CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY - 6 months ended Jun. 30, 2015 - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock Class A [Member]	Common Stock Class B [Member]	Common Stock Class C [Member]	Common Stock Class D [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Accumulated Deficit [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
BALANCE at Dec. 31, 2014	$ 220,572	$ 0	$ 2	$ 3	$ 3	$ 42	$ (115)	$ 1,006,635	$ (987,672)	$ 201,674
Consolidated net (loss) income	(25,475)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(31,528)	6,053
Net change in unrealized loss on investment activities	115	0	0	0	0	0	115	0	0	0
Conversion of 103,111 shares of Class A common stock to Class D common stock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acquisition of additional membership interest in TV One	(221,736)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(20,547)	0	(201,189)
Repurchase of 345,293 shares of Class D common stock	(1,423)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(1,423)	0	0
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	(5,739)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(5,739)
Adjustment of redeemable noncontrolling interests to estimated redemption value	391	0	0	0	0	0	0	391	0	0
Stock-based compensation expense	2,779	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,779	0	0
BALANCE at Jun. 30, 2015	$ (30,516)	$ 0	$ 2	$ 3	$ 3	$ 42	$ 0	$ 987,835	$ (1,019,200)	$ 799