Share based compensation by share based payment award unamortized compensation expense.

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Stockholders' Equity Note, Common Stock Exchange, Number Of Securities Called By Each Share And Unit

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Aggregate cash paid by the entity during the period to settle equity instruments granted under equity-based payment arrangements.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Apr. 09, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate unamortized outstanding stock based compensation	$ 22,700,000		$ 15,200,000
Number of shares issued for each share of Class B Common Stock and TMM Unit converted (in shares)				1
Class M Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Payment for settlement of awards	$ 0	$ 1,400,000
Non Performance Restricted Stock Units [Member] \| Second Anniversary [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of units vested	33.00%
Non Performance Restricted Stock Units [Member] \| Third Anniversary [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of units vested	33.00%
Non Performance Restricted Stock Units [Member] \| Fourth Anniversary [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of units vested	33.00%
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period (in years)	3 years
Stock options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period (in years)	10 years
2013 Omnibus Equity Award Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate common stock available for future grants (in shares)	3,867,255