31,005	)		116
Total	$	834,961	$	(466,674	)		368,287
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization:
Newspaper mastheads							203,587
Total							571,874
Goodwill							1,012,011
Total intangible assets and goodwill						$	1,583,885

	December 25, 2011
	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount
Intangible assets subject to amortization:
Advertiser and subscriber lists	$	803,840	$	(421,392	)	$	382,448
Other		31,121		(30,996	)		125
Total	$	834,961	$	(452,388	)		382,573
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization:
Newspaper mastheads							203,587
Total							586,160
Goodwill							1,012,011
Total intangible assets and goodwill						$	1,598,171

Changes in indefinite lived intangible assets and goodwill as of March 25, 2012, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Original Gross Amount		Accumulated Impairment			Carrying Amount
Mastheads	$	683,000	$	(479,413	)	$	203,587
Goodwill		3,587,007		(2,574,996	)		1,012,011
Total	$	4,270,007	$	(3,054,409	)	$	1,215,598

Amortization expense with respect to intangible assets is summarized below:

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 25, 2012		March 27, 2011
Amortization expense	$	14.3 million	$	15.2 million

The estimated remaining amortization expense for the five succeeding fiscal years is as follows (in thousands):

Year	Amortization Expense
2012 (remainder)	$	43,873
2013		57,004
2014		52,524
2015		48,030
2016		47,721