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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2009
Mar. 31, 2015
Sep. 16, 2011
Dec. 31, 2014
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Total stock dividend authorized to issue   1,450,644,871cmls_StockSharesAuthorized    
Number of classes of stock   4cmls_StockholdersEquityNoteNumberofClassesofStock    
Par value of Preferred stock shares     $ 0.01us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
2009 warrants        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Warrants issued 1,300,000cmls_WarrantsIssuedForPurchaseOfStockShares
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Exercisable price of warrants to purchase common stock $ 1.17us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
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Warrants outstanding   400,000us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding
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Company Warrants        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Warrants outstanding   1,100,000us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding
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Company Warrants were converted into shares of Class A common stock since issuance   300,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsExercised
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Equity Investment        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Warrants outstanding   7,800,000us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding
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7,800,000us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding
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Crestview Warrants        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Exercisable price of warrants to purchase common stock     $ 4.34us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
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Class A common stock        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Common stock, shares authorized   750,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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  750,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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Number of votes per share   1cmls_CommonStockVotingRightsNumberofVotes
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Common stock, shares issued   255,280,514us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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  254,997,925us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Class A common stock | Citadel Acquisition        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Common stock, shares issued     71,700,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Class A common stock | Minimum        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Class A common stock following conversion   4.99%cmls_CommonStockClassEligibleForConversion
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Class B common stock        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Common stock, shares authorized   600,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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Shares of common stock converted   15,400,000us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesConverted1
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Class C common stock        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Common stock, shares authorized   644,871us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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  644,871us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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Number of votes per share   10cmls_CommonStockVotingRightsNumberofVotes
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Common stock, shares issued   644,871us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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  644,871us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Preferred stock, shares authorized   100,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
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Par value of Preferred stock shares   0.01us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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