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The pro forma revenue for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of tangible or intangible assets, including a business or subsidiary of the acquirer transferred by the entity to the former owners of the acquiree. Excludes cash.

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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)						3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)	Jun. 06, 2016 USD ($) show	Apr. 12, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 22, 2015 USD ($) show	Apr. 01, 2015 USD ($) radio_station television_station shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2015 shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill						$ 617,080,000	$ 617,080,000		$ 585,787,000
Number of shares issued in business acquisition \| shares							0	26,350,993
KNIN \| Raycom Media, Inc.
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Business disposition, consideration to be received			$ 14,500,000
Television
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill						466,121,000	$ 466,121,000		466,121,000
Radio
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill						41,000,000	41,000,000		41,000,000
Digital
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill						109,959,000	109,959,000		$ 78,666,000
Stitcher
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Business acquisition, purchase price	$ 4,500,000
Number of podcast shows (more than) \| show	65,000
Intangible assets	$ 2,900,000
Goodwill acquisition							1,590,000
Stitcher \| Television
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill acquisition							0
Stitcher \| Radio
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill acquisition							0
Stitcher \| Digital
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill acquisition							1,590,000
Stitcher \| Computer Software, Intangible Asset
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Intangible asset, estimated amortization period	3 years
Cracked
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Business acquisition, purchase price		$ 39,000,000
Intangible assets		9,300,000
Goodwill		29,700,000
Operating revenues						$ 1,200,000
Goodwill acquisition							29,703,000
Cracked \| Television
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill acquisition							0
Cracked \| Radio
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill acquisition							0
Cracked \| Digital
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill acquisition							$ 29,703,000
Cracked \| Trade Names
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Intangible assets		$ 7,400,000
Intangible asset, estimated amortization period		20 years
Cracked \| Media Content
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Intangible assets		$ 1,900,000
Intangible asset, estimated amortization period		3 years
Midroll Media
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Business acquisition, purchase price				$ 50,000,000
Number of podcast shows (more than) \| show				200
Intangible assets				$ 10,700,000
Goodwill				45,586,000
Business acquisition, earnout provision				$ 10,000,000
Earnout provision, payment term				3 years
Earnout provision, fair value				$ 7,000,000
Midroll Media \| Advertiser relationships
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Intangible assets				$ 7,000,000
Intangible asset, estimated amortization period				5 years
Midroll Media \| Other intangible assets
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Intangible assets				$ 4,000,000
Journal Communications, Inc.
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Business acquisition, purchase price					$ 636,000,000
Intangible assets					294,800,000
Goodwill					$ 456,440,000
Number of television stations acquired \| television_station					12
Number of radio stations acquired \| radio_station					34
Journal Communications, Inc. \| Television
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill acquisition					$ 395,000,000
Journal Communications, Inc. \| Radio
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill acquisition					41,000,000
Journal Communications, Inc. \| Digital
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Goodwill acquisition					20,000,000
Journal Communications, Inc. \| FCC licenses
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Intangible assets					$ 111,600,000
Journal Communications, Inc. \| Common Stock \| Common stock, Class A
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of shares issued in business acquisition \| shares					26,400,000
Journal Communications, Inc. \| Retransmission agreements, television network affiliate relationships and advertiser relationships
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Intangible assets					$ 183,000,000
Journal Communications, Inc. \| Retransmission agreements, television network affiliate relationships and advertiser relationships \| Minimum
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Intangible asset, estimated amortization period					10 years
Journal Communications, Inc. \| Retransmission agreements, television network affiliate relationships and advertiser relationships \| Maximum
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Intangible asset, estimated amortization period					20 years