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Investments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments
INVESTMENTS

Equity Method Investments
As of March 29, 2015, our investments in joint ventures consisted of equity ownership interests in the following entities:
Company
 
 
 
Approximate %
Ownership
Donohue Malbaie Inc.
 
 
 
49
%
Madison Paper Industries
 
 
 
40
%

We have investments in Donohue Malbaie, Inc. (“Malbaie”), a Canadian newsprint company, and Madison Paper Industries (“Madison”), a partnership operating a supercalendered paper mill in Maine (together, the “Paper Mills”).
We received no distributions from the Paper Mills during the three-month periods ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014.
We purchase newsprint and supercalendered paper from the Paper Mills at competitive prices. Such purchases totaled $3.5 million and $4.9 million for the three-month periods ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014, respectively. Effective February 2015, we no longer purchase supercalendered paper.