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Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

ACCRUED EXPENSES [Abstract]

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ACCRUED EXPENSES

The following summarizes the Company's accrued expenses as of December 31 (in thousands):

	2010				2011
Marketing	$	48,244			$	33,472
Refunds reserve	13,938				67,452
Payroll and benefits	12,187				36,404
Subscriber rewards and credits	8,333				36,144
Professional fees	2,341				18,656
Other	13,280				19,879
	$	98,323			$	212,007

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The entire disclosure for accounts payable and accrued liabilities at the end of the reporting period.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19

-Subparagraph a

-Article 5



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 20, 24

-Article 5



Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(a),20,24)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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