Accounting policies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

Revenue earned by these sources in the third quarter and first nine months of 2019 and 2018 are shown below (amounts in thousands):

	Quarter ended Sept. 30,				Nine months ended Sept. 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Advertising & Marketing Services	$	297,333	$	264,852	$	851,304	$	829,638
Subscription	240,735		207,463		718,472		622,382
Political	8,131		60,410		14,064		93,725
Other	5,658		6,251		21,702		19,401
Total revenues	$	551,857	$	538,976	$	1,605,542	$	1,565,146