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Facility Fee Annual Increase

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Free Rent Period in months allowed under the sublease.

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Initial Facility Fee

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Represents the number of years for the initial rent period of five years and related monthly payments.

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Lease Termination Liability

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The amount of the monthly rental payments due under the sublease entered into after initial period

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Monthly Rental Payments After Secondary Period

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The amount of the monthly rental payments due under the sublease entered into for the initial period.

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Operating Leases, Rent Discrepancy Expense, Sublease Rentals

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Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Sublease Rentals, Estimate

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Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Sublease Rentals, Net

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Amount for accounts payable to related parties.

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Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of expenses associated with exit or disposal activities pursuant to an authorized plan. Includes, but is not limited to, one-time termination benefits, termination of an operating lease or other contract, consolidating or closing facilities, and relocating employees, and termination benefits associated with an ongoing benefit arrangement. Excludes expenses associated with special or contractual termination benefits, a discontinued operation or an asset retirement obligation.

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The aggregate amount of write-downs for impairments recognized during the period for long-lived assets held for abandonment, exchange or sale.

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The amount of expense provided in the period for legal costs incurred on or before the balance sheet date pertaining to resolved, pending or threatened litigation, including arbitration and mediation proceedings.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The total amount of sublease rental income recognized during the period that reduces the entity's rent expense incurred under operating leases.

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Direct costs arising from transactions with related parties who are not affiliates or joint Ventures. These costs are categorized as cost of goods sold.

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Receivables to be collected from (obligations owed to) related parties, net as of the balance sheet date where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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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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Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)	Jul. 31, 2017 USD ($)	May 26, 2017 USD ($) ft²	May 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 13, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 09, 2013 ft²
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, due to related party										$ 200,000
Related party transaction, expenses from transactions with related party				$ 50,000		$ 100,000
Related Party Costs						50,000
Member of Board of Directors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Legal fees				122,000	$ 113,000	235,000	$ 220,000
Accounts payable to related party				83,664		83,664
MacAndrews & Forbes
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Area of real estate property (in sq ft) \| ft²											6,676
Rent expense, sublease rentals, net	$ 2,000,000
Rent expense, sublease rentals, estimate	2,400,000
New HQ Lease \| MacAndrews & Forbes
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term (years)		10 years
Area of real estate property (in sq ft) \| ft²		3,200
Monthly rental payments for initial period		$ 25,333
Monthly rental payments after initial period		29,333
Additional facility fee		$ 3,333
Facility fee annual increase, percent			500.00%
Facility fee after initial period			$ 0
Old HQ Subleas
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Business exit cost								$ 1,100,000
Write down of leasehold improvements and furniture									$ 100,000
Old HQ Subleas \| MacAndrews & Forbes
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Monthly rental payments for initial period	60,000
Monthly rental payments after initial period	63,400
Rent discrepancy, sublease rentals	1,100,000
Replacement M&F Sublease \| MacAndrews & Forbes
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Monthly rental payments for initial period	36,996
Monthly rental payments after initial period	$ 37,831
Free rent period	2 months
Initial rent period	12 months
Monthly rental payments after secondary period	$ 38,665
Rent expense, sublease rentals	$ 900,000
Other Liabilities
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease termination liability				$ 100,000		$ 100,000