Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. | 2013 | FY | 3


 

Marketing and Advertising Costs — Marketing and advertising costs, which totaled $144 million in 2013, $143 million in 2012 and $118 million in 2011, include costs incurred to promote our businesses and to attract traffic to our Internet sites. Advertising production costs are deferred and expensed the first time the advertisement is shown. Other marketing and advertising costs are expensed as incurred.