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Restructuring, Programming And/Or Content Changes, And Other Expenses

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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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Amount, before deduction of insurance proceeds, of loss recognized in the income statement for an event or transaction that is unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence, or both.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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