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Business operations and segment information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Business operations and segment information
Business operations and segment information

Our reportable segment determination is based on our management and internal reporting structure, the nature of products and services offered by the segments, and the financial information that is evaluated regularly by our chief operating decision maker.

Immediately following the spin-off of Cars.com and the sale of our majority stake in CareerBuilder, we began classifying our operations as one operating and reportable segment, Media, which consists of our 47 television stations operating in 39 markets, offering high-quality television programming and digital content. Also now included in the Media Segment is our DMS business which was previously reported in our Digital Segment. The historical periods below have also been updated to restate the historical results of our DMS business within our Media business.

As a result of classifying the former Digital Segment’s historical financial results as discontinued operations there is no remaining activity in 2017 as shown in the tables below. The 2016 activity shown below for our Digital Segment relates to our former Cofactor business which did not meet the criteria for discontinued operation reporting when the business was sold in December 2016. In addition to Cofactor, the 2015 Digital Segment activity also includes our former PointRoll and BLiNQ businesses which were disposed of in 2015.

Segment operating results for continuing operations are summarized as follows (in thousands):
Business segment financial information
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Revenues
 
 
(recast)
 
(recast)
Media
$
1,903,026

 
$
1,994,120

 
$
1,713,982

Digital

 
9,968

 
50,840

Total
$
1,903,026

 
$
2,004,088

 
$
1,764,822

Operating income
Media (1)
$
602,514

 
$
800,791

 
$
701,995

Digital (1)

 
(30,241
)
 
(41,059
)
Corporate (1) 
(56,612
)
 
(62,398
)
 
(68,595
)
Net gain on sale of corporate building

 

 
89,892

Unallocated (2)

 

 
(51,939
)
Total
$
545,902

 
$
708,152

 
$
630,294

Depreciation, amortization, asset impairment and facility consolidation charges (gains)
 
 
 
 
 
Media (1)
$
79,398

 
$
85,890

 
$
83,004

Digital (1)

 
21,166

 
26,581

Corporate (1)
1,669

 
3,706

 
(82,342
)
Total
$
81,067

 
$
110,762

 
$
27,243

Capital expenditures
Media
$
39,055

 
$
41,572

 
$
53,928

Digital

 

 
5,263

Corporate
390

 
1,643

 
790

Total
$
39,445

 
$
43,215

 
$
59,981


(1)
Operating income for Media and Digital Segments includes pre-tax net asset impairment and facility consolidation charges (gains) for each year presented. See Note 11.

(2)
Unallocated expenses represent certain expenses that historically were allocated to the former Publishing Segment but that could not be allocated to discontinued operations as they were not clearly and specifically identifiable to the spun-off businesses.