Segment Information (Summary of Continuing Operations by Reportable Segment) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	$ 681,843,000	$ 810,766,000	$ 2,132,025,000	$ 2,273,899,000
Operating income	150,677,000	188,326,000	478,557,000	426,290,000
Share-based compensation expenses	7,050,000	9,455,000	23,862,000	39,163,000
Depreciation and amortization	29,735,000	23,411,000	79,556,000	71,261,000
Impairment and other charges	0	0	0	158,973,000
Restructuring and other related charges	0	754,000	0	9,534,000
Cloud computing amortization	2,052,000	596,000	5,323,000	1,502,000
Majority-owned equity investees AOI	4,791,000	2,149,000	13,733,000	6,584,000
Adjusted operating income (loss)	194,305,000	224,691,000	601,031,000	713,307,000
Operating Segments | Domestic Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	587,389,000	682,746,000	1,814,034,000	1,895,730,000
Operating income	186,609,000	213,299,000	573,943,000	517,874,000
Share-based compensation expenses	3,155,000	4,174,000	10,000,000	17,105,000
Depreciation and amortization	12,141,000	11,589,000	37,716,000	36,678,000
Impairment and other charges				143,000,000
Restructuring and other related charges		(135,000)		2,508,000
Cloud computing amortization	5,000	0	17,000	0
Majority-owned equity investees AOI	4,791,000	2,149,000	13,733,000	6,584,000
Adjusted operating income (loss)	206,701,000	231,076,000	635,409,000	723,749,000
Operating Segments | International and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	99,270,000	129,940,000	334,892,000	389,384,000
Operating income	8,291,000	15,564,000	39,733,000	32,365,000
Share-based compensation expenses	537,000	545,000	1,758,000	2,689,000
Depreciation and amortization	4,482,000	5,200,000	14,018,000	14,477,000
Impairment and other charges				15,973,000
Restructuring and other related charges		800,000		5,273,000
Cloud computing amortization	0	0	0	0
Majority-owned equity investees AOI	0	0	0	0
Adjusted operating income (loss)	13,310,000	22,109,000	55,509,000	70,777,000
Corporate / Inter-segment Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	(4,816,000)	(1,920,000)	(16,901,000)	(11,215,000)
Operating income	(44,223,000)	(40,537,000)	(135,119,000)	(123,949,000)
Share-based compensation expenses	3,358,000	4,736,000	12,104,000	19,369,000
Depreciation and amortization	13,112,000	6,622,000	27,822,000	20,106,000
Impairment and other charges				0
Restructuring and other related charges		89,000		1,753,000
Cloud computing amortization	2,047,000	596,000	5,306,000	1,502,000
Majority-owned equity investees AOI	0	0	0	0
Adjusted operating income (loss)	(25,706,000)	(28,494,000)	(89,887,000)	(81,219,000)
Corporate / Inter-segment Eliminations | Domestic Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	(3,864,000)	(1,641,000)	(14,308,000)	(8,567,000)
Corporate / Inter-segment Eliminations | International and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	(952,000)	(279,000)	(2,593,000)	(2,648,000)
Subscription
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	402,103,000	387,492,000	1,209,989,000	1,175,332,000
Subscription | Operating Segments | Domestic Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	349,338,000	324,644,000	1,040,110,000	986,532,000
Subscription | Operating Segments | International and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	52,765,000	62,848,000	169,879,000	188,800,000
Subscription | Corporate / Inter-segment Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	0	0	0	0
Content licensing and other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	82,101,000	197,938,000	278,085,000	414,269,000
Content licensing and other | Operating Segments | Domestic Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	57,793,000	158,120,000	191,473,000	297,792,000
Content licensing and other | Operating Segments | International and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	29,124,000	41,738,000	103,513,000	127,692,000
Content licensing and other | Corporate / Inter-segment Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	(4,816,000)	(1,920,000)	(16,901,000)	(11,215,000)
Distribution and other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	484,204,000	585,430,000	1,488,074,000	1,589,601,000
Distribution and other | Operating Segments | Domestic Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	407,131,000	482,764,000	1,231,583,000	1,284,324,000
Distribution and other | Operating Segments | International and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	81,889,000	104,586,000	273,392,000	316,492,000
Distribution and other | Corporate / Inter-segment Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	(4,816,000)	(1,920,000)	(16,901,000)	(11,215,000)
Advertising
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	197,639,000	225,336,000	643,951,000	684,298,000
Advertising | Operating Segments | Domestic Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	180,258,000	199,982,000	582,451,000	611,406,000
Advertising | Operating Segments | International and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	17,381,000	25,354,000	61,500,000	72,892,000
Advertising | Corporate / Inter-segment Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, net	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0