Accrued Expenses

6 Months Ended

Jun. 01, 2018

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



	2018		2017
Accrued compensation and benefits	$	432,871	$	417,742
Accrued media costs	113,314		134,525
Sales and marketing allowances	37,621		47,389
Accrued corporate marketing	76,412		72,087
Taxes payable	46,350		49,550
Royalties payable	42,052		46,411
Accrued interest expense	25,596		25,594
Other	256,151		200,475
Accrued expenses	$	1,030,367	$	993,773

Accrued media costs primarily relate to our advertising platform offerings 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.