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Radio Conversion Cost, Net

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			60 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2023 segment	Oct. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 segment	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) segment $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2020 $ / shares	Jan. 31, 2018 $ / shares
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Business divestiture, transaction costs	$ 22
Number of operating segments \| segment		3		2	2
Number of reportable segments \| segment		3		2	2
Revenue from contract with customer, term of customer relationship					15 years
Accelerated method, average declining balance rate					250.00%
Advertising expense					$ 165	$ 214	$ 235
Radio conversion cost, net								$ 276
Money market funds, at carrying value					$ 55	$ 145		$ 55
First Lien Term Loan B due 2030 \| Line of Credit
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Proceeds from (repayments of) debt			$ 230
First Five Years
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accelerated method, average amortization rate					55.00%
Second Five Years
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accelerated method, average amortization rate					25.00%
Final Five Years
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accelerated method, average amortization rate					20.00%
Commercial Divestiture
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total purchase price, excluding adjustment from divestiture of businesses	1,613
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses	$ 1,585
Class B Common Stock
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares					$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01