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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage At Target Performance Level

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage Based On Cumulative Adjusted EBITDA

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage If Performance Is Less Than Threshold

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage To Be Paid In Whole Shares Of Common Stock

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Number of share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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Stock-Based Compensation - Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018 employee shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) employee shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
PBU expense reversed \| $				$ 5.1	$ 7.1	$ 5.1
PBUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awards granted (shares)				299,028,000	333,800,000	1,350,750,000
Performance period		2 years
PBUs that will become vested and payable at the threshold performance level (as a percent)		80.00%		15.00%
Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
PBUs that will become vested and payable at the threshold performance level (as a percent)				150.00%
PBU expense reversed \| $						$ 5.4
Number of shares issued (shares)						483,623
2008 EIP \| PBUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested PBUs to be paid in whole shares of common stock (as a percent)	100.00%			100.00%
Shares that vest and become payable based on the cumulative revenue from continuing operations (as a percent)	65.00%			50.00%
PBUs that vest and become payable on the cumulative adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations (as a percent)	35.00%			35.00%
Performance period	2 years			2 years
PBUs that will become vested and payable at the threshold performance level (as a percent)	35.00%
PBUs that will become vested and payable at the target performance level (as a percent)	100.00%			100.00%
Maximum PBUs that may become vested and payable (as a percent)	100.00%			150.00%
PBUs that shall become vested and payable if performance does not equal or exceed the applicable threshold performance level (as a percent)	0.00%			0.00%
Executive officers \| PBUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of employees granted share-based compensation awards \| employee			1
Executive officers \| 2017 EICP \| PBUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of employees granted share-based compensation awards \| employee				5
Senior leaders \| PBUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of employees granted share-based compensation awards \| employee			2
Awards granted (shares)					333,800	1,350,750
Senior leaders \| 2017 EICP \| PBUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of employees granted share-based compensation awards \| employee			1	9
Awards granted (shares)			12,000	54,180
Executive officers and senior leaders \| 2017 EICP \| PBUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awards granted (shares)			40,750	192,098