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Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit and Performance-based Stock Unit Activity (Parenthetical) (Detail) - Performance-Based Stock Units [Member]	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance-based stock units, percentage of attainment level	100.00%
Class A Common Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance-based stock units	43

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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