Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of (Provision) Benefit for Income Taxes

Components of (Provision) Benefit for Income Taxes

	Successor Company									Predecessor Company
	Years Ended December 31,						Eleven Months Ended December 31, 2010			One Month Ended January 31, 2010
	2012			2011
Current (provision) benefit
Federal	$	4,689		$	18,955		$	(1,263	)	$	(600	)
State and local	(4,535		)	(2,905		)	3,772			(20		)
Total current (provision) benefit	154			16,050			2,509			(620		)
Deferred (provision) benefit
Federal	(3,328		)	73,981			568,938			(792,162		)
State and local	(3,750		)	34,727			48,668			(124,759		)
Total deferred (provision) benefit	(7,078		)	108,708			617,606			(916,921		)
(Provision) benefit for income taxes	$	(6,924	)	$	124,758		$	620,115		$	(917,541	)

Reconciliation of Statutory Federal Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rate

Reconciliation of Statutory Federal Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rate

	Successor Company									Predecessor Company
	Years Ended December 31,						Eleven Months Ended December 31, 2010			One Month Ended January 31, 2010
	2012			2011
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	69,325		$	(643,722	)	$	(1,543,707	)	$	7,837,550
Statutory federal tax rate	35.0		%	35.0		%	35.0		%	35.0		%
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit	4.7			3.6			3.6			2.6
Non-taxable fresh start adjustments	—			—			—			(28.0		)
Non-deductible interest expenses	8.1			—			—			—
Non-deductible impairment expenses	—			(27.5		)	(19.5		)	—
Section 382 limitation	—			—			22.9			1.1
Section 108 tax attribution reduction	(2.6		)	—			—			21.4
Section 1245 recapture	14.5			12.6			—			—
Change in valuation allowance	(56.2		)	(8.0		)	(2.3		)	(19.5		)
Change in gross unrecognized tax benefits	—			2.9			—			—
Change in state tax laws	4.0			—			—			—
Other, net	2.5			0.8			0.5			(0.9		)
Effective tax rate	10.0		%	19.4		%	40.2		%	11.7		%

Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Deferred tax assets:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	14,081		$	23,259
Deferred and other compensation	9,090			6,413
Capital investments	6,240			6,255
Debt and other interest	898			1,008
Pension and other retirement benefits	29,465			29,001
Restructuring reserves	253			2,475
Net operating loss and credit carryforwards	434,106			500,481
Other, net	6,096			9,102
Total deferred tax assets	500,229			577,994
Valuation allowance	(123,786		)	(157,171		)
Net deferred tax assets	$	376,443		$	420,823
Deferred tax liabilities:
Fixed assets and capitalized software	$	32,830		$	44,875
Goodwill and intangible assets	337,346			375,017
Deferred directory revenue and costs	1,936			—
Investment in subsidiaries	18,767			8,484
Other, net	340			146
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	391,219		$	428,522
Net deferred tax liability	$	(14,776	)	$	(7,699	)

Reconciliation of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

Reconciliation of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

	Successor Company									Predecessor Company
	Years Ended December 31,						Eleven Months Ended December 31, 2010			One Month Ended January 31, 2010
	2012			2011
Balance at beginning of period	$	5,942		$	20,954		$	390,872		$	298,001
Gross additions for tax positions related to the current year	—			7,029			693			95,555
Gross reductions for tax positions related to the current year	—			—			(370,611		)	(2,684		)
Gross reductions for tax positions related to prior years	(16		)	—			—			—
Gross reductions for tax positions related to the lapse of applicable statute of limitations	—			(20,261		)	—			—
Settlements	—			(1,780		)	—			—
Balance at end of period	$	5,926		$	5,942		$	20,954		$	390,872