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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value portion of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, that lack physical substance, having a projected indefinite period of benefit.

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 17, 2020	Nov. 30, 2019	Nov. 25, 2019	Nov. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019	Nov. 30, 2019
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]
Impairment charge						$ 4.0
MediaCo Holding Inc \| Contribution Agreement
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]
Percentage of equity ownership interest		23.72%		23.72%
MediaCo Holding Inc \| Contribution Agreement \| Class A Common Stock
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]
Percentage of equity ownership interest			23.72%
Common stock taxable pro rate distribution of per share			$ 0.1265
MediaCo Holding Inc \| Contribution Agreement \| Class A Common Stock \| Scenario Forecast
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]
Common stock taxable pro rate distribution of per share	$ 0.1265
FCC Licenses
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]
Impairment charge					$ 4.0
Fair values of indefinite-lived intangible assets					15.5
WLIB-AM
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]
Fair values of indefinite-lived intangible assets					$ 6.7