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TERM LOANS AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY (Details) - USD ($)											3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			27 Months Ended	33 Months Ended	42 Months Ended	50 Months Ended
	Aug. 24, 2026	Sep. 30, 2023	Aug. 21, 2023	Mar. 21, 2023	Oct. 18, 2022	Sep. 23, 2022	Aug. 16, 2022	Jun. 21, 2022	Aug. 24, 2021	Jun. 23, 2021	Jun. 30, 2027	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2026	Dec. 31, 2026	Jun. 30, 2027	Mar. 01, 2027	Mar. 31, 2023	Jan. 12, 2023	Nov. 10, 2022	Sep. 09, 2022	Dec. 19, 2018
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest expense													$ 187,013,000	$ 141,186,000	$ 92,455,000
Amount of unused commitment fees													334,000
Revolving credit facility													43,801,000	127,678,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt													4,748,000	(10,188,000)	(3,796,000)
Loans receivable at fair value													532,419,000	701,652,000
Investments													992,455,000	965,096,000
United Online Software Development (India) Private Limited | BRPAC Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Covenant, pledged asset percentage																								65.00%
United Online Software Development (India) Private Limited | Credit Parties | BRPAC Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Covenant, pledged asset percentage																								100.00%
Magic Jack VocalTec LTD | BRPAC Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Covenant, pledged asset percentage																								65.00%
BRPI Acquisition Co LLC | City National Bank | BRPAC Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Unamortized debt issuance costs														701,000
Forecast | BRPAC Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Quarterly installments for term loan											$ 2,614,000						$ 3,485,000
Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Minimum | BRPI Acquisition Co LLC | BRPAC Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate								2.75%
Term Loan
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Outstanding balance													$ 475,056,000	$ 286,962,000
Interest rate at period end													11.37%	9.23%
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs													$ 2,916,000	$ 2,085,000	766,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs													18,694,000	5,538,000
Term loan interest													41,662,000
Interest expense														21,310,000	5,907,000
Term Loan | BRPI Acquisition Co LLC | BRPAC Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Outstanding balance													46,621,000	68,674,000
Interest expense														3,478,000
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs													272,000	$ 331,000	300,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs													429,000
Interest rate														7.65%
Interest expense													$ 5,201,000		2,468,000
Term Loan | BRPI Acquisition Co LLC | Amended BRPAC Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate at period end													8.46%
Lingo Credit Agreement | Line of Credit
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest expense													$ 6,370,000	$ 1,619,000
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs													293,000	97,000
Nomura Credit Agreement | Line of Credit
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity			$ 347,877,000
Revolving credit facility			342,000,000
Line of credit facility, interest and fee, amount			5,877,000
Dividends, reserve			65,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt			$ 5,408,000
Loans receivable at fair value													375,814,000
Investments													$ 786,714,000
New Term Loan | Nomura
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Debt instrument, periodic payment, percentage		0.625%
Nomura
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Amount of unused commitment fees														$ 13,000	76,000
Interest rate at period end													11.37%	9.23%
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs													$ 754,000	$ 586,000	305,000
Revolving credit facility													0	74,700,000
Interest payment													5,908,000	5,441,000	$ 1,915,000
Fourth Amendment | BRPAC Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Principal amount								$ 75,000,000
Fourth Amendment | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Maximum | BRPAC Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate								3.50%
Secured Debt | Line of Credit
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Senior notes payable																							$ 52,500,000
Secured Debt | Targus Credit Agreement | Line of Credit
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, term					5 years
Principal amount					$ 28,000,000
Outstanding balance													17,834,000	26,021,000
Debt issuance costs, gross													$ 366,000	$ 580,000
Interest rate													10.20%	8.43%
Secured Debt | Targus Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Forecast
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Quarterly installments for term loan																			$ 1,400,000
Secured Debt | Targus Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate					3.75%
Secured Debt | Term Loan | Line of Credit
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, term						5 years
Principal amount						$ 148,200,000														$ 49,890,000	$ 78,296,000
Outstanding balance														$ 118,437,000
Debt issuance costs, gross														2,377,000
Interest expense													$ 14,359,000	$ 5,331,000
Interest rate at period end														11.01%
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs													$ 4,262,000	$ 1,328,000
Secured Debt | Term Loan | Line of Credit | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate													6.50%
Secured Debt | Lingo Credit Agreement | Line of Credit
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Debt Instrument, term							5 years
Principal amount																						$ 20,500,000	$ 7,500,000
Outstanding balance													$ 63,153,000	71,985,000
Debt issuance costs, gross													$ 722,000	$ 1,016,000
Interest rate at period end													8.70%	7.89%
Senior notes payable							$ 45,000,000															$ 73,000,000
Secured Debt | Lingo Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Forecast
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Quarterly installments for term loan											$ 3,650,000	$ 2,738,000
Secured Debt | Lingo Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Minimum
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Interest rate													3.00%
Secured Debt | Lingo Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Maximum
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate													3.75%
Secured Debt | Bebe Credit Agreement | Line of Credit
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Principal amount									$ 25,000,000
Outstanding balance													$ 22,487,000
Debt issuance costs, gross													$ 638,000
Interest rate													11.14%
Secured Debt | Bebe Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Forecast
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Quarterly installments for term loan																$ 313,000
Outstanding notes payable	$ 20,000,000
Secured Debt | Nomura Credit Agreement | Line of Credit
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, term			4 years							4 years
Borrowing capacity credit facility			$ 500,000,000							$ 300,000,000
Secured Debt | Nomura Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Forecast
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Quarterly installments for term loan																		$ 3,125,000
Nomura | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate			6.00%
Nomura | Targus Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, term					5 years
Borrowing capacity credit facility					$ 85,000,000
Nomura | Targus Credit Agreement | Line of Credit
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Outstanding balance													$ 43,801,000	$ 52,978,000
Interest expense													7,303,000	1,322,000
Amount of unused commitment fees													$ 664,000	$ 157,000
Debt, weighted average interest rate													8.53%	6.68%
Nomura | Targus Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Minimum
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate													8.45%	6.03%
Nomura | Targus Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Maximum
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate													11.25%	9.25%
Nomura | Targus Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Minimum
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate					2.00%
Nomura | Targus Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Maximum
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate					2.75%
Nomura | Targus Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Base Rate | Minimum
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate					1.00%
Nomura | Targus Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Base Rate | Maximum
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate					1.75%
Nomura | Bebe Credit Agreement
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, term									5 years
Nomura | Bebe Credit Agreement | Line of Credit
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest expense													$ 680,000
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs													$ 56,000
Nomura | Bebe Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Minimum
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate				5.50%
Nomura | Bebe Credit Agreement | Line of Credit | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Maximum
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate				6.00%
Nomura | Nomura Credit Agreement | Line of Credit
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Debt Instrument, term			4 years							4 years
Secured loan			$ 100,000,000							$ 80,000,000

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