Equity-Based Compensation - Total aggregate fair value of restricted stock and shares surrendered by Actua's employees (Detail) - Restricted stock - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock vested in period, fair value	$ 8,548	$ 5,243
Shares paid for tax withholding for share based payments (in shares)	211,560	191,898

Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (d)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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