Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Earnout

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Increase (Decrease) In Earnout

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Interest Income from Divestiture of Business and Interest In Affiliates

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Topic 230
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a business segment or subsidiary or sale of an entity that is related to it but not strictly controlled during the period (for example, an unconsolidated subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture or equity method investment).

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The cash inflow associated with the deconsolidation of a previously consolidated subsidiary or the sale of investment in consolidated subsidiaries (generally greater than 50 percent).

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Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)					3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 30, 2020	Jul. 10, 2020	Sep. 19, 2019	Sep. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gains on sale of business					$ 0		$ 6,500,000	$ 0	$ 81,784,000	$ 0
Interest income		$ 7,600,000
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business		$ 83,700,000		$ 75,000,000
Disposed of by sale \| Stitcher Podcasting Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received for business			$ 325,000,000
Cash upfront for sale of business			265,000,000
Disposed of by sale \| Triton Digital Media
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received for business	$ 225,000,000					$ 225,000,000
Gains on sale of business	$ 81,800,000					$ 81,800,000
Disposed of by sale \| Earnout \| Stitcher Podcasting Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Earnout based on financial results			30,000,000
Disposed of by sale \| Earnout based on 2021 financial results \| Stitcher Podcasting Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Earnout based on financial results			$ 30,000,000						0
Disposed of by sale \| Earnout contingent consideration \| Stitcher Podcasting Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Earnout based on financial results									19,100,000
Increase in contingent earnout consideration									$ 9,100,000