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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period Cash and cash equivalents at end of period Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Including Disposal Group and Discontinued Operations Preferred Stock Preferred Stock [Member] Financing lease liabilities Finance Lease, Liability, Noncurrent Distributions to non-controlling interest Payments of Distributions to Affiliates Intangible assets, net Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net Goodwill Goodwill External Customers External Customers [Member] External Customers [Member] Advertising Advertising [Member] Senior or Senior Subordinated Notes and other Indebtedness Senior Or Senior Subordinated Notes And Other Indebtedness [Member] Senior or senior subordinated notes and other indebtedness. 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