Sale Of Fisher Plaza	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Sale Of Fisher Plaza [Abstract]
Sale Of Fisher Plaza	NOTE 3 Sale of Fisher Plaza In December 2011, the Company completed the sale of Fisher Plaza, its 300,000 square foot mixed-use facility in Seattle, Washington to Hines Global REIT ("Hines") for $160.0 million in cash. In connection with the sale of Fisher Plaza the Company entered into a Lease Agreement (the "Lease") with Hines pursuant to which the Company leased 121,000 rentable square feet of Fisher Plaza for use for the Company's corporate headquarters and its Seattle television, radio and internet operations. The Lease has an initial term that expires on December 31, 2023 and the Company has the right to extend the term for three successive five-year periods. The Lease also allows the Company to reduce the amount of its leased space by up to 20%, subject to certain limitations. Further, the Company entered into a Reimbursement Agreement with Hines whereby the Company may be required to reimburse Hines up to $1.5 million if the power and/or chiller consumption by certain existing Plaza tenants, including the Company, exceeds specified levels and Hines is required to install additional power and/or chiller facilities. This Reimbursement Agreement expires on the expiration of the Lease's initial term. A pre-tax net gain on the sale of Fisher Plaza of $40.5 million was recorded in the consolidated statement of operations. The pre-tax net gain on sale of Fisher Plaza did not include $10.6 million of the gain which was deferred and is recorded on the consolidated balance sheet in "other current liabilities" and "deferred income". As the Lease is considered to be an operating agreement and represents more than a minor portion of the usage of the facility, $9.1 million of the deferral related to the sale leaseback is amortized on a straight-line basis as an offset to the rent expense over the initial term of the Lease. The remaining $1.5 million has also been deferred as a long term obligation relating to the Reimbursement Agreement. This obligation will remain as a long-term obligation until the earlier of the expiration of the initial term of the Lease or until Hines requests reimbursement for the purchase of additional power and/or chiller facilities according to the terms of the Reimbursement Agreement.

NOTE 3

Sale of Fisher Plaza

In December 2011, the Company completed the sale of Fisher Plaza, its 300,000 square foot mixed-use facility in Seattle, Washington to Hines Global REIT ("Hines") for $160.0 million in cash. In connection with the sale of Fisher Plaza the Company entered into a Lease Agreement (the "Lease") with Hines pursuant to which the Company leased 121,000 rentable square feet of Fisher Plaza for use for the Company's corporate headquarters and its Seattle television, radio and internet operations. The Lease has an initial term that expires on December 31, 2023 and the Company has the right to extend the term for three successive five-year periods. The Lease also allows the Company to reduce the amount of its leased space by up to 20%, subject to certain limitations. Further, the Company entered into a Reimbursement Agreement with Hines whereby the Company may be required to reimburse Hines up to $1.5 million if the power and/or chiller consumption by certain existing Plaza tenants, including the Company, exceeds specified levels and Hines is required to install additional power and/or chiller facilities. This Reimbursement Agreement expires on the expiration of the Lease's initial term.

A pre-tax net gain on the sale of Fisher Plaza of $40.5 million was recorded in the consolidated statement of operations. The pre-tax net gain on sale of Fisher Plaza did not include $10.6 million of the gain which was deferred and is recorded on the consolidated balance sheet in "other current liabilities" and "deferred income". As the Lease is considered to be an operating agreement and represents more than a minor portion of the usage of the facility, $9.1 million of the deferral related to the sale leaseback is amortized on a straight-line basis as an offset to the rent expense over the initial term of the Lease. The remaining $1.5 million has also been deferred as a long term obligation relating to the Reimbursement Agreement. This obligation will remain as a long-term obligation until the earlier of the expiration of the initial term of the Lease or until Hines requests reimbursement for the purchase of additional power and/or chiller facilities according to the terms of the Reimbursement Agreement.