Accrued Expenses

9 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2018

Accrued expenses as of August 31, 2018 and December 1, 2017 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	2018		2017
Accrued compensation and benefits	$	428,575	$	417,742
Accrued media costs	103,470		134,525
Sales and marketing allowances	46,432		47,389
Accrued corporate marketing	76,574		72,087
Taxes payable	50,149		49,550
Royalties payable	42,742		46,411
Accrued interest expense	10,469		25,594
Other	261,636		200,475
Accrued expenses	$	1,020,047	$	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.