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Note 10. Severance Expense	9 Months Ended
Note 10. Severance Expense	Sep. 30, 2013
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]
Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block]	10. The Company accrues severance expense when payment of benefits is both probable and the amount is reasonably estimable. The Company recorded severance expense from continuing operations of $100 thousand in the third quarter and first nine months of 2013, as compared to $3.4 million and $3.5 million in the third quarter and first nine months of 2012, respectively. The majority of the severance expense incurred in 2012 was due to a corporate reduction-in-force of 75 positions that occurred in July and was recorded in the “Corporate expense and other” line on the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations. Severance costs related to television stations are reflected in either the “Station production expense” or the “Station selling, general and administrative expense” line items depending on the position eliminated. Accrued severance costs are included in the “Accrued expenses and other liabilities” line item on the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet.

The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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