Accrued Expenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 02, 2018

Accrued expenses as of March 2, 2018 and December 1, 2017 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	2018		2017
Accrued compensation and benefits	$	349,727	$	417,742
Accrued media costs	109,243		134,525
Sales and marketing allowances	50,806		47,389
Accrued corporate marketing	75,642		72,087
Taxes payable	48,236		49,550
Royalties payable	45,482		46,411
Accrued interest expense	6,984		25,594
Other	224,924		200,475
Accrued expenses	$	911,044	$	993,773

Accrued media costs primarily relate to our advertising platform offerings from TubeMogul, which are part of the Advertising Cloud. We accrue for media costs related to impressions purchased from third-party ad inventory sources. Other primarily includes general corporate accruals for local and regional expenses. Other is also comprised of deferred rent related to office locations with rent escalations and foreign currency liability derivatives.