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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Income Taxes

Schedule of components of income (loss) before income taxes

		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2015			2014			2013
		(In thousands)
Domestic		$	224,058		$	172,276		$	(50,551	)
Foreign		(2,486		)	6,057			16,515
Total income (loss) before income taxes		$	221,572		$	178,333		$	(34,036	)

Schedule of components of the benefit (provision) for income taxes

		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2015			2014			2013
		(In thousands)
Current benefit (provision):
Federal		$	(165	)	$	(2,593	)	$	1,118
State		(9,601		)	9,006			6,531
Foreign		(6,303		)	(5,455		)	(5,992		)
Total current benefit (provision)		(16,069		)	958			1,657
Deferred benefit (provision):
Federal		(62,572		)	(31,905		)	26,511
State		4,818			(1,283		)	10,074
Foreign		1,622			1,446			(805		)
Total deferred (provision) benefit		(56,132		)	(31,742		)	35,780
Total income tax (provision) benefit, net		$	(72,201	)	$	(30,784	)	$	37,437

Schedule of income tax rate reconciliation

		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2015		2014		2013
Statutory rate		35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit		2.1	%	(0.2	)%	21.0	%
Permanent differences		3.6	%	0.6	%	(10.7	)%
Tax credits		(10.1	)%	(18.6	)%	48.7	%
Valuation allowance		2.8	%	(0.9	)%	14.2	%
Other		(0.8	)%	1.4	%	1.8	%
Total effective tax rate		32.6	%	17.3	%	110.0	%

Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities

		As of December 31,
		2015			2014
		(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating losses, credit and other carryforwards		$	315,924		$	412,744
Unrealized losses on investments, net		47,678			30,248
Accrued expenses		34,037			34,632
Stock-based compensation		13,345			8,445
Other asset		9,534			12,157
Total deferred tax assets		420,518			498,226
Valuation allowance		(72,131		)	(73,664		)
Deferred tax assets after valuation allowance		348,387			424,562
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization		(993,326		)	(1,014,812		)
Other liabilities		(1,412		)	(748		)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(994,738		)	(1,015,560		)
Total net deferred tax liabilities (1)		$	(646,351	)	$	(590,998	)
Current portion of net deferred tax assets (1)		$	—		$	87,208
Noncurrent portion of net deferred tax liabilities		(646,351		)	(678,206		)
Total net deferred tax liabilities		$	(646,351	)	$	(590,998	)

(1) In 2015, we early adopted ASU 2015-17 (see Note 2), which resulted in the classification of all of our deferred taxes as noncurrent as of December 31, 2015.  We did not retrospectively reclassify our current deferred tax balances as of December 31, 2014.

Schedule of reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits

		For the Years Ended December 31,
Unrecognized tax benefit		2015			2014			2013
		(In thousands)
Balance as of beginning of period		$	44,839		$	43,319		$	34,677
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		11,748			3,806			81
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years		5,779			4,643			9,929
Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years		—			(81		)	(1,253		)
Reductions based on tax settlements		—			(6,848		)	(115		)
Balance as of end of period		$	62,366		$	44,839		$	43,319

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