Note 4. Summary of Disposition

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

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4.     In January of 2013, the Company sold the intellectual property and certain tangible assets of Blockdot for a nominal amount; the Company retained Blockdot’s working capital and certain operating leases in Dallas, Texas. In 2012, the Company recorded a $2.5 million loss related to the anticipated sale of Blockdot; the Company recorded an additional loss of $30 thousand related to the sale in the first quarter of 2013. In the third quarter of 2012, the Company sold all of its newspapers and associated websites (with the exception of the Tampa group) to World Media Enterprises, Inc. (World Media), a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company completed the sale of its Tampa print properties and associated websites to Tampa Media Group, Inc., a new company formed by Revolution Capital Group. During the second quarter of 2012, the Company also sold DealTaker for a nominal amount, shut down its Production Services company which provided broadcast equipment and design services and discontinued its NetInformer operations. The Company recorded after-tax losses related to the divestiture of discontinued operations of $11 million and $143 million in the third quarter and first nine months of 2012, respectively. The total year-to-date 2012 after-tax loss included an estimated loss on the sale of newspapers to World Media of $112 million, an estimated loss on the sale of the Tampa print properties of $24 million, an estimated loss on the sale of Blockdot of $2.4 million and a loss on the sale of DealTaker of $3.9 million. As of September 30, 2013, the Company has substantially completed its transition service obligations to World Media and Tampa Media.

As illustrated in the following chart, the results of these newspapers (as well as their associated websites), DealTaker, Blockdot, NetInformer and the Company’s Production Services unit have been presented as discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated condensed statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, and September 23, 2012. Depreciation and amortization on assets related to these properties ceased as of the date in 2012 that each disposal group qualified for held-for-sale treatment. The accompanying consolidated condensed balance sheet for 2012 presents assets and liabilities of discontinued operations separately from those of continuing operations. After recording a $2.5 million loss related to the expected divestiture of Blockdot, assets of discontinued operations as of December 31, 2012, were $670 thousand. Liabilities of discontinued operations of approximately $467 thousand at December 31, 2012, consisted primarily of accounts payable and accrued expenses.

	Loss from Discontinued Operations
	Three Months  Ended		Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
(In thousands)	Sept. 30, 2013		Sept. 23, 2012			Sept. 30, 2013			Sept. 23, 2012
Revenues	$	-	$	18,491		$	110		$	169,805
Costs and expenses		-		19,527			523			179,205
Loss before income taxes		-		(1,036	)		(413	)		(9,400	)
Income tax expense		-		2			-			1,188
Loss from discontinued operations	$	-	$	(1,038	)	$	(413	)	$	(10,588	)

The Company owned and operated Blockdot for part of January 2013; revenues and expenses related to this period are reflected above. When the Company sold Blockdot, it retained certain operating leases for space that the Company will no longer utilize. The Company recorded a net loss of approximately $100 thousand related to the operating leases during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

The Company performed an interim impairment test on DealTaker as of the end of the first quarter 2012, which resulted in a non-cash goodwill and other intangible asset impairment charge of $6.5 million net of a tax benefit of $3.6 million included in the loss from discontinued operations for the nine months ended September 23, 2012.