ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND RELATED ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFALL ACCOUNTS (Block)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Receivables [Abstract]

Loans Notes Trade And Other Receivables Disclosure Text Block

3. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND RELATED ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

Accounts receivable are primarily attributable to advertising which has been provided and for which payment has not been received from the advertiser. Accounts receivable are net of agency commissions and an estimated allowance for doubtful accounts. Estimates of the allowance for doubtful accounts are recorded based on management’s judgment of the collectability of the accounts receivable based on historical information, relative improvements or deteriorations in the age of the accounts receivable and changes in current economic conditions.

The accounts receivable balances and reserve for doubtful accounts, which includes amounts from the VIE, are presented in the following table:

	Net Accounts Receivable
	December 31,
	2016		2015
	(amounts in thousands)
Accounts receivable	$	94,309	$	89,291
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(2,137)		(2,134)
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts	$	92,172	$	87,157

See the table in Note 6 for accounts receivable credits outstanding as of the periods indicated.

The following table, which includes amounts from the VIE, presents the changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts

Changes In Allowance For Doubtful Accounts
			Additions
	Balance At		Charged To		Deductions		Balance At
	Beginning		Costs And		From		End Of
Year Ended	Of Year		Expenses		Reserves		Year
	(amounts in thousands)
December 31, 2016	$	2,134	$	1,330	$	(1,327)	$	2,137
December 31, 2015		2,449		1,553		(1,868)		2,134
December 31, 2014		2,413		1,004		(968)		2,449