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Investments | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2026
Equity Method Investments, Joint Ventures And Cost Method Investments [Abstract] |
Investments | Investments As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company’s investments are included within Investments in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and consisted of the following:
|  |  |  | Investment As of
|  | Ownership Percentage as of March 31, 2026 |  | March 31, 2026 |  | December 31, 2025
Equity method investments: |  |  |  |  |  |
SACO Technologies Inc. (“SACO”) |  | 30% |  | $ | 16,894 |  |  | $ | 16,981 |
Gotham Advanced Media and Entertainment, LLC (“GAME”) |  | 50% |  | 8,284 |  |  | 9,354 |
Equity investments without readily determinable fair values |  |  |  | 8,722 |  |  | 8,721 |
Other equity investments with readily determinable fair values held in trust under the Company’s Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (a) |  |  |  | 3,750 |  |  | 3,669 |
Total investments |  |  |  | $ | 37,650 |  |  | $ | 38,725 |
_________________ (a) The Company’s investments with readily determinable fair values are classified within Level I of the fair value hierarchy as they are valued based on quoted prices in active markets. Refer to Note 11. Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, for further detail on the Company’s Executive Deferred Compensation Plan. The Company had unrealized gains on equity investments with and without readily determinable fair values of $34 and $21 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, which are recorded in Other expense, net.

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