Description of business, use of estimates, basis of presentation, and summary of significant accounting policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Reconciliations Between Revenue and the Primary Measures of Profit or Loss and Include our Significant Expense Measures

The tables below provide reconciliations between revenue and the primary measures of profit or loss and include our significant expense measures (in thousands).

	2024		2023		2022
Revenue	$	3,101,971	$	2,910,930	$	3,279,245
Less:
Programming		998,231		995,292		952,225
Employee compensation (a)		719,534		702,324		707,214
Other segment items (b)		452,734		470,974		487,903
Adjusted EBITDA	$	931,472	$	742,340	$	1,131,903
Less: All other segment items (c)		332,429		265,993		500,705
Net income	$	599,043	$	476,347	$	631,198

(a) Includes the cost associated with salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation, benefits paid to our employees and adjusted to remove workforce restructuring and retention costs (including stock-based compensation and cash payments).

(b) Primarily includes digital ad serving fees, professional service fees and costs associated with operating our facilities.

(c) Primarily includes taxes, interest expense, other non-operating costs, depreciation and amortization.

Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue

Revenue earned by categories in 2024, 2023 and 2022 are shown below (amounts in thousands):

	2024		2023		2022
Subscription	$	1,455,811	$	1,527,563	$	1,530,402
Advertising & Marketing Services		1,226,638		1,289,903		1,363,417
Political		373,229		45,800		341,110
Other		46,293		47,664		44,316
Total revenues	$	3,101,971	$	2,910,930	$	3,279,245