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Date when the acquirer obtains control of the acquiree, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination, expected to be settled within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				12 Months Ended
	Jun. 08, 2016	Dec. 08, 2015	Oct. 02, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, par value				$ 0.0005	$ 0.0005
Contingent consideration payable in stock				$ 10,225
Goodwill				166,256	$ 161,753	$ 5,227
Non-cash contingent earn out costs					14,300
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member] \| Advertising Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Assets and liabilities disposed value					0
Information Services [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill				44,178	42,623
Performance Marketing [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill				$ 122,078	$ 119,130
Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets				20 years	20 years
Proprietary Technology [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets				5 years	5 years
Domain Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets				20 years	20 years
Q Interactive, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Effective date of business acquisition				Jun. 08, 2016
Common stock, par value	$ 0.0005
Business acquisition, gross revenue earn-out target for contingent consideration	$ 25,000
Number of common stock applied for additional consideration, shares	1,200,000
Earn-out period	1 year
Number of common stock applied for additional consideration, values	$ 10,000
Common stock trading days considered to determine volume weighted average price	10 days
Fair value of contingent consideration assuming earn-out target would be met	$ 10,000
Contingent consideration payable in stock				$ 10,225
Weighted average useful life of acquired intangible assets	8 years
Goodwill	$ 5,384			$ 5,384
Q Interactive, LLC [Member] \| Information Services [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	1,765
Q Interactive, LLC [Member] \| Performance Marketing [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 3,619
Q Interactive, LLC [Member] \| Customer Relationship [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets	10 years
Q Interactive, LLC [Member] \| Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets	20 years
Q Interactive, LLC [Member] \| Proprietary Technology [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets	5 years
Q Interactive, LLC [Member] \| Databases [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets	5 years
Q Interactive, LLC [Member] \| Non-competition Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets	2 years
Q Interactive, LLC [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, common stock issued	2,369,190
Fluent Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Effective date of business acquisition				Dec. 08, 2015
Common stock, par value		$ 0.0005
Weighted average useful life of acquired intangible assets		10 years
Goodwill		$ 155,645		$ 155,645
Percentage of outstanding stocks acquired		100.00%
Fair value of converted common stock		$ 123,800
Acquisition price, cash		99,266
Fluent Acquisition [Member] \| Information Services [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		37,185
Fluent Acquisition [Member] \| Performance Marketing [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 118,461
Fluent Acquisition [Member] \| Customer Relationship [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets		7 years
Fluent Acquisition [Member] \| Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets		20 years
Fluent Acquisition [Member] \| Proprietary Technology [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets		5 years
Fluent Acquisition [Member] \| Databases [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets		10 years
Fluent Acquisition [Member] \| Non-competition Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets		5 years
Fluent Acquisition [Member] \| Domain Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible assets		20 years
Fluent Acquisition [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, common stock issued		15,001,850
Interactive Data [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Effective date of business acquisition				Oct. 02, 2014
Business acquisition, common stock issued			284,445
Goodwill			$ 5,227	$ 5,227
Percentage of outstanding stocks acquired			100.00%
Acquisition price, cash			$ 6,320