Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2015

Investments consisted of the following (in thousands):



	March 29, 2015		December 28, 2014
Equity method investments	$	1,629,112	$	1,689,996
Cost method investments	18,418		18,238
Marketable equity securities	7,414		8,958
Total investments	$	1,654,944	$	1,717,192

Equity Method Investments Information

Income from equity investments, net reported in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations consisted of the following (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014
Income from equity investments, net, before amortization of basis difference	$	50,496		$	53,457
Amortization of basis difference	(13,562		)	(15,194		)
Income from equity investments, net	$	36,934		$	38,263

Cash distributions from the Company’s equity method investments were as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended
	March 29, 2015		March 30, 2014
Cash distributions from equity investments	$	94,906	$	120,270

Summarized Financial Information—Summarized financial information for TV Food Network is as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended
	March 29, 2015		March 30, 2014
Revenues, net	$	261,223	$	260,285
Operating income	$	130,202	$	125,495
Net income	$	133,643	$	129,872

Summarized financial information for CareerBuilder and CV is as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended
	March 29, 2015		March 30, 2014
Revenues, net (1)	$	175,154	$	280,643
Operating income from continuing operations (1)	$	30,326	$	40,682
Net income (1)	$	28,351	$	46,733

(1) The summarized financial information for the three months ended March 29, 2015 does not include results for CV, which was sold by the Company on October 1, 2014. See above for further information.