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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Operating Revenues [Abstract]    
Education $ 500,602ghc_EducationRevenue $ 522,154ghc_EducationRevenue
Subscriber 187,597us-gaap_SubscriptionRevenue 191,128us-gaap_SubscriptionRevenue
Advertising 74,027us-gaap_AdvertisingRevenue 78,247us-gaap_AdvertisingRevenue
Other 83,922us-gaap_OtherSalesRevenueNet 45,012us-gaap_OtherSalesRevenueNet
Total Operating Revenues 846,148us-gaap_Revenues 836,541us-gaap_Revenues
Operating Costs and Expenses [Abstract]    
Operating 383,077ghc_OperatingExpense 376,463ghc_OperatingExpense
Selling, general and administrative 353,202us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 325,275us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 58,545ghc_DepreciationFromContinuingOperations 53,217ghc_DepreciationFromContinuingOperations
Amortization of intangible assets 4,769ghc_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssetsFromContinuingOperations 2,717ghc_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssetsFromContinuingOperations
Total Operating Costs and Expenses 799,593us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 757,672us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Income from Operations 46,555us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 78,869us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Equity in (losses) earnings of affiliates, net (404)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 4,052us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Interest income 559us-gaap_OtherInterestAndDividendIncome 599us-gaap_OtherInterestAndDividendIncome
Interest expense (8,521)us-gaap_InterestExpense (8,820)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other (expense) income, net (1,105)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense 133,273us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes 37,084us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 207,973us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Provision for Income Taxes 14,500us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 77,400us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income from Continuing Operations 22,584us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 130,573us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
(Loss) Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax (784)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax 1,732us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
Net Income 21,800us-gaap_ProfitLoss 132,305us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net (Income) Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests (774)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 219us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net Income Attributable to Graham Holdings Company 21,026us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 132,524us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Redeemable Preferred Stock Dividends (420)us-gaap_RedeemablePreferredStockDividends (426)us-gaap_RedeemablePreferredStockDividends
Net income attributable to Graham Holdings Company common stockholders 20,606us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 132,098us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Amounts Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders    
Income from continuing operations 21,390us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations 130,366us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax (784)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax 1,732us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
Net income attributable to Graham Holdings Company common stockholders $ 20,606us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 132,098us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Per Share Information Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders    
Basic income per common share from continuing operations in dollars per share $ 3.64us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare $ 17.62us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare
Basic (loss) income per common share from discontinued operations in dollars per share $ (0.13)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicShare $ 0.23us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicShare
Basic net income per common share in dollars per share $ 3.51us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 17.85us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Basic average number of common shares outstanding in shares 5,704us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 7,275us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Diluted income per common share from continuing operations in dollars per share $ 3.62us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerDilutedShare $ 17.56us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerDilutedShare
Diluted (loss) income per common share from discontinued operations in dollars per share $ (0.14)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerDilutedShare $ 0.23us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerDilutedShare
Diluted net income per common share in dollars per share $ 3.48us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 17.79us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Diluted average number of common shares outstanding in shares 5,791ghc_WeightedAverageNumberOfPotentiallyDilutiveSharesOutstanding 7,352ghc_WeightedAverageNumberOfPotentiallyDilutiveSharesOutstanding