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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Current Assets    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 619,367us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 772,751us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Restricted cash 31,559us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents 24,898us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents
Investments in marketable equity securities and other investments 214,980ghc_InvestmentsInMarketableEquitySecuritiesAndOtherInvestments 226,752ghc_InvestmentsInMarketableEquitySecuritiesAndOtherInvestments
Accounts receivable, net 495,631us-gaap_AccountsAndOtherReceivablesNetCurrent 571,357us-gaap_AccountsAndOtherReceivablesNetCurrent
Deferred income taxes 4,215us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent 934us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent
Inventories and contracts in progress 11,634us-gaap_InventoryNetOfAllowancesCustomerAdvancesAndProgressBillings 11,309us-gaap_InventoryNetOfAllowancesCustomerAdvancesAndProgressBillings
Other current assets 91,202us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent 81,462us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Current assets held for sale (includes $0 and $1,235 of cash, respectively) 17,498ghc_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCurrentAssetsCurrent 1,240ghc_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCurrentAssetsCurrent
Total Current Assets 1,486,086us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 1,690,703us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net 823,376us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 860,829us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Investments in Affiliates 36,120us-gaap_InvestmentsInAffiliatesSubsidiariesAssociatesAndJointVentures 19,811us-gaap_InvestmentsInAffiliatesSubsidiariesAssociatesAndJointVentures
Goodwill, Net 1,314,351us-gaap_Goodwill 1,348,710us-gaap_Goodwill
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net 510,966us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill 516,753us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
Amortized Intangible Assets, Net 90,854us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet 96,947us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Prepaid Pension Cost 1,164,001us-gaap_PrepaidPensionCosts 1,152,488us-gaap_PrepaidPensionCosts
Deferred Charges and Other Assets 65,691us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent 65,258us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Noncurrent Assets Held for Sale 33,945ghc_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationLongLivedAssetCurrent 820ghc_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationLongLivedAssetCurrent
Total Assets 5,525,390us-gaap_Assets 5,752,319us-gaap_Assets
Current Liabilities    
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 414,155us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 464,342us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Income taxes payable 11,235us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent 128,895us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent
Deferred revenue 376,124us-gaap_DeferredRevenueCurrent 410,146us-gaap_DeferredRevenueCurrent
Dividends declared 15,645us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent 0us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent
Short-term borrowings 5,171us-gaap_DebtCurrent 46,375us-gaap_DebtCurrent
Current liabilities held for sale 25,850ghc_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsCurrentLiabilitiesCurrent 1,034ghc_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsCurrentLiabilitiesCurrent
Total Current Liabilities 848,180us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 1,050,792us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions 37,269us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent 37,962us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Accrued Compensation and Related Benefits 240,089us-gaap_DeferredCompensationLiabilityClassifiedNoncurrent 244,082us-gaap_DeferredCompensationLiabilityClassifiedNoncurrent
Other Liabilities 82,539us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 91,789us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Deferred Income Taxes 755,014us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent 754,960us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Long-Term Debt 399,645us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 399,545us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Noncurrent Liabilities Held for Sale 8,085ghc_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationNoncurrentLiabilitiesCurrent 0ghc_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationNoncurrentLiabilitiesCurrent
Total Liabilities 2,370,821us-gaap_Liabilities 2,579,130us-gaap_Liabilities
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest 22,694us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount 21,904us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount
Redeemable Preferred Stock 10,510us-gaap_TemporaryEquityCarryingAmountAttributableToParent 10,510us-gaap_TemporaryEquityCarryingAmountAttributableToParent
Preferred Stock 0us-gaap_PreferredStockValue 0us-gaap_PreferredStockValue
Common Stockholders’ Equity    
Common stock 20,000us-gaap_CommonStockValue 20,000us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Capital in excess of par value 302,205us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapital 303,789us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapital
Retained earnings 5,998,241us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 6,008,506us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax    
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment (3,581)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax 8,548us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities 46,804us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax 52,130us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax
Unrealized gain on pensions and other postretirement plans 393,329us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossDefinedBenefitPensionAndOtherPostretirementPlansNetOfTax 392,910us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossDefinedBenefitPensionAndOtherPostretirementPlansNetOfTax
Cash flow hedge 0us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCumulativeChangesInNetGainLossFromCashFlowHedgesEffectNetOfTax (108)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCumulativeChangesInNetGainLossFromCashFlowHedgesEffectNetOfTax
Cost of Class B common stock held in treasury (3,635,633)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue (3,645,476)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Total Common Stockholders’ Equity 3,121,365us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 3,140,299us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Noncontrolling Interests 0us-gaap_MinorityInterest 476us-gaap_MinorityInterest
Total Equity 3,121,365us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 3,140,775us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Total Liabilities and Equity $ 5,525,390us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity $ 5,752,319us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity