Industry Segments (Industry Information) (Details) (USD $) Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended						3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended					1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014		Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014		Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Publishing		Sep. 30, 2013 Publishing	Sep. 30, 2014 Publishing		Sep. 30, 2013 Publishing		Sep. 30, 2014 Merchandising		Sep. 30, 2013 Merchandising	Sep. 30, 2014 Merchandising		Sep. 30, 2013 Merchandising		Sep. 30, 2014 Broadcasting		Sep. 30, 2013 Broadcasting	Sep. 30, 2014 Broadcasting		Sep. 30, 2013 Broadcasting		Sep. 30, 2014 Corporate		Sep. 30, 2013 Corporate	Sep. 30, 2014 Corporate		Sep. 30, 2013 Corporate		Oct. 14, 2014 Subsequent Event Publishing	Oct. 31, 2013 Class A Common Stock
Segment Reporting Information
Sales, circulation, and production agreement																																						2
Revenues	$ 29,611,000	[1]	$ 33,848,000	$ 100,499,000	[1]	$ 113,270,000				$ 15,781,000	[1]	$ 19,401,000	$ 57,516,000	[1]	$ 68,073,000		$ 13,691,000	[1]	$ 14,153,000	$ 41,494,000	[1]	$ 41,776,000		$ 139,000	[1]	$ 294,000	$ 1,489,000	[1]	$ 3,421,000		$ 0	[1]	$ 0	$ 0	[1]	$ 0
Non–cash equity compensation	(474,000)		(419,000)	(1,513,000)		(1,381,000)	[2]			(28,000)		(85,000)	(111,000)		(330,000)	[2]	(10,000)		(57,000)	(89,000)		(181,000)	[2]	0		(1,000)	(1,000)		(7,000)	[2]	(436,000)		(276,000)	(1,312,000)		(863,000)	[2]
Depreciation and amortization	(783,000)		(847,000)	(4,651,000)		(2,940,000)				(135,000)		(200,000)	(458,000)		(729,000)		(11,000)		(12,000)	(40,000)		(39,000)		(1,000)		(1,000)	(3,000)		(26,000)		(636,000)		(634,000)	(4,150,000)		(2,146,000)
Impairment of trademark and goodwill	(11,350,000)		0	(11,350,000)		0				0			0				(11,350,000)			(11,350,000)				0			0				0			0
Restructuring charges	0		0	0		(675,000)	[2]								(140,000)	[2]						(392,000)	[2]						0	[2]						(143,000)	[2]
Gain on sale of subscriber list, net	0		0	0		2,724,000									2,724,000							0							0							0
Operating loss	(14,850,000)		(4,076,000)	(14,796,000)		(7,757,000)				(6,246,000)		(6,260,000)	(10,746,000)		(12,994,000)		(1,548,000)		9,479,000	18,747,000		26,872,000		(36,000)		(214,000)	26,000		1,812,000		(7,020,000)		(7,081,000)	(22,823,000)		(23,447,000)
Total Assets	118,292,000	[3]		118,292,000	[3]			148,367,000		13,230,000	[3]		13,230,000	[3]			43,451,000	[3]		43,451,000	[3]			894,000	[3]		894,000	[3]			60,717,000	[3]		60,717,000	[3]
Stock Returned and Retired During Period, Shares																																							11
Deferred Revenue									24,900,000
Deferred Revenue, Revenue Recognized	1,700,000			5,000,000
Share-based compensation				1,513,000		1,356,000
Share-based compensation, net reversals of expense related to restructuring activities						$ 30,000

[1] * Included in revenues is the pro rata recognition of non-cash revenue that resulted from the return of 11 million shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock from J.C. Penney in October 2013 pursuant to a contract amendment with J.C. Penney, which resulted in an initial increase to deferred revenue of $24.9 million that is recognized ratably as non-cash revenue through June 30, 2017. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, these non-cash revenues totaled $1.7 million and $5.0 million, respectively.

[2] ** As disclosed on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, total non-cash equity compensation expense was $1.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Included in non-cash equity compensation expense were net reversals of expense of approximately $0.03 million, which was generated in connection with restructuring activities. Accordingly, these amounts are reflected as restructuring charges in the Company's 2013 Consolidated Statements of Operations.

[3] *** In accordance with ASC 280, Segment Reporting, total assets are disclosed as of September 30, 2014 in order to reflect the material change in the Merchandising segment’s intangible asset and goodwill from the amount disclosed as of December 31, 2013.