10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020  

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                to              

 Commission File No. 001-38385

GCI LIBERTY, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	92-0072737
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S Employer
incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)

12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood,	Colorado	80112
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (720) 875-5900

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbols	Name of exchange on which registered
Series A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	GLIBA	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Series A Cumulative Redeemable preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share	GLIBP	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files.) Yes ☒ No ☐

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer,” "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
Emerging growth company	☐

        If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐   No ☒

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant's classes of common stock as of April 30, 2020 was:

101,324,141 shares of Series A common stock; and

4,488,674 shares of Series B common stock

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I.  Financial Information
	Item 1.	Financial Statements
		Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)	3
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)	5
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings (Loss) (unaudited)	6
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)	7
		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity (unaudited)	8
		Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	9
	Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	22
	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	32
	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	32
Part II.  Other Information
	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	34
	Item 1A.	Risk Factors	34
	Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	35
	Item 6.	Exhibits	35
SIGNATURES			36

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GCI LIBERTY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
	March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	568,762	569,520
Trade and other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $7,795 and $7,516, respectively	106,284		114,435
Other current assets	35,599		43,868
Total current assets	710,645		727,823
Investments in equity securities (note 4)	2,343,209		2,605,293
Investments in affiliates, accounted for using the equity method (note 5)	166,565		167,643
Investment in Liberty Broadband measured at fair value (note 5)	4,725,734		5,367,242
Property and equipment, net	1,067,592		1,090,901
Intangible assets not subject to amortization
Goodwill	855,837		855,837
Cable certificates	305,000		305,000
Other	41,500		41,500
	1,202,337		1,202,337
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net (note 6)	379,885		391,979
Tax sharing receivable	74,001		84,534
Other assets, net	323,559		295,693
Total assets	$	10,993,527	11,933,445
			(Continued)
See accompanying notes to interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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GCI LIBERTY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
	March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands, except share amounts
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	91,159	92,893
Deferred revenue	25,902		27,886
Current portion of debt, net of deferred financing costs (note 7)	3,085		3,008
Indemnification obligation (note 3)	—		202,086
Other current liabilities	84,083		69,149
Total current liabilities	204,229		395,022
Long-term debt, net, including $607,301 and $658,839 measured at fair value, respectively (note 7)	3,210,630		3,263,210
Obligations under finance leases and tower obligations, excluding current portion	96,104		97,507
Long-term deferred revenue	54,940		57,986
Deferred income tax liabilities	1,303,525		1,527,109
Preferred stock (note 8)	178,063		178,002
Derivative instrument (note 3)	24,165		71,305
Indemnification obligation (note 3)	179,746		—
Other liabilities	127,011		133,020
Total liabilities	5,378,413		5,723,161
Equity
Stockholders’ equity:
Series A common stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 500,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 101,319,919 shares at March 31, 2020 and 101,306,716 shares at December 31, 2019	1,013		1,013
Series B common stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 20,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 4,488,829 shares at March 31, 2020 and 4,437,593 shares at December 31, 2019	45		44
Series C common stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 1,040,000,000 shares; no issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019	—		—
Additional paid-in capital	3,223,368		3,221,885
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes	34,145		(4,084)
Retained earnings	2,347,768		2,982,626
Total stockholders' equity	5,606,339		6,201,484
Non-controlling interests	8,775		8,800
Total equity	5,615,114		6,210,284
Commitments and contingencies (note 10)
Total liabilities and equity	$	10,993,527	11,933,445
See accompanying notes to interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands, except per share amounts
Revenue	$	235,799	217,736
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expense (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)	69,663		68,893
Selling, general and administrative, including stock-based compensation (note 9)	92,545		116,309
Depreciation and amortization expense	63,008		67,678
Insurance proceeds	—		(2,500)
	225,216		250,380
Operating income (loss)	10,583		(32,644)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense (including amortization of deferred loan fees)	(36,255)		(37,618)
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net (note 5)	(707)		(3,296)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net (note 3)	(833,992)		1,009,600
Tax sharing agreement	(10,533)		9,081
Other, net	2,380		2,768
	(879,107)		980,535
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(868,524)		947,891
Income tax (expense) benefit	236,622		(269,405)
Net earnings (loss)	(631,902)		678,486
Less net earnings (loss) attributable to the non-controlling interests	(25)		(57)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to GCI Liberty, Inc. shareholders	$	(631,877)	678,543
Basic net earnings (loss) attributable to Series A and Series B GCI Liberty, Inc. shareholders per common share (note 2)	$	(5.99)	6.47
Diluted net earnings (loss) attributable to Series A and Series B GCI Liberty, Inc. shareholders per common share (note 2)	$	(5.99)	6.41
See accompanying notes to interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)
(Unaudited)
	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Net earnings (loss)	$	(631,902)	678,486
Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes:
Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to debt credit risk adjustments	38,229		2,900
Comprehensive earnings (loss)	(593,673)		681,386
Less comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to the non-controlling interests	(25)		(57)
Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to GCI Liberty, Inc. shareholders	$	(593,648)	681,443
See accompanying notes to interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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GCI LIBERTY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings (loss)	$	(631,902)	678,486
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	63,008		67,678
Stock-based compensation expense	2,475		5,631
Share of (earnings) losses of affiliates, net	707		3,296
Realized and unrealized (gains) losses on financial instruments, net	833,992		(1,009,600)
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)	(236,622)		269,397
Other, net	19		2,489
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Current and other assets	(3,431)		11,801
Payables and other liabilities	2,417		(8,113)
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities	30,663		21,065
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expended for property and equipment	(35,665)		(40,114)
Other investing activities, net	1,088		803
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities	(34,577)		(39,311)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayment of debt, finance leases and tower obligations	(2,259)		(4,739)
Repurchases of GCI Liberty common stock	—		(43,910)
Other financing activities, net	(1,065)		(1,929)
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities	(3,324)		(50,578)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(7,238)		(68,824)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	576,150		492,032
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	568,912	423,208

        The following table reconciles cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets to the total amount presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of cash flows:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Cash and cash equivalents	$	568,762	569,520
Restricted cash included in other current assets	150		6,630
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	568,912	576,150
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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GCI LIBERTY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity
(Unaudited)
	Series A common stock		Series B common stock	Additional paid-in capital	Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	Retained earnings	Non-controlling interest in equity of subsidiaries	Total equity
	amounts in thousands
Balances at January 1, 2020	$	1,013	44	3,221,885	(4,084)	2,982,626	8,800	6,210,284
Net earnings (loss)	—		—	—	—	(631,877)	(25)	(631,902)
Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes	—		—	—	38,229	—	—	38,229
Stock-based compensation	—		—	2,549	—	—	—	2,549
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options	—		—	15	—	—	—	15
Withholding taxes on net share settlements of stock-based compensation	—		—	(1,029)	—	—	—	(1,029)
Other	—		1	(52)	—	(2,981)	—	(3,032)
Balances at March 31, 2020	$	1,013	45	3,223,368	34,145	2,347,768	8,775	5,615,114
Balances at January 1, 2019	$	1,021	44	3,251,957	168	1,043,933	9,567	4,306,690
Net earnings (loss)	—		—	—	—	678,543	(57)	678,486
Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes	—		—	—	2,900	—	—	2,900
Stock-based compensation	—		—	6,735	—	—	—	6,735
Series A GCI Liberty stock repurchases	(10)		—	(43,900)	—	—	—	(43,910)
Other	—		—	(1,914)	—	(5)	—	(1,919)
Balances at March 31, 2019	$	1,011	44	3,212,878	3,068	1,722,471	9,510	4,948,982
See accompanying notes to interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

(1) Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of GCI Liberty, Inc. and its controlled subsidiaries, as well as other equity securities and equity method investments (collectively, “GCI Liberty”, the “Company”, “us”, “we” and “our”). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the condensed consolidated financial statements. GCI Liberty is made up of its wholly-owned subsidiary, GCI Holdings, LLC (“GCI Holdings”), a controlling interest in Evite, Inc. (“Evite”) and non-controlling interests in Liberty Broadband Corporation ("Liberty Broadband"), Charter Communications, Inc. ("Charter"), and LendingTree, Inc. ("LendingTree"). These assets (other than GCI Holdings) were contributed by Liberty Interactive Corporation, now known as Qurate Retail, Inc. ("Qurate Retail"), in exchange for, among other things, a controlling interest in GCI Liberty, which was subsequently split-off (the "Holdco Split-Off").

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the periods presented have been included. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. Additionally, certain prior period amounts have been reclassified for comparability with current period presentation. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period.

In December 2019, Chinese officials reported a novel coronavirus outbreak (“COVID-19”). COVID-19 has since spread through China and internationally. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization assessed COVID-19 as a global pandemic, causing many countries throughout the world to take aggressive actions, including imposing travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders, closing public attractions and restaurants, and mandating social distancing practices, which has caused a significant disruption to most sectors of the economy.

COVID-19 has not had a material impact on GCI Liberty’s operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2020, however, management has increased certain estimates, including but not limited to, allowance for doubtful accounts. Other than these changes, we are not presently aware of any events or circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic that would require us to update our estimates or judgments or revise the carrying value of our assets or liabilities. Our estimates may change, however, as new events occur and additional information is obtained, and any such changes will be recognized in the consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ from estimates, and any such differences may be material to our financial statements.

The Company, through its ownership of interests in subsidiaries and other companies, is primarily engaged in providing a full range of wireless, data, video, voice, and managed services to residential customers, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions primarily in Alaska.

The Company holds investments that are accounted for using the equity method. The Company does not control the decision making process or business management practices of these affiliates. Accordingly, the Company relies on management of these affiliates to provide it with accurate financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP that the Company uses in the application of the equity method. In addition, the Company relies on audit reports that are provided by the affiliates' independent auditors on the financial statements of such affiliates. The Company is not aware, however, of any errors in or possible misstatements of the financial information provided by its equity affiliates that would have a material effect on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

GCI Liberty has entered into certain agreements with Qurate Retail and Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media") (or its subsidiary), all of which are separate, publicly traded companies, in order to govern certain relationships between the companies. None of these entities have any stock ownership, beneficial or otherwise, in the other. These agreements include an indemnification agreement, a reorganization agreement, a services agreement, a facilities sharing agreement and a tax sharing agreement.

The reorganization agreement provides for, among other things, provisions governing the relationship between GCI Liberty and Qurate Retail (for accounting purposes a related party of GCI Liberty). The tax sharing agreement provides for the allocation and indemnification of tax liabilities and benefits between Qurate Retail and GCI Liberty and other agreements related to tax matters. Pursuant to the tax sharing agreement, GCI Liberty has agreed to indemnify Qurate Retail for taxes and tax-related losses resulting from the Holdco Split-Off to the extent such taxes or tax-related losses (i) result primarily from, individually or in the aggregate, the breach of certain restrictive covenants made by GCI Liberty (applicable to actions or failures to act by GCI Liberty and its subsidiaries following the completion of the Holdco Split-Off), or (ii) result from Section 355(e) of the Internal Revenue Code applying to the Holdco Split-Off as a result of the Holdco Split-Off being part of a plan (or series of related transactions) pursuant to which one or more persons acquire, directly or indirectly, a 50-percent or greater interest (measured by vote or value) in the stock of GCI Liberty (or any successor corporation). Pursuant to the services agreement, Liberty Media provides GCI Liberty with general and administrative services including legal, tax, accounting, treasury and investor relations support. See below for a description of an amendment to the services agreement entered into in December 2019. Under the facilities sharing agreement, GCI Liberty shares office space with Liberty Media and related amenities at its corporate headquarters. GCI Liberty reimburses Liberty Media for direct, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Liberty Media in providing these services and for costs negotiated semi-annually.

Liberty Media is a related party of GCI Liberty for accounting purposes as a result of the services agreement. Under these agreements, amounts reimbursable to Liberty Media were approximately $2.2 million and $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

In addition, Qurate Retail and GCI Liberty have agreed to indemnify each other with respect to certain potential losses in respect of the HoldCo Split-Off. See note 3 for information related to the indemnification agreement.

In December 2019, the Company entered into an amendment to the services agreement with Liberty Media in connection with Liberty Media’s entry into a new employment arrangement with Gregory B. Maffei, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"). Under the amended services agreement, components of his compensation will either be paid directly to him by each of the Company, Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Liberty Broadband, and Qurate Retail (collectively, the “Service Companies”) or reimbursed to Liberty Media, in each case, based on allocations among Liberty Media and the Service Companies set forth in the amended services agreement, currently set at 14% for the Company.

(2) Earnings Attributable to GCI Liberty Stockholders Per Common Share

Basic earnings (loss) per common share ("EPS") is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding ("WASO") for the period. Diluted EPS presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented. Excluded from diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 are approximately 394 thousand and 2,351 thousand common shares, respectively, because their inclusion would be antidilutive.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

        Series A and Series B Common Stock

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020	2019
	number of shares in thousands
Basic WASO	105,490	104,842
Potentially dilutive shares (a)	557	1,022
Diluted WASO (a)	106,047	105,864

(a) Potentially dilutive shares are excluded from the computation of diluted EPS during periods in which losses are reported since the result would be antidilutive.

(3) Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

For assets and liabilities required to be reported at fair value, GAAP provides a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Level 2 inputs, other than quoted market prices included within Level 1, are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. The Company does not have any recurring assets or liabilities measured at fair value that would be considered Level 3.

The Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value are as follows:

	March 31, 2020				December 31, 2019
Description	Total		Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)	Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)	Total	Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)	Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)
	amounts in thousands
Cash equivalents	$	488,700	488,700	—	533,484	533,484	—
Equity securities	$	2,337,924	2,337,924	—	2,600,008	2,600,008	—
Investment in Liberty Broadband	$	4,725,734	4,725,734	—	5,367,242	5,367,242	—
Derivative instrument liability	$	24,165	—	24,165	71,305	—	71,305
Indemnification obligation	$	179,746	—	179,746	202,086	—	202,086
Exchangeable senior debentures	$	607,301	—	607,301	658,839	—	658,839

On April 29, 2019, the Company terminated its previous variable forward and entered into a new 3-year variable forward with respect to 642,850 LendingTree shares. The variable forward was executed at the LendingTree closing price on April 29, 2019 of $376.35 per share and has a floor price of zero and has a cap price of $254.00 per share. The fair value of the variable forward was derived from a Black-Scholes-Merton model using observable market data as the significant inputs.

The indemnification liability is due to Liberty Interactive LLC ("LI LLC") and pertains to the ability of holders of LI LLC's 1.75% exchangeable debentures due 2016 (the "1.75% Exchangeable Debentures") to exercise their exchange right according to the terms of the 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures on or before October 5, 2023. Such amount will equal the difference between the exchange value and par value of the 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures at the time the exchange occurs. The indemnification obligation recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2020 represents the fair value of the estimated exchange feature included in the 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures primarily based on observable market data as significant inputs (Level 2). As of March 31, 2020, a holder of the 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures does not have the ability to exchange and, accordingly, such indemnification obligation is included as a long-term liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Additionally, as of March 31, 2020, 332,241 bonds of the 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures remain outstanding.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Financial Instruments, net

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net are comprised of changes in the fair value of the following:

		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Equity securities		$	(261,134)	334,320
Investment in Liberty Broadband		(641,508)		841,259
Derivative instruments		47,140		(71,144)
Indemnification obligation		22,340		(31,795)
Exchangeable senior debentures		(830)		(63,040)
		$	(833,992)	1,009,600

The Company has elected to account for its exchangeable senior debentures using the fair value option. Changes in the fair value of the exchangeable senior debentures recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations are primarily due to market factors primarily driven by changes in the fair value of the underlying shares into which the debt is exchangeable. The Company isolates the portion of the unrealized gain (loss) attributable to the change in the instrument specific credit risk and recognizes such amount in other comprehensive income. The change in the fair value of the exchangeable senior debentures attributable to changes in the instrument specific credit risk were gains of $52.3 million and $4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and the cumulative change was a gain of $46.8 million as of March 31, 2020.

(4) Investments in Equity Securities

Investments in equity securities, the majority of which are carried at fair value, are summarized as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Charter (a)	$	2,337,924	2,599,253
Other investments (b)	5,285		6,040
	$	2,343,209	2,605,293

(a) A portion of the Charter equity securities are considered covered shares and subject to certain contractual restrictions in accordance with the indemnification agreement. See note 3 for additional discussion of the indemnification agreement.

(b) The Company has elected the measurement alternative for a portion of these securities where the fair value is not readily determinable.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

(5) Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Using the Equity Method

The Company has various investments accounted for using the equity method. The following table includes the Company’s carrying amount and percentage ownership of the more significant investments in affiliates at March 31, 2020 and the carrying amount at December 31, 2019:

	March 31, 2020						December 31, 2019
	Percentage ownership		Market value		Carrying amount		Carrying amount
			dollars in thousands
LendingTree (a)	26.4	%	$	631,593	$	165,446	166,465
Other	various		NA		1,119		1,178
					$	166,565	167,643
(a) Both the Company's ownership interest in LendingTree and the Company's share of LendingTree's earnings (losses) are reported on a three month lag. The market value disclosed is as of March 31, 2020.

The Company’s share of LendingTree’s earnings (losses) was $(0.8) million and $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Investment in Liberty Broadband

As of March 31, 2020, the Company has a 23.5% economic ownership interest in Liberty Broadband. Due to overlapping boards of directors and management, the Company has been deemed to have significant influence over Liberty Broadband for accounting purposes, even though the Company does not have any voting rights. The Company has elected to apply the fair value option for its investment in Liberty Broadband (Level 1) as it is believed that investors value this investment based on the trading price of Liberty Broadband. The Company recognizes changes in the fair value of its investment in Liberty Broadband in realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. Summarized financial information for Liberty Broadband is as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Current assets	$	21,022	52,133
Investment in Charter, accounted for using the equity method	12,194,726		12,194,674
Other assets	9,406		9,535
Total assets	12,225,154		12,256,342
Long-term debt	573,269		572,944
Deferred income tax liabilities	992,704		999,757
Other liabilities	12,210		15,695
Equity	10,646,971		10,667,946
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	12,225,154	12,256,342

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		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Revenue		$	4,104	3,458
Operating expenses, net		(11,379)		(9,659)
Operating income (loss)		(7,275)		(6,201)
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates		61,682		34,849
Gain (loss) on dilution of investment in affiliate		(59,325)		(41,403)
Other income (expense), net		(5,698)		(6,120)
Income tax benefit (expense)		2,774		4,574
Net earnings (loss)		$	(7,842)	(14,301)

(6) Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

	March 31, 2020				December 31, 2019
	Gross			Net	Gross		Net
	carrying		Accumulated	carrying	carrying	Accumulated	carrying
	amount		amortization	amount	amount	amortization	amount
	amounts in thousands
Customer relationships	$	408,267	(103,679)	304,588	408,267	(95,167)	313,100
Other amortizable intangibles	141,404		(66,107)	75,297	139,721	(60,842)	78,879
Total	$	549,671	(169,786)	379,885	547,988	(156,009)	391,979

Amortization expense for intangible assets with finite useful lives was $14.0 million and $16.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Amortization expense for amortizable intangible assets for each of the five succeeding fiscal years is estimated to be (amounts in thousands):

Remainder of 2020	$	40,072
2021	$	44,198
2022	$	38,279
2023	$	34,334
2024	$	30,595

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(7) Debt

Debt is summarized as follows:

	Outstanding
	principal		Carrying value
	March 31,		March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Margin Loan Facility	$	1,300,000	1,300,000		1,300,000
Exchangeable senior debentures	477,250		607,301		658,839
Senior notes	775,000		795,279		796,138
Senior credit facility	512,051		512,051		512,666
Wells Fargo note payable	6,930		6,930		7,066
Deferred financing costs	—		(7,846)		(8,491)
Total debt	$	3,071,231	3,213,715		3,266,218
Debt classified as current, net of deferred financing costs			(3,085)		(3,008)
Total long-term debt			$	3,210,630	3,263,210

Margin Loan

Broadband Holdco, LLC ("Broadband Holdco") entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Margin Loan Agreement ("Amendment No. 2" and, together with the original margin loan agreement and first amendment thereto, the “Margin Loan Agreement”) on November 25, 2019. Pursuant to Amendment No. 2, lenders have agreed to, among other things, extend the maturity date of the original term loan in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion (the “Margin Loan”) to December 29, 2021 and provide commitments for a new delayed draw term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $300.0 million ("Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility"). This facility also provides a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $200.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and the original loan credit facility under the Margin Loan (the “Term Loan Facility”, and, together with the Revolving Credit Facility and the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility, the "Margin Loan Facility" and the loans thereunder, the "Loans").The Loans will mature on December 29, 2021 (the “maturity date”) and accrue interest at a rate equal to the 3-month LIBOR rate plus a per annum spread of 1.85%, subject to certain conditions and exceptions. Undrawn revolving commitments shall be available to Broadband Holdco from November 25, 2019 to but excluding the earlier of (i) the date that is one month prior to the maturity date and (ii) the date of the termination of such revolving commitments pursuant to the terms of the Margin Loan Agreement. The obligations under the Margin Loan Facility are secured by first priority liens on the shares of Liberty Broadband owned by Broadband Holdco and certain other cash collateral provided by Broadband Holdco. 42,681,842 shares of Liberty Broadband Series C common stock with a value of $4.7 billion were pledged by Broadband Holdco as collateral for the Loans as of March 31, 2020.

On December 27, 2019, Broadband Holdco borrowed $100.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility and $300.0 million under the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility. As of March 31, 2020, $1,300.0 million in borrowings were outstanding under the Margin Loan Facility.

Exchangeable Senior Debentures

On June 18, 2018, GCI Liberty issued 1.75% exchangeable senior debentures due 2046 ("Exchangeable Senior Debentures"). Upon an exchange of debentures, GCI Liberty, at its option, may deliver Charter Class A common stock, cash or a combination of Charter Class A common stock and cash. Initially, 2.6989 shares of Charter Class A common stock are attributable to each $1,000 principal amount of debentures, representing an initial exchange price of approximately $370.52 for each share of Charter Class A common stock. A total of 1,288,051 shares of Charter Class A common stock are attributable to the debentures. Interest is payable quarterly on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year. The debentures may be redeemed by GCI Liberty, in whole or in part, on or after October 5, 2023. Holders of debentures also have the right to require GCI Liberty to purchase their debentures on October 5, 2023. The redemption and purchase price will generally equal 100% of the adjusted principal amount of the debentures plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company has

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elected to account for the debentures using the fair value option. See note 3 for information related to unrealized gains (losses) on debt measured at fair value.

Senior Notes

On June 6, 2019, GCI, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, issued $325.0 million of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2024 at par ("2024 Notes"). The 2024 Notes are unsecured and the net proceeds were used to fund the redemption of $325.0 million aggregate outstanding principal amount of GCI, LLC's 6.75% Senior Notes due 2021. Interest on the 2024 Notes and GCI, LLC's 6.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (collectively, the “Senior Notes”), is payable semi-annually in arrears. The Senior Notes are redeemable at the Company's option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price defined in the respective indentures, and accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of redemption. The Senior Notes are stated net of an aggregate unamortized premium of $20.3 million at March 31, 2020. Such premium is being amortized to interest expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Senior Credit Facility

On December 27, 2018, GCI, LLC amended and restated the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 9, 2018 and refinanced the revolving credit facility and term loan A with a new revolving credit facility, leaving the existing Term Loan B in place (the "Senior Credit Facility"). The Senior Credit Facility provides a $240.7 million term loan B ("Term Loan B") and a $550.0 million revolving credit facility.

GCI, LLC's Senior Credit Facility Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Senior Credit Facility) may not exceed 6.50 to one and the Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Senior Credit Facility) may not exceed 4.00 to one.

The revolving credit facility borrowings that are LIBOR loans bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the applicable LIBOR plus a margin that varies between 1.50% and 2.75% depending on the total leverage ratio. The full principal revolving credit facility included in the Senior Credit Facility will mature on December 27, 2023 or August 6, 2021 if the Term Loan B is not refinanced or repaid in full prior to such date.

The interest rate for the Term Loan B is LIBOR plus 2.25%. The Term Loan B requires principal payments of 0.25% of the original principal amount on the last day of each calendar quarter with the full amount maturing on February 2, 2022.

The terms of the Senior Credit Facility include customary representations and warranties, customary affirmative and negative covenants and customary events of default. At any time after the occurrence of an event of default under the Senior Credit Facility, the lenders may, among other options, declare any amounts outstanding under the Senior Credit Facility immediately due and payable and terminate any commitment to make further loans under the Senior Credit Facility. The obligations under the Senior Credit Facility are secured by a security interest on substantially all of the assets of GCI Holdings and the subsidiary guarantors, as defined in the Senior Credit Facility, and on the stock of GCI Holdings.

As of March 31, 2020, there is $237.1 million outstanding under the Term Loan B, $275.0 million outstanding under the revolving portion of the Senior Credit Facility and $8.1 million in letters of credit under the Senior Credit Facility, which leaves $266.9 million available for borrowing.

Wells Fargo Note Payable

GCI Holdings issued a note to Wells Fargo that matures on July 15, 2029 and is payable in monthly installments of principal and interest (the "Wells Fargo Note Payable"). The interest rate is variable at one month LIBOR plus 2.25%.

The note is subject to similar affirmative and negative covenants as the Senior Credit Facility. The obligations under the note are secured by a security interest and lien on the building purchased with the note.

Debt Covenants

GCI, LLC is subject to covenants and restrictions under its Senior Notes and Senior Credit Facility. The Company and GCI, LLC are in compliance with all debt maintenance covenants as of March 31, 2020.

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Fair Value of Debt

The fair value of the Senior Notes was $758.7 million at March 31, 2020.

Due to the variable rate nature of the Margin Loan, Senior Credit Facility and Wells Fargo Note Payable, the Company believes that the carrying amount approximates fair value at March 31, 2020.

(8) Preferred Stock

GCI Liberty Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") was issued as a result of the auto conversion that occurred on March 8, 2018. The Company is required to redeem all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock out of funds legally available, at the liquidation price plus all unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) accrued from the most recent dividend payment date through the redemption date, on the first business day following the twenty-first anniversary of the March 8, 2018 auto conversion. There were 7,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock authorized and 7,200,919 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020. An additional 42,500,000 shares of preferred stock of the Company are authorized and are undesignated as to series. The Preferred Stock is accounted for as a liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets because it is mandatorily redeemable. As a result, all dividends paid on the Preferred Stock are recorded as interest expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The liquidation price is measured per share and shall mean the sum of (i) $25, plus (ii) an amount equal to all unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) accrued with respect to such share have been added to and then remain part of the liquidation price as of such date.

The holders of shares of Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when and as declared by the GCI Liberty Board of Directors, out of legally available funds, preferential dividends that accrue and cumulate as provided in the restated GCI Liberty certificate of incorporation.

Dividends on each share of Preferred Stock accrued on a daily basis at an initial rate of 5.00% per annum of the liquidation price, and increased to 7.00% per annum of the liquidation price effective July 16, 2018.

Accrued dividends are payable quarterly on each dividend payment date, which is January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15 of each year, commencing on the first such date following the auto conversion, which occurred immediately after the market closed on March 8, 2018. If GCI Liberty fails to pay cash dividends on the Preferred Stock in full for any four consecutive or non-consecutive dividend periods then the dividend rate shall increase by 2.00% per annum of the liquidation price until cured. On March 17, 2020, the Company announced that it declared a quarterly cash dividend of approximately $0.44 per share of Preferred Stock which was paid on April 15, 2020 to shareholders of record of the Preferred Stock at the close of business on March 31, 2020.

(9) Stock-Based Compensation

GCI Liberty has granted to certain directors, employees and employees of its subsidiaries, restricted shares (“RSAs”), restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and options to purchase shares of GCI Liberty’s common stock (collectively, "Awards"). The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an equity classified Award (such as stock options, RSAs and RSUs) based on the grant-date fair value (“GDFV”) of the Award, and recognizes that cost over the period during which the employee is required to provide service (usually the vesting period of the Award). The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for a liability classified Award based on the current fair value of the Award, and remeasures the fair value of the Award at each reporting date.

Included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations are $2.5 million and $5.6 million of stock-based compensation during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, and in connection with our CEO's new employment agreement, GCI Liberty granted to our CEO 359 thousand options to purchase shares of GCI Liberty Series A common stock as part of our

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CEO's upfront term award detailed in his employment agreement. Such options had a GDFV of $16.60 per share and vest on December 31, 2023. Also during the three months ended March 31, 2020, GCI Liberty granted to our CEO 148 thousand options to purchase shares of GCI Liberty Series A common stock in conjunction with our CEO's annual awards as detailed in his employment agreement. Such options had a GDFV of $13.21 per share and vest on December 31, 2020.

The Company has calculated the GDFV for all of its equity classified Awards and any subsequent remeasurement of its liability classified Awards using the Black-Scholes-Merton Model. The Company estimates the expected term of the Awards based on historical exercise and forfeiture data. The volatility used in the calculation for Awards is based on the historical volatility of GCI Liberty's stock and the implied volatility of publicly traded GCI Liberty options. The Company uses a zero dividend rate and the risk-free rate for Treasury Bonds with a term similar to that of the subject options.

GCI Liberty-Outstanding Awards

The following tables present the number and weighted average exercise price ("WAEP") of Awards to purchase GCI Liberty common stock granted to certain officers, employees and directors of the Company, as well as the weighted average remaining life and aggregate intrinsic value of the Awards.

	Series A
				Weighted		Aggregate
				average		intrinsic
	Awards			remaining		value
	(000's)	WAEP		life		(millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2020	604	$	48.67
Granted	507	$	67.15
Exercised	—	$	—
Forfeited/Cancelled	—	$	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2020	1,111	$	57.11	5.4	years	$	6
Exercisable at March 31, 2020	418	$	46.46	3.9	years	$	4

	Series B
				Weighted		Aggregate
				average		intrinsic
	Awards			remaining		value
	(000's)	WAEP		life		(millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2020	1,245	$	56.14
Granted	—	$	—
Exercised	—	$	—
Forfeited/Cancelled	—	$	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2020	1,245	$	56.14	2.8	years	$	5
Exercisable at March 31, 2020	1,245	$	56.14	2.8	years	$	5

There were zero options to purchase shares of GCI Liberty Series B common stock granted during the three months ended March 31, 2020. 

As of March 31, 2020, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested options and RSA/RSUs was approximately $9.1 million and $21.5 million, respectively. Such amounts will be recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations over a weighted average period of approximately 2.2 years and 2.2 years, respectively.

As of March 31, 2020, GCI Liberty had 481 thousand RSUs outstanding.

As of March 31, 2020, GCI Liberty reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding stock options approximately 1.1 million shares of GCI Liberty Series A common stock and 1.2 million shares of GCI Liberty Series B common stock.

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(10) Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation, Disputes and Regulatory Matters

The Company is involved in various lawsuits, billing disputes, legal proceedings, and regulatory matters that have arisen from time to time in the normal course of business. Management believes there are no proceedings from asserted and unasserted claims which if determined adversely would have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or liquidity, other than those described in the Company’s commitments and contingencies discussion in note 16 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements to the Annual Report on our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

(11) Information About the Company's Operating Segments

The Company, through its interests in subsidiaries and other companies, is primarily engaged in the broadband communications services industry. The Company identifies its reportable segments as (A) those consolidated companies that represent 10% or more of its consolidated annual revenue, annual Adjusted OIBDA (as defined below) or total assets and (B) those equity method affiliates whose share of earnings represent 10% or more of the Company’s annual pre-tax earnings.

The Company evaluates performance and makes decisions about allocating resources to its operating segments based on financial measures such as revenue, Adjusted OIBDA (as defined below), and subscriber metrics.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company has identified the following subsidiary as a reportable segment:

•GCI Holdings-provides a full range of wireless, data, video, voice, and managed services to residential, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions primarily in Alaska.

For presentation purposes the Company is providing financial information for Liberty Broadband. While the Company’s equity method investment in Liberty Broadband does not meet the reportable segment threshold defined above, the Company believes that the inclusion of such information is relevant to users of these financial statements.

•Liberty Broadband-an equity method affiliate of the Company, accounted for at fair value, has a non-controlling interest in Charter, and a wholly-owned subsidiary, Skyhook Wireless, Inc. ("Skyhook"). Charter is the second largest cable operator in the United States and a leading broadband communications services company providing video, Internet and voice services. Skyhook provides a Wi-Fi based location platform focused on providing positioning technology and contextual location intelligence solutions.

The Company’s operating segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services. They are managed separately because each segment requires different technologies, distribution channels and marketing strategies. The accounting policies of the consolidated subsidiaries included in the segments are the same as those described in the Company’s Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in note 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

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Performance Measures

Revenue by segment from contracts with customers, classified by customer type and significant service offerings follows:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
GCI Holdings
Consumer Revenue
Wireless	$	28,358	27,492
Data	44,294		41,178
Video	20,758		21,016
Voice	3,800		4,461
Business Revenue
Wireless	19,238		18,384
Data	83,394		68,110
Video	4,022		3,825
Voice	6,416		6,204
Lease, grant, and revenue from subsidies	21,281		22,541
Total GCI Holdings	231,561		213,211
Corporate and other	4,238		4,525
Total	$	235,799	217,736

Liberty Broadband revenue totaled $4.1 million and $3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company had gross receivables of $272.7 million and deferred revenue of $39.1 million at March 31, 2020 from contracts with customers, which amounts exclude receivables and deferred revenue arising from leases, grants, and subsidies. Our customers generally pay for services in advance of the performance obligation and therefore these prepayments are recorded as deferred revenue. The deferred revenue is recognized as revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations as the services are provided. Changes in the contract liability balance for the Company during the three months ended March 31, 2020 were not materially impacted by other factors.

The Company expects to recognize revenue in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) of approximately $191.5 million in the remainder of 2020, $179.1 million in 2021, $120.1 million in 2022, $39.8 million in 2023 and $62.4 million in 2024 and thereafter.

The Company applies certain practical expedients as permitted under ASC 606 and does not disclose information about remaining performance obligations that have original expected durations of one year or less, information about revenue remaining from usage based performance obligations that are recognized over time as-invoiced, or variable consideration allocated to wholly unsatisfied performance obligations.

For segment reporting purposes, the Company defines Adjusted OIBDA as revenue less cost of sales, operating expenses, and selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding stock-based compensation). The Company believes this measure is an important indicator of the operational strength and performance of its businesses by identifying those items that are not directly a reflection of each business' performance or indicative of ongoing business trends. In addition, this measure allows management to view operating results and perform analytical comparisons and benchmarking between businesses and identify strategies to improve performance. This measure of performance excludes depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, separately reported litigation settlements, insurance proceeds and restructuring and impairment charges that are included in the measurement of operating income pursuant to GAAP. Accordingly, Adjusted OIBDA should be considered in

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addition to, but not as a substitute for, operating income, net income, cash flow provided by operating activities and other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Adjusted OIBDA is summarized as follows:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
GCI Holdings	$	86,395	44,471
Liberty Broadband	(4,981)		(3,117)
Corporate and other	(10,329)		(6,306)
	71,085		35,048
Eliminate Liberty Broadband	4,981		3,117
	$	76,066	38,165

Other Information

	March 31, 2020
	Total		Investments	Capital
	assets		in affiliates	expenditures
	amounts in thousands
GCI Holdings	$	3,162,093	542	35,257
Liberty Broadband	12,225,154		12,194,726	15
Corporate and other	7,831,434		166,023	408
Eliminate Liberty Broadband	(12,225,154)		(12,194,726)	(15)
Consolidated	$	10,993,527	166,565	35,665

The following table provides a reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to Operating income (loss) and Earnings (loss) before income taxes:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Adjusted OIBDA	$	76,066	38,165
Stock-based compensation	(2,475)		(5,631)
Depreciation and amortization	(63,008)		(67,678)
Insurance proceeds	—		2,500
Operating income (loss)	10,583		(32,644)
Interest expense	(36,255)		(37,618)
Share of earnings (loss) of affiliates, net	(707)		(3,296)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net	(833,992)		1,009,600
Tax Sharing Agreement	(10,533)		9,081
Other, net	2,380		2,768
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$	(868,524)	947,891

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Certain statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the recoverability of the Company's goodwill and other long-lived assets; the Company's projected sources and uses of cash; the Rural Healthcare Program; the impact of the Alaskan recession; the remediation of a material weakness; regulatory developments; the anticipated impact of COVID-19 (as defined below) and certain contingent liabilities related to legal and tax proceedings and other matters arising in the ordinary course of business. Where, in any forward-looking statement, we express an expectation or belief as to future results or events, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the expectation or belief will result or be achieved or accomplished. The following include some but not all of the factors (as they relate to our consolidated subsidiaries and equity affiliates) that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated:

•The impact of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic and local, state and federal governmental responses to the pandemic on the economy, our customers, our vendors and our businesses generally;

•customer demand for the Company's products and services and the Company's ability to adapt to changes in demand; 

•competitor responses to the Company's and its businesses' products and services; 

•the levels of online traffic to the Company's businesses' websites and its ability to convert visitors into consumers or contributors; 

•changes in, or failure or inability to comply with, government regulations, including, without limitation, regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC"), and adverse outcomes from regulatory proceedings; 

•uncertainties inherent in the development and integration of new business lines and business strategies; 

•future financial performance, including availability, terms and deployment of capital; 

•the ability of suppliers and vendors to deliver products, equipment, software and services; 

•cyberattacks or other network disruptions;

•the outcome of any pending or threatened litigation; 

•availability of qualified personnel; 

•changes in the nature of key strategic relationships with partners, distributors, suppliers and vendors; 

•domestic and international economic and business conditions and industry trends, specifically the state of the Alaska economy, including the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to unemployment levels; 

•consumer spending levels, including the availability and amount of individual consumer debt; 

•rapid technological changes; 

•failure to protect the security of personal information about the Company's and its businesses' customers; and

•the regulatory and competitive environment of the industries in which the Company operates.

For additional risk factors, please see Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Any forward-looking statements and such risks, uncertainties and other factors speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report, and we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein, to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto, or any other change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

The following discussion and analysis provides information concerning our results of operations and financial condition. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto.

Overview

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of GCI Liberty, Inc. and its controlled subsidiaries, as well as other equity securities and equity method investments (collectively, “GCI Liberty”, the “Company”, “us”, “we” and “our”). GCI Liberty is made up of its wholly-owned subsidiary, GCI Holdings, LLC (“GCI Holdings”), a controlling interest in Evite, Inc. (“Evite”) and non-controlling interests in Liberty Broadband Corporation ("Liberty Broadband"), Charter Communications, Inc. ("Charter"), and LendingTree, Inc. ("LendingTree"). These assets (other than GCI Holdings) were contributed by Liberty Interactive Corporation, now known as Qurate Retail, Inc. ("Qurate Retail"), in exchange for, among other things, a controlling interest in GCI Liberty, which was subsequently split-off.

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Update on Economic Conditions

GCI Holdings offers wireless and wireline telecommunication services, data services, video services, and managed services to customers primarily throughout Alaska. Because of this geographic concentration, growth of GCI Holdings' business and operations depends upon economic conditions in Alaska. In December 2019, Chinese officials reported a novel coronavirus outbreak). COVID-19 has since spread through China and internationally. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization assessed COVID-19 as a global pandemic, causing many countries throughout the world to take aggressive actions, including imposing travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders, closing public attractions and restaurants, and mandating social distancing practices.

As the COVID-19 pandemic develops and significantly impacts Alaska, GCI Holdings has continued to deliver services uninterrupted by the pandemic and expects to be able to continue to respond to the increase in network activity. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, GCI Holdings offered free entry level cable modem service to new customers through May 2020 that has generated 3,600 new customers in March 2020. Additionally, GCI Holdings has allowed its existing customers to upgrade their cable modem service to the next plan level and receive expanded video service at no charge through May 31, 2020.

GCI Holdings is also participating in the Federal Communications Commission’s Keep Americans Connected pledge, waiving late fees and pausing disconnects for residential and small business customers faced with COVID-19 related payment challenges. Additionally, the State of Alaska has placed restrictions on public utilities, such as GCI Holdings, from charging late fees or disconnecting service from residential customers who are experiencing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. These state-level restrictions will remain in place until November 15, 2020 or the earlier conclusion of the COVID-19 public health emergency. As a major provider of Internet services in Alaska, GCI Holdings believes it plays an instrumental role in enabling social distancing through telecommuting and e-learning across the state and remains focused on its service to customers, as well as the health and safety of its employees and customers.

GCI Holdings cannot predict the ultimate impact of COVID-19 on its business, including the depth and duration of the economic impact to its customers’ ability to pay for products and services including the impact of extended unemployment benefits and other stimulus packages and what assistance may be provided to its customers. GCI Holdings expects its accounts receivable and bad debt expense to increase substantially due to the restrictions on GCI Holdings’ ability to collect from its customers. In addition, there is uncertainty regarding the impact of government emergency declarations, the ability of suppliers and vendors to provide products and services to GCI Holdings and the risk of limitations on the deployment and maintenance of its services.

The Alaska economy is dependent upon the oil industry, state government spending, United States military spending, investment earnings and tourism. The price of Alaska North Slope Crude oil has decreased significantly and large tourism companies have decided not to operate during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decline in oil prices will put significant pressure on the Alaska state government budget. The Alaska state government has significant reserves that GCI Holdings believes will help fund the state government for the next couple of years, but major structural budgetary reforms will need to be implemented in order to offset the impact of low oil prices. GCI Holdings cannot predict the long-term impact COVID-19 will have on these sectors of the Alaska economy; however, adverse circumstances in these industries can have an adverse impact on the demand for its products and services and on its results of operations and financial condition.

The Alaska economy was in a recession that started in late 2015. At the end of 2019, the Alaska economy showed signs of emerging from this recession, however, GCI Holdings expects the recession to continue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and decreased oil prices. While it is difficult for GCI Holdings to predict the future impact of a renewed or continuing recession on its business, these conditions have had an adverse impact on its business and could continue to adversely affect the affordability of and demand for some of its products and services and cause customers to shift to lower priced products and services or to delay or forgo purchases of its products and services. Additionally, GCI Holdings' customers may not be able to obtain adequate access to credit, which could affect their ability to make timely payments to GCI Holdings. If that were to occur, GCI Holdings could be required to increase its allowance for doubtful accounts, and the number of days outstanding for its accounts receivable could increase. If the recession continues, it could continue to negatively affect GCI Holdings' business including its financial position, results of operations, or liquidity, as well as its ability to service debt, pay other obligations and enhance shareholder returns.

Rural Health Care (“RHC”) Program

GCI Holdings receives support from various Universal Service Fund ("USF") programs including the RHC Program. The USF programs are subject to change by regulatory actions taken by the FCC, interpretations of or compliance with USF program rules, or legislative actions. Changes to any of the USF programs that GCI Holdings participates in could result in a

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material decrease in revenue and accounts receivable, which could have an adverse effect on GCI Holdings' business and the Company's financial position, results of operations or liquidity. The following paragraphs describe certain separate matters related to the RHC Program that impact or could impact the revenue earned by the Company. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had net accounts receivable from the RHC Program of approximately $150 million, which is included within Other assets, net and approximately $12 million, which is included within Trade and other receivables in the consolidated balance sheets.

The Company disclosed the following items related to GCI Holdings’ involvement in the RHC Program in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019:

•The FCC reduced the rates charged to RHC customers by approximately 26%.

•The FCC increased the RHC Program funding cap.

•GCI Holdings received a letter of inquiry and request for information from the Enforcement Bureau of the FCC in March 2018.

•GCI Holdings received multiple funding denial notices from Universal Service Administrative Company ("USAC") which originally denied the RHC funding requests that had been submitted by a rural health customer.

•The FCC released an order adopting changes to the RHC Program that will revise the manner in which support issued under the RHC Program will be calculated and approved.

•GCI Holdings became aware of potential RHC Program compliance issues related to certain of its currently active and expired contracts with certain of its RHC customers.

The Company has no additional significant information regarding the items noted above except with respect to the multiple funding denial notices that were received.

The multiple funding denial notices resulted in a $21.3 million accounts receivable reserve and an associated bad debt expense during the first quarter of 2019. Because of the uncertainty caused by the funding denial notices and the uncertainty relating to our ability to recover payment directly from the rural healthcare customer, we no longer believed revenue should be recognized such that no revenue was recognized beyond the first quarter of 2019. On February 19, 2020, an FCC order granted the appeal of the rural health customer and reversed the FCC’s previous funding denials, resulting in the reversal of the previously recorded $21.3 million accounts receivable reserve in the fourth quarter of 2019. Because GCI Holdings was unable to conclude at any time prior to December 31, 2019 that collection of consideration for services provided to the rural healthcare customer was probable, we concluded that revenue should not be recognized for any period subsequent to the first quarter of 2019 even though we continued to provide services to the rural healthcare customer.

In light of the FCC order, we evaluated the applicable revenue recognition criteria in the first quarter of 2020 and concluded that we now meet the applicable revenue recognition criteria and can recognize revenue for the services provided subsequent to the first quarter of 2019. The result of now meeting the applicable revenue recognition criteria in the first quarter of 2020 was to record revenue of approximately $9 million related to the services provided during 2019 for which revenue had not been previously recognized and to begin recording revenue in the first quarter of 2020 for services provided to the rural healthcare customer.

Results of Operations - Consolidated

General.  We provide information regarding our consolidated operating results and other income and expenses, as well as information regarding the contribution to those items from our reportable segments in the tables below. The "Corporate and other" category consists of those assets or businesses which do not qualify as a separate reportable segment. For a more detailed discussion and analysis of the financial results of our principal reportable segment see "Results of Operations-GCI Holdings" below.

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	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Revenue
GCI Holdings	$	231,561	213,211
Corporate and other	4,238		4,525
Consolidated	$	235,799	217,736
Operating Income (Loss)
GCI Holdings	$	23,186	(23,978)
Corporate and other	(12,603)		(8,666)
Consolidated	$	10,583	(32,644)
Adjusted OIBDA
GCI Holdings	$	86,395	44,471
Corporate and other	(10,329)		(6,306)
Consolidated	$	76,066	38,165

Revenue. Our consolidated revenue increased $18.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase for the three month period is primarily due to an increase of $18.4 million at GCI Holdings. See “Results of Operations-GCI Holdings, LLC” below for a more complete discussion of the results of operations of GCI Holdings.

Operating Income (Loss). Our consolidated operating income increased $43.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase in the operating income for the three month period is primarily due to a $47.2 million increase in the operating income at GCI Holdings. See “Results of Operations-GCI Holdings, LLC” below for a more complete discussion of the results of operations of GCI Holdings.

Operating losses for corporate and other increased $3.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to the corresponding periods in the prior year due to increased operating losses at certain of our subsidiaries.

Stock-based compensation. Stock based compensation includes compensation related to restricted shares of GCI Liberty's common stock and preferred stock, restricted stock units with respect to GCI Liberty's common stock, and options to purchase shares of GCI Liberty's common stock granted to certain of the Company's directors, employees, and employees of its subsidiaries. We recorded $2.5 million and $5.6 million of stock compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The decrease of $3.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily due to a decrease in stock compensation at GCI Holdings of $3.1 million for the three month period. As of March 31, 2020, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested options and RSAs was approximately $9.1 million and $21.5 million, respectively. Such amounts will be recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations over a weighted average period of approximately 2.2 years and 2.2 years, respectively.

Adjusted OIBDA. To provide investors with additional information regarding our financial results, the Company also discloses Adjusted OIBDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. The Company defines Adjusted OIBDA as operating income (loss) plus depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, separately reported litigation settlements, insurance proceeds, restructuring, acquisition and other related costs and impairment charges. The Company's chief operating decision maker and management team use this measure of performance in conjunction with other measures to evaluate our businesses and make decisions about allocating resources among our businesses. The Company believes this is an important indicator of the operational strength and performance of its businesses by identifying those items that are not directly a reflection of each business' performance or indicative of ongoing business trends. In addition, this measure allows management to view operating results, perform analytical comparisons and benchmarking between businesses and identify strategies to improve performance. Accordingly, Adjusted OIBDA should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, operating income, net income, cash flow provided by operating activities and other measures of financial performance prepared in

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accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The following table provides a reconciliation of operating income (loss) to Adjusted OIBDA:

		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Operating income (loss)		$	10,583	(32,644)
Depreciation and amortization		63,008		67,678
Stock-based compensation		2,475		5,631
Insurance proceeds		—		(2,500)
Adjusted OIBDA		$	76,066	38,165

Consolidated Adjusted OIBDA increased $37.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase for the three month period is primarily due to an increase in revenue and a decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses at GCI Holdings. See “Results of Operations-GCI Holdings, LLC” below for a more complete discussion of the results of operations of GCI Holdings.

Other Income and Expense

Components of Other income (expense) are presented in the table below.

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Interest expense
GCI Holdings	$	(18,201)	(21,176)
Corporate and other	(18,054)		(16,442)
Consolidated	$	(36,255)	(37,618)
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net
GCI Holdings	$	(43)	(106)
Corporate and other	(664)		(3,190)
Consolidated	$	(707)	(3,296)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net
GCI Holdings	$	—	1,858
Corporate and other	(833,992)		1,007,742
Consolidated	$	(833,992)	1,009,600
Tax sharing agreement
GCI Holdings	$	—	—
Corporate and other	(10,533)		9,081
Consolidated	$	(10,533)	9,081
Other, net
GCI Holdings	$	806	1,209
Corporate and other	1,574		1,559
Consolidated	$	2,380	2,768

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Interest Expense. Consolidated interest expense decreased $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease for the three month period was primarily due to lower amounts outstanding on the Senior Credit Facility (as defined in note 7 of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements), as well as lower interest rates. This decrease was partially offset by increased amounts outstanding under the Margin Loan Facility (as defined in note 7 of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements).

Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net. Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net decreased $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year due to a decrease in losses by our affiliates.

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net are comprised of changes in the fair value of the following:

		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Equity securities		$	(261,134)	334,320
Investment in Liberty Broadband		(641,508)		841,259
Derivative instruments		47,140		(71,144)
Indemnification obligation		22,340		(31,795)
Exchangeable senior debentures		(830)		(63,040)
		$	(833,992)	1,009,600

The changes in these accounts are primarily due to market factors and changes in the fair value of the underlying stocks or financial instruments to which these related. The decrease for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year was primarily driven by an increase in the unrealized loss for our investments in Liberty Broadband and Charter.

Tax sharing agreement. The change in the tax sharing receivable due from Qurate Retail resulted in a loss of $10.5 million and gain of $9.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The change in the tax sharing receivable for both periods was primarily the result of the tax effect of the movement in the fair value of Qurate Retail’s 1.75% exchangeable senior debentures due 2046.  

Other, net. The change in Other, net at GCI Holdings for the three months ended March 31, 2020 is primarily due to decreased interest income. Other, net at Corporate and other for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was relatively flat compared to the corresponding period in the prior year.

Income taxes. Earnings (losses) before income taxes and income tax (expense) benefit are as follows:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020			2019
	amounts in thousands
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$	(868,524)		947,891
Income tax (expense) benefit	236,622			(269,405)
Effective income tax rate	27		%	28	%

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recognized income tax benefit in excess of expected federal tax benefit, primarily due to state income tax benefit.

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recognized income tax expense in excess of expected federal tax expense, primarily due to state income tax expense.

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Net earnings (loss). The Company had net losses of $631.9 million and net earnings of $678.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The change in net earnings was the result of the above-described fluctuations in our revenue, expenses, and other income and expenses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2020, substantially all of the Company's cash and cash equivalents were invested in U.S. Treasury securities, securities of other government agencies, AAA rated money market funds and other highly rated financial and corporate debt instruments.

The following are potential sources of liquidity: available cash balances, proceeds from asset sales, monetization of our investments, outstanding or anticipated debt facilities, and debt and equity issuances. To the extent that the Company recognizes any taxable gains from the sale of assets, the Company may incur tax expense and be required to make tax payments, thereby reducing any cash proceeds. The Company believes it has sufficient cash from operating activities and cash on hand to fund its business.

As of March 31, 2020, the Company had a cash and cash equivalents balance of $568.8 million.

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Cash flow information
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities	$	30,663	21,065
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities	(34,577)		(39,311)
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities	(3,324)		(50,578)
	$	(7,238)	(68,824)

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company’s primary use of cash was capital expenditures. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company's primary uses of cash included repurchases of GCI Liberty Series A common stock and capital expenditures. The Company's significant recurring investing activity has been capital expenditures and is expected to continue in the future. A significant portion of our capital expenditures are based on the level of customer growth and updated technology. The Company’s primary sources of cash included cash from operations and cash on hand.

Proceeds from borrowings fluctuate from year to year based on our liquidity needs. We may use excess cash to make optional repayments on our debt or repurchase our common stock depending on various factors, such as market conditions.

The projected uses of the Company's cash for the remainder of 2020 are capital expenditures of approximately $105 million, approximately $105 million for interest payments on outstanding debt, approximately $10 million for preferred stock dividends, potential repurchases of GCI Liberty Series A common stock under the approved share buyback program, and potential additional investments in existing or new businesses.

Results of Operations - GCI Holdings, LLC

GCI Holdings provides a full range of wireless, data, video, voice, and managed services to residential, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions primarily in Alaska. The following table highlights selected key performance indicators used in evaluating GCI Holdings as of March 31, 2020 and 2019.

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	March 31,
	2020	2019
Consumer
Wireless:
Revenue generating wireless lines in service1	175,000	178,200
Non-revenue generating wireless lines in service2	4,500	10,500
Wireless lines in service	179,500	188,700
Data:
Revenue generating cable modem subscribers3	128,400	124,800
Non-revenue generating cable modem subscribers4	3,600	—
Cable modem subscribers	132,000	124,800
Video:
Basic subscribers5	79,200	86,700
Homes passed6	253,400	253,400
Voice:
Total local access lines in service7	38,900	43,600
Business
Wireless:
Revenue generating wireless lines in service1	23,700	20,900
Data:
Revenue generating cable modem subscribers4	8,800	9,000
Voice:
Total local access lines in service7	34,000	35,700
1 A revenue generating wireless line in service is defined as a wireless device with a monthly fee for services.
2 A non-revenue generating wireless line in service is defined as a data-only line with no monthly fee for services.
3 A revenue generating cable modem subscriber is defined by the purchase of cable modem service regardless of the level of service purchased. If one entity purchases multiple cable modem service access points, each access point is counted as a subscriber.
4 A non-revenue generating cable modem subscriber is defined by the provision of basic cable modem service as a promotion to aid those impacted by COVID-19.
5 A basic subscriber is defined by the purchase of basic video service.
6 A home passed is defined as a dwelling unit that can be connected to GCI Holdings' network without the need of otherwise extending its network.
7A local access line in service is defined as a revenue generating circuit or channel connecting a customer to the public switched telephone network.

GCI Holdings’ operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Revenue	$	231,561	213,211
Operating expenses (excluding stock-based compensation included below):
Operating expense	(64,951)		(64,305)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(80,215)		(104,435)
Adjusted OIBDA	86,395		44,471
Stock-based compensation	(848)		(3,996)
Insurance proceeds	—		2,500
Depreciation and amortization	(62,361)		(66,953)
Operating income (loss)	$	23,186	(23,978)

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Revenue

The components of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, are as follows:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Consumer
Wireless	$	40,773	39,907
Data	44,294		41,178
Video	20,762		21,021
Voice	4,005		4,484
Business
Wireless	22,489		22,757
Data	84,214		69,035
Video	4,022		3,825
Voice	11,002		11,004
Total	$	231,561	213,211

Consumer wireless revenue increased $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase in revenue during the three month period was primarily due to increased plan fee revenue of $1.2 million driven by subscribers' selection of plans with higher recurring monthly charges that offer higher usage limits. The increase in revenue for the three month period was partially offset by a decrease in the number of subscribers and a decrease in equipment sales revenue for the three month period due to a reduction in the number of handsets sold.

Consumer data revenue increased $3.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase was driven by an increase in the number of subscribers and the subscribers' selection of plans with higher recurring monthly charges that offer higher speeds and higher usage limits.

Consumer video revenue decreased $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to a 9% decrease in the number of subscribers partially offset by an increase in prices to video plans that occurred in the second quarter of 2019 and the subscribers' selection of plans with higher recurring monthly charges that offer premium channels.

Consumer voice revenue decreased $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in local plan fee revenue driven by a reduction in the number of customers.

Business wireless revenue decreased $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to wholesale customers removing backhaul circuits from our network and a decrease in grant revenue partially offset by an increase in roaming revenue driven by the renegotiation of a roaming contract.

Business data revenue increased $15.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase was due to an $18.0 million increase in data and transport revenue driven by approximately $9 million associated with prior periods for a RHC customer whose funding was initially denied but subsequently approved in the first quarter of 2020 and increased sales to school and medical customers for service upgrades. The increase was partially offset by a $2.8 million decrease in professional services revenue driven by a decrease in time and materials project work.

Business video revenue increased $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to an increase in political advertising revenue.

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Business voice revenue was relatively flat for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year.

Operating expenses increased $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase for the three month period was primarily due to a $2.5 million increase in costs to operate our network driven by a transition from accounting for satellite transponders as operating leases instead of finance leases partially offset by a $1.6 million decrease in video costs paid to content producers driven by a decrease in video subscribers.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $24.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease for the three month period was primarily due to the absence of $21.3 million in the allowance for receivables as a result of USAC denying an appeal from one of our customers that was recorded during first quarter of 2019 and a $4.5 million decrease in labor expense driven by the Company's cost cutting efforts. The decrease was partially offset by a $1.8 million increase in legal and compliance costs.

Stock based compensation decreased $3.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year due to the reversal of expense for performance-based awards that did not vest due to potential compliance issues and a shortfall in certain financial metrics.

Depreciation and amortization decreased $4.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was primarily due to assets which became fully depreciated since January 1, 2019, a decrease in assets placed in service since January 1, 2019, and lower amortization expense because of an accelerated recognition pattern for amortizing intangibles.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

The Company is exposed to market risk in the normal course of business due to its ongoing investing and financial activities. Market risk refers to the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in stock prices and interest rates. The risk of loss can be assessed from the perspective of adverse changes in fair values, cash flows and future earnings. The Company has established policies, procedures and internal processes governing its management of market risks and the use of financial instruments to manage its exposure to such risks.

The Company is exposed to changes in interest rates primarily as a result of its borrowing and investment activities, which include investments in fixed and floating rate debt instruments and borrowings used to maintain liquidity and to fund business operations. The nature and amount of its long-term and short-term debt are expected to vary as a result of future requirements, market conditions and other factors. The Company manages its exposure to interest rates by maintaining what it believes is an appropriate mix of fixed and variable rate debt. The Company believes this best protects it from interest rate risk. The Company has achieved this mix by (i) issuing fixed rate debt that it believes has a low stated interest rate and significant term to maturity, (ii) issuing variable rate debt with appropriate maturities and interest rates and (iii) entering into interest rate swap arrangements when it deems appropriate.

As of March 31, 2020, the Company's debt is comprised of the following amounts:

	Variable rate debt				Fixed rate debt
	Principal amount		Weighted average interest rate		Principal amount		Weighted average interest rate
	dollar amounts in thousands
GCI Holdings	$	518,981	3.4	%	$	775,000	6.8	%
Corporate and other	$	1,300,000	3.3	%	$	477,250	1.8	%

The Company is exposed to changes in stock prices primarily as a result of its significant holdings in publicly traded securities. The Company continually monitors changes in stock markets, in general, and changes in the stock prices of its holdings, specifically. The Company believes that changes in stock prices can be expected to vary as a result of general market conditions, technological changes, specific industry changes and other factors. The Company periodically uses equity collars and other financial instruments to manage market risk associated with certain investment positions. These instruments are recorded at fair value based on option pricing models.

At March 31, 2020, the fair value of the Company's equity securities was $2.3 billion. Had the market price of such securities been 10% lower at March 31, 2020, the aggregate value of such securities would have been $234 million lower. At March 31, 2020, the fair value of our investment in Liberty Broadband was $4.7 billion. Had the market price of such security been 10% lower at March 31, 2020, the fair value of such security would have been $473 million lower.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

In accordance with Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including its chief executive officer and its principal accounting and financial officer (the "Executives"), of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Executives concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2020 because of the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as discussed in more detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “2019 Form 10-K”). Management has continued to monitor the implementation of the remediation plan described in the 2019 Form 10-K, as described below.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

During the first quarter of 2020, we continued to review the design of our controls, made adjustments and continued implementing controls to alleviate the noted control deficiencies. Other than these items, there has been no change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting. We have not

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experienced any material impact to our internal controls over financial reporting despite the fact that most of our employees are working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Remediation Plan for Material Weakness in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

In response to the material weakness identified in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting as set forth in Part II, Item 9A in the 2019 Form 10-K, the Company, with oversight from the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, developed a plan to remediate the material weakness at GCI Holdings. The remediation actions included the following:

•Continue to hire, train and retain individuals with appropriate skills and experience related to designing, operating and documenting internal control over financial reporting.

•Communicate expectations, monitor for compliance with expectations, and hold individuals accountable for their roles related to internal control over financial reporting.

•Design and implement a comprehensive and continuous risk assessment process to identify and assess financial statement risks and ensure that the financial reporting process and related internal controls are in place to respond to those risks.

•Enhance the design of and implement additional process-level control activities and ensure they are properly evidenced and operating effectively.

The Company believes the foregoing efforts will effectively remediate the material weakness described in “Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting” in the 2019 Form 10-K. Because the reliability of the internal control process requires repeatable execution, the successful on-going remediation of the material weakness will require on-going review and evidence of effectiveness prior to concluding that the controls are effective. The Company’s remediation efforts are underway; however, there is no assurance that the remediation efforts will be effective in the future or that additional material weaknesses will not develop or be identified.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are involved in various lawsuits, billing disputes, legal proceedings, and regulatory matters that have arisen from time to time in the normal course of business.  Management believes there are no proceedings from asserted and unasserted claims which if determined adversely would have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Except as discussed below, there have been no material changes in the Company's risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item IA. Risk Factors of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could materially affect the financial condition and results of operations of GCI Holdings.

Because of the geographic concentration of GCI Holdings’ operations in Alaska, growth of GCI Holdings' business and operations depends upon economic conditions in Alaska, which we expect will be adversely impacted by the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 and the measures taken in Alaska and around the world to address the pandemic.

At this time, GCI Holdings cannot predict the ultimate impact of COVID-19 on its business. As a general matter, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased economic and demand uncertainty, and a significant global recession may result. At the end of 2019, the Alaska economy showed signs of emerging from a recession that started in late 2015. However, GCI Holdings expects this recession to continue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. GCI Holdings is unable to predict the depth and duration of the economic impact to its customers’ ability to pay for products and services, even after taking into account the impact of extended unemployment benefits and other stimulus packages and governmental assistance provided to its customers, although, historically, recessions have had an adverse impact on its business and could continue to adversely affect the affordability of and demand for some of its products and services and cause customers to shift to lower priced products and services or to delay or forgo purchases of its products and services. GCI Holdings’ customers may not be able to obtain adequate access to credit, which could affect their ability to make timely payments to GCI Holdings. As a major provider of Internet services in Alaska, GCI Holdings is participating in the Federal Communications Commission’s Keep Americans Connected pledge, which requires GCI Holdings to waive late fees and pause disconnects for residential and small business customers faced with COVID-19 related payment challenges. Additionally, the State of Alaska has placed restrictions on public utilities, such as GCI Holdings, from charging late fees or disconnecting service from residential customers who are experiencing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. These state-level restrictions will remain in place until November 15, 2020 or the earlier conclusion of the COVID-19 public health emergency. As a result, GCI Holdings may be required to continue providing services to customers without the ability to collect, and GCI Holdings expects its accounts receivable and bad debt expense to increase substantially. In addition, GCI Holdings is unable to predict the impact to its business from future government emergency declarations, the ability of its suppliers and vendors to provide products and services to GCI Holdings and the risk of limitations on the deployment and maintenance of GCI Holdings’ services, changes in business spend in GCI Holdings’ ad sales business, the effects to employees’ health and safety, and resulting reorientation of its work activities and the risk of limitations on the deployment and maintenance of its services (including by limiting customer support and on-site service repairs and installations). The degree to which COVID-19 impacts GCI Holdings' results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including, but not limited to, the duration and spread of the outbreak, its severity, the actions to contain the virus or treat its impact, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume.

The Alaska economy is dependent upon the oil industry, state government spending, United States military spending, investment earnings and tourism. The price of Alaska North Slope Crude oil has decreased significantly and large tourism companies have decided not to operate during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is expected that the decline in oil prices will put significant pressure on the Alaska state government budget. Although Alaska state government has significant reserves that GCI Holdings believes will help fund the state government for the next couple of years, major structural budgetary reforms will be required in order to offset the impact of low oil prices. Although GCI Holdings cannot predict the long-term impact COVID-19 will have on these sectors of the Alaska economy, adverse circumstances in these industries may have an adverse impact on the demand for its products and services and on its results of operations and financial condition.

To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects our or GCI Holdings’ business, financial conditions and results of operations, it may also have the effect of heightening the other risks described in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, such as those relating to fluctuations in our stock price

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and the market value of our interests in publicly-traded securities, the effect of increases in data usage on GCI Holdings’ wired and wireless networks on network capacity limitations, impairments, our significant level of indebtedness and our ability to generate sufficient cash to service our debt obligations.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Share Repurchase Programs

On March 9, 2018, the board of directors authorized a share repurchase program for $650 million of GCI Liberty Class A and Class B common stock. On June 25, 2018, the board of directors of GCI Liberty reapproved such repurchase program with respect to GCI Liberty's Series A and Series B common stock. There were no repurchases of GCI Liberty capital stock under the authorized share repurchase program during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Item 6. Exhibits

Listed below are the exhibits that are filed as a part of this Report (according to the number assigned to them in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):

Exhibit No.	Description
31.1	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification*
31.2	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification*
32	Section 1350 Certification**
101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document* - The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document.
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document*
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document*
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document*
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Definition Document*
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).*
*	Filed herewith.
**	Furnished herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

GCI Liberty, Inc.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Gregory B. Maffei	Chief Executive Officer and President	May 7, 2020
Gregory B. Maffei
/s/ Brian J. Wendling	Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer	May 7, 2020
Brian J. Wendling

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Gregory B. Maffei, certify that:

        1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of GCI Liberty, Inc.;

        2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

        3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

        4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

        a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

        b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

        c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

        d) disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

        5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

        a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

        b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 7, 2020

/s/ Gregory B. Maffei

Gregory B. Maffei

Chief Executive Officer and President

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Brian J. Wendling, certify that:

        1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of GCI Liberty, Inc.;

        2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

        3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

        4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

        a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

        b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

        c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

        d) disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

        5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

        a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

        b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 7, 2020

/s/ Brian J. Wendling

Brian J. Wendling

Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer

EX-32

Exhibit 32

Certification

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

(Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)

Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of GCI Liberty, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby certify, to such officer's knowledge, that:

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2020 (the "Form 10-Q") of the Company fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:	May 7, 2020	/s/ Gregory B. Maffei
		Gregory B. Maffei Chief Executive Officer and President
Date:	May 7, 2020	/s/ Brian J. Wendling
		Brian J. Wendling Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Form 10-Q or as a separate disclosure document.

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Information About the Company's Operating Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Revenue by Segment from Contracts with Customers

Revenue by segment from contracts with customers, classified by customer type and significant service offerings follows:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
GCI Holdings
Consumer Revenue
Wireless	$	28,358	27,492
Data	44,294		41,178
Video	20,758		21,016
Voice	3,800		4,461
Business Revenue
Wireless	19,238		18,384
Data	83,394		68,110
Video	4,022		3,825
Voice	6,416		6,204
Lease, grant, and revenue from subsidies	21,281		22,541
Total GCI Holdings	231,561		213,211
Corporate and other	4,238		4,525
Total	$	235,799	217,736

Components of Adjusted OIBDA

Adjusted OIBDA is summarized as follows:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
GCI Holdings	$	86,395	44,471
Liberty Broadband	(4,981)		(3,117)
Corporate and other	(10,329)		(6,306)
	71,085		35,048
Eliminate Liberty Broadband	4,981		3,117
	$	76,066	38,165

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated

	March 31, 2020
	Total		Investments	Capital
	assets		in affiliates	expenditures
	amounts in thousands
GCI Holdings	$	3,162,093	542	35,257
Liberty Broadband	12,225,154		12,194,726	15
Corporate and other	7,831,434		166,023	408
Eliminate Liberty Broadband	(12,225,154)		(12,194,726)	(15)
Consolidated	$	10,993,527	166,565	35,665

Reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to Operating Income and Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations

The following table provides a reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to Operating income (loss) and Earnings (loss) before income taxes:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Adjusted OIBDA	$	76,066	38,165
Stock-based compensation	(2,475)		(5,631)
Depreciation and amortization	(63,008)		(67,678)
Insurance proceeds	—		2,500
Operating income (loss)	10,583		(32,644)
Interest expense	(36,255)		(37,618)
Share of earnings (loss) of affiliates, net	(707)		(3,296)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net	(833,992)		1,009,600
Tax Sharing Agreement	(10,533)		9,081
Other, net	2,380		2,768
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$	(868,524)	947,891

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Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Using the Equity Method (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Schedule of Equity Method Investments and Summarized Financial Information

The following table includes the Company’s carrying amount and percentage ownership of the more significant investments in affiliates at March 31, 2020 and the carrying amount at December 31, 2019:

	March 31, 2020						December 31, 2019
	Percentage ownership		Market value		Carrying amount		Carrying amount
			dollars in thousands
LendingTree (a)	26.4	%	$	631,593	$	165,446	166,465
Other	various		NA		1,119		1,178
					$	166,565	167,643
(a) Both the Company's ownership interest in LendingTree and the Company's share of LendingTree's earnings (losses) are reported on a three month lag. The market value disclosed is as of March 31, 2020.

Summarized financial information for Liberty Broadband is as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Current assets	$	21,022	52,133
Investment in Charter, accounted for using the equity method	12,194,726		12,194,674
Other assets	9,406		9,535
Total assets	12,225,154		12,256,342
Long-term debt	573,269		572,944
Deferred income tax liabilities	992,704		999,757
Other liabilities	12,210		15,695
Equity	10,646,971		10,667,946
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	12,225,154	12,256,342

		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Revenue		$	4,104	3,458
Operating expenses, net		(11,379)		(9,659)
Operating income (loss)		(7,275)		(6,201)
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates		61,682		34,849
Gain (loss) on dilution of investment in affiliate		(59,325)		(41,403)
Other income (expense), net		(5,698)		(6,120)
Income tax benefit (expense)		2,774		4,574
Net earnings (loss)		$	(7,842)	(14,301)

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Debt - (Senior Credit Facility) (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Term Loan | Term Loan B
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit availability	$ 240,700,000
Variable interest rate	2.25%
Principal payments, a percentage of the original principal amount	0.25%
Line of credit outstanding balance	$ 237,100,000
Term Loan | Term Loan A
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total leverage ratio, maximum	6.50
Secured leverage ratio, maximum	4.00
Senior Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Remainder amount available for borrowing	$ 266,900,000
Senior Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit availability	550,000,000.0
Line of credit outstanding balance	$ 275,000,000.0
Senior Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | LIBOR | Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Variable interest rate	1.50%
Senior Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | LIBOR | Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Variable interest rate	2.75%
Senior Credit Facility | Letters of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit outstanding balance	$ 8,100,000

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Stock-Based Compensation - (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 2,475	$ 5,631
Dividend rate used	0.00%
Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested options	$ 9,100
Weighted average period for compensation cost to be recognized	2 years 2 months 12 days
RSA/RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted shares	$ 21,500
Weighted average period for compensation cost to be recognized	2 years 2 months 12 days
RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Outstanding units (in shares)	481,000
Series B common stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted (in shares)	0
Shares reserved for issuance upon exercise (in shares)	1,200,000
Series A common stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted (in shares)	507,000
Shares reserved for issuance upon exercise (in shares)	1,100,000
CEO | Series B common stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options, weighted average GDFV (in dollars per share)	$ 16.60
CEO | Series B common stock | CEO Annual Award
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted (in shares)	148,000
Options, weighted average GDFV (in dollars per share)	$ 13.21
CEO | Series B common stock | CEO New Employment Agreement
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted (in shares)	359,000

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Information About the Company's Operating Segments - (Adjusted OIBDA) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted OIBDA	$ 76,066	$ 38,165
Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted OIBDA	71,085	35,048
Operating Segments | GCI Holdings
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted OIBDA	86,395	44,471
Operating Segments | Liberty Broadband
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted OIBDA	(4,981)	(3,117)
Operating Segments | Corporate and other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted OIBDA	(10,329)	(6,306)
Consolidation, Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted OIBDA	$ 4,981	$ 3,117

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Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

Debt

Debt is summarized as follows:

	Outstanding
	principal		Carrying value
	March 31,		March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Margin Loan Facility	$	1,300,000	1,300,000		1,300,000
Exchangeable senior debentures	477,250		607,301		658,839
Senior notes	775,000		795,279		796,138
Senior credit facility	512,051		512,051		512,666
Wells Fargo note payable	6,930		6,930		7,066
Deferred financing costs	—		(7,846)		(8,491)
Total debt	$	3,071,231	3,213,715		3,266,218
Debt classified as current, net of deferred financing costs			(3,085)		(3,008)
Total long-term debt			$	3,210,630	3,263,210

Margin Loan

Broadband Holdco, LLC ("Broadband Holdco") entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Margin Loan Agreement ("Amendment No. 2" and, together with the original margin loan agreement and first amendment thereto, the “Margin Loan Agreement”) on November 25, 2019. Pursuant to Amendment No. 2, lenders have agreed to, among other things, extend the maturity date of the original term loan in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion (the “Margin Loan”) to December 29, 2021 and provide commitments for a new delayed draw term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $300.0 million ("Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility"). This facility also provides a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $200.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and the original loan credit facility under the Margin Loan (the “Term Loan Facility”, and, together with the Revolving Credit Facility and the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility, the "Margin Loan Facility" and the loans thereunder, the "Loans").The Loans will mature on December 29, 2021 (the “maturity date”) and accrue interest at a rate equal to the 3-month LIBOR rate plus a per annum spread of 1.85%, subject to certain conditions and exceptions. Undrawn revolving commitments shall be available to Broadband Holdco from November 25, 2019 to but excluding the earlier of (i) the date that is one month prior to the maturity date and (ii) the date of the termination of such revolving commitments pursuant to the terms of the Margin Loan Agreement. The obligations under the Margin Loan Facility are secured by first priority liens on the shares of Liberty Broadband owned by Broadband Holdco and certain other cash collateral provided by Broadband Holdco. 42,681,842 shares of Liberty Broadband Series C common stock with a value of $4.7 billion were pledged by Broadband Holdco as collateral for the Loans as of March 31, 2020.

On December 27, 2019, Broadband Holdco borrowed $100.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility and $300.0 million under the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility. As of March 31, 2020, $1,300.0 million in borrowings were outstanding under the Margin Loan Facility.

Exchangeable Senior Debentures

On June 18, 2018, GCI Liberty issued 1.75% exchangeable senior debentures due 2046 ("Exchangeable Senior Debentures"). Upon an exchange of debentures, GCI Liberty, at its option, may deliver Charter Class A common stock, cash or a combination of Charter Class A common stock and cash. Initially, 2.6989 shares of Charter Class A common stock are attributable to each $1,000 principal amount of debentures, representing an initial exchange price of approximately $370.52 for each share of Charter Class A common stock. A total of 1,288,051 shares of Charter Class A common stock are attributable to the debentures. Interest is payable quarterly on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year. The debentures may be redeemed by GCI Liberty, in whole or in part, on or after October 5, 2023. Holders of debentures also have the right to require GCI Liberty to purchase their debentures on October 5, 2023. The redemption and purchase price will generally equal 100% of the adjusted principal amount of the debentures plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company has

elected to account for the debentures using the fair value option. See note 3 for information related to unrealized gains (losses) on debt measured at fair value.

Senior Notes

On June 6, 2019, GCI, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, issued $325.0 million of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2024 at par ("2024 Notes"). The 2024 Notes are unsecured and the net proceeds were used to fund the redemption of $325.0 million aggregate outstanding principal amount of GCI, LLC's 6.75% Senior Notes due 2021. Interest on the 2024 Notes and GCI, LLC's 6.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (collectively, the “Senior Notes”), is payable semi-annually in arrears. The Senior Notes are redeemable at the Company's option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price defined in the respective indentures, and accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the date of redemption. The Senior Notes are stated net of an aggregate unamortized premium of $20.3 million at March 31, 2020. Such premium is being amortized to interest expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Senior Credit Facility

On December 27, 2018, GCI, LLC amended and restated the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 9, 2018 and refinanced the revolving credit facility and term loan A with a new revolving credit facility, leaving the existing Term Loan B in place (the "Senior Credit Facility"). The Senior Credit Facility provides a $240.7 million term loan B ("Term Loan B") and a $550.0 million revolving credit facility.

GCI, LLC's Senior Credit Facility Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Senior Credit Facility) may not exceed 6.50 to one and the Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Senior Credit Facility) may not exceed 4.00 to one.

The revolving credit facility borrowings that are LIBOR loans bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the applicable LIBOR plus a margin that varies between 1.50% and 2.75% depending on the total leverage ratio. The full principal revolving credit facility included in the Senior Credit Facility will mature on December 27, 2023 or August 6, 2021 if the Term Loan B is not refinanced or repaid in full prior to such date.

The interest rate for the Term Loan B is LIBOR plus 2.25%. The Term Loan B requires principal payments of 0.25% of the original principal amount on the last day of each calendar quarter with the full amount maturing on February 2, 2022.

The terms of the Senior Credit Facility include customary representations and warranties, customary affirmative and negative covenants and customary events of default. At any time after the occurrence of an event of default under the Senior Credit Facility, the lenders may, among other options, declare any amounts outstanding under the Senior Credit Facility immediately due and payable and terminate any commitment to make further loans under the Senior Credit Facility. The obligations under the Senior Credit Facility are secured by a security interest on substantially all of the assets of GCI Holdings and the subsidiary guarantors, as defined in the Senior Credit Facility, and on the stock of GCI Holdings.

As of March 31, 2020, there is $237.1 million outstanding under the Term Loan B, $275.0 million outstanding under the revolving portion of the Senior Credit Facility and $8.1 million in letters of credit under the Senior Credit Facility, which leaves $266.9 million available for borrowing.

Wells Fargo Note Payable

GCI Holdings issued a note to Wells Fargo that matures on July 15, 2029 and is payable in monthly installments of principal and interest (the "Wells Fargo Note Payable"). The interest rate is variable at one month LIBOR plus 2.25%.

The note is subject to similar affirmative and negative covenants as the Senior Credit Facility. The obligations under the note are secured by a security interest and lien on the building purchased with the note.

Debt Covenants

GCI, LLC is subject to covenants and restrictions under its Senior Notes and Senior Credit Facility. The Company and GCI, LLC are in compliance with all debt maintenance covenants as of March 31, 2020.

Fair Value of Debt

The fair value of the Senior Notes was $758.7 million at March 31, 2020.

Due to the variable rate nature of the Margin Loan, Senior Credit Facility and Wells Fargo Note Payable, the Company believes that the carrying amount approximates fair value at March 31, 2020.

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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

For assets and liabilities required to be reported at fair value, GAAP provides a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Level 2 inputs, other than quoted market prices included within Level 1, are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. The Company does not have any recurring assets or liabilities measured at fair value that would be considered Level 3.

The Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value are as follows:

	March 31, 2020				December 31, 2019
Description	Total		Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)	Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)	Total	Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)	Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)
	amounts in thousands
Cash equivalents	$	488,700	488,700	—	533,484	533,484	—
Equity securities	$	2,337,924	2,337,924	—	2,600,008	2,600,008	—
Investment in Liberty Broadband	$	4,725,734	4,725,734	—	5,367,242	5,367,242	—
Derivative instrument liability	$	24,165	—	24,165	71,305	—	71,305
Indemnification obligation	$	179,746	—	179,746	202,086	—	202,086
Exchangeable senior debentures	$	607,301	—	607,301	658,839	—	658,839

On April 29, 2019, the Company terminated its previous variable forward and entered into a new 3-year variable forward with respect to 642,850 LendingTree shares. The variable forward was executed at the LendingTree closing price on April 29, 2019 of $376.35 per share and has a floor price of zero and has a cap price of $254.00 per share. The fair value of the variable forward was derived from a Black-Scholes-Merton model using observable market data as the significant inputs.

The indemnification liability is due to Liberty Interactive LLC ("LI LLC") and pertains to the ability of holders of LI LLC's 1.75% exchangeable debentures due 2016 (the "1.75% Exchangeable Debentures") to exercise their exchange right according to the terms of the 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures on or before October 5, 2023. Such amount will equal the difference between the exchange value and par value of the 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures at the time the exchange occurs. The indemnification obligation recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2020 represents the fair value of the estimated exchange feature included in the 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures primarily based on observable market data as significant inputs (Level 2). As of March 31, 2020, a holder of the 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures does not have the ability to exchange and, accordingly, such indemnification obligation is included as a long-term liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Additionally, as of March 31, 2020, 332,241 bonds of the 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures remain outstanding.

Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Financial Instruments, net

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net are comprised of changes in the fair value of the following:

		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Equity securities		$	(261,134)	334,320
Investment in Liberty Broadband		(641,508)		841,259
Derivative instruments		47,140		(71,144)
Indemnification obligation		22,340		(31,795)
Exchangeable senior debentures		(830)		(63,040)
		$	(833,992)	1,009,600

The Company has elected to account for its exchangeable senior debentures using the fair value option. Changes in the fair value of the exchangeable senior debentures recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations are primarily due to market factors primarily driven by changes in the fair value of the underlying shares into which the debt is exchangeable. The Company isolates the portion of the unrealized gain (loss) attributable to the change in the instrument specific credit risk and recognizes such amount in other comprehensive income. The change in the fair value of the exchangeable senior debentures attributable to changes in the instrument specific credit risk were gains of $52.3 million and $4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and the cumulative change was a gain of $46.8 million as of March 31, 2020.

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Information About the Company's Operating Segments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Information About the Company's Operating Segments

Information About the Company's Operating Segments

The Company, through its interests in subsidiaries and other companies, is primarily engaged in the broadband communications services industry. The Company identifies its reportable segments as (A) those consolidated companies that represent 10% or more of its consolidated annual revenue, annual Adjusted OIBDA (as defined below) or total assets and (B) those equity method affiliates whose share of earnings represent 10% or more of the Company’s annual pre-tax earnings.

The Company evaluates performance and makes decisions about allocating resources to its operating segments based on financial measures such as revenue, Adjusted OIBDA (as defined below), and subscriber metrics.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company has identified the following subsidiary as a reportable segment:

•GCI Holdings-provides a full range of wireless, data, video, voice, and managed services to residential, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions primarily in Alaska.

For presentation purposes the Company is providing financial information for Liberty Broadband. While the Company’s equity method investment in Liberty Broadband does not meet the reportable segment threshold defined above, the Company believes that the inclusion of such information is relevant to users of these financial statements.

•Liberty Broadband-an equity method affiliate of the Company, accounted for at fair value, has a non-controlling interest in Charter, and a wholly-owned subsidiary, Skyhook Wireless, Inc. ("Skyhook"). Charter is the second largest cable operator in the United States and a leading broadband communications services company providing video, Internet and voice services. Skyhook provides a Wi-Fi based location platform focused on providing positioning technology and contextual location intelligence solutions.

The Company’s operating segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services. They are managed separately because each segment requires different technologies, distribution channels and marketing strategies. The accounting policies of the consolidated subsidiaries included in the segments are the same as those described in the Company’s Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in note 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Performance Measures

Revenue by segment from contracts with customers, classified by customer type and significant service offerings follows:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
GCI Holdings
Consumer Revenue
Wireless	$	28,358	27,492
Data	44,294		41,178
Video	20,758		21,016
Voice	3,800		4,461
Business Revenue
Wireless	19,238		18,384
Data	83,394		68,110
Video	4,022		3,825
Voice	6,416		6,204
Lease, grant, and revenue from subsidies	21,281		22,541
Total GCI Holdings	231,561		213,211
Corporate and other	4,238		4,525
Total	$	235,799	217,736

Liberty Broadband revenue totaled $4.1 million and $3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company had gross receivables of $272.7 million and deferred revenue of $39.1 million at March 31, 2020 from contracts with customers, which amounts exclude receivables and deferred revenue arising from leases, grants, and subsidies. Our customers generally pay for services in advance of the performance obligation and therefore these prepayments are recorded as deferred revenue. The deferred revenue is recognized as revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations as the services are provided. Changes in the contract liability balance for the Company during the three months ended March 31, 2020 were not materially impacted by other factors.

The Company expects to recognize revenue in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) of approximately $191.5 million in the remainder of 2020, $179.1 million in 2021, $120.1 million in 2022, $39.8 million in 2023 and $62.4 million in 2024 and thereafter.

The Company applies certain practical expedients as permitted under ASC 606 and does not disclose information about remaining performance obligations that have original expected durations of one year or less, information about revenue remaining from usage based performance obligations that are recognized over time as-invoiced, or variable consideration allocated to wholly unsatisfied performance obligations.

For segment reporting purposes, the Company defines Adjusted OIBDA as revenue less cost of sales, operating expenses, and selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding stock-based compensation). The Company believes this measure is an important indicator of the operational strength and performance of its businesses by identifying those items that are not directly a reflection of each business' performance or indicative of ongoing business trends. In addition, this measure allows management to view operating results and perform analytical comparisons and benchmarking between businesses and identify strategies to improve performance. This measure of performance excludes depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, separately reported litigation settlements, insurance proceeds and restructuring and impairment charges that are included in the measurement of operating income pursuant to GAAP. Accordingly, Adjusted OIBDA should be considered in

addition to, but not as a substitute for, operating income, net income, cash flow provided by operating activities and other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Adjusted OIBDA is summarized as follows:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
GCI Holdings	$	86,395	44,471
Liberty Broadband	(4,981)		(3,117)
Corporate and other	(10,329)		(6,306)
	71,085		35,048
Eliminate Liberty Broadband	4,981		3,117
	$	76,066	38,165

Other Information

	March 31, 2020
	Total		Investments	Capital
	assets		in affiliates	expenditures
	amounts in thousands
GCI Holdings	$	3,162,093	542	35,257
Liberty Broadband	12,225,154		12,194,726	15
Corporate and other	7,831,434		166,023	408
Eliminate Liberty Broadband	(12,225,154)		(12,194,726)	(15)
Consolidated	$	10,993,527	166,565	35,665

The following table provides a reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to Operating income (loss) and Earnings (loss) before income taxes:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Adjusted OIBDA	$	76,066	38,165
Stock-based compensation	(2,475)		(5,631)
Depreciation and amortization	(63,008)		(67,678)
Insurance proceeds	—		2,500
Operating income (loss)	10,583		(32,644)
Interest expense	(36,255)		(37,618)
Share of earnings (loss) of affiliates, net	(707)		(3,296)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net	(833,992)		1,009,600
Tax Sharing Agreement	(10,533)		9,081
Other, net	2,380		2,768
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$	(868,524)	947,891

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings (loss)	$ (631,902)	$ 678,486
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	63,008	67,678
Stock-based compensation expense	2,475	5,631
Share of (earnings) losses of affiliates, net	707	3,296
Realized and unrealized (gains) losses on financial instruments, net	833,992	(1,009,600)
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)	(236,622)	269,397
Other, net	19	2,489
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Current and other assets	(3,431)	11,801
Payables and other liabilities	2,417	(8,113)
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities	30,663	21,065
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expended for property and equipment	(35,665)	(40,114)
Other investing activities, net	1,088	803
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities	(34,577)	(39,311)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayment of debt, finance leases and tower obligations	(2,259)	(4,739)
Repurchases of GCI Liberty common stock	0	(43,910)
Other financing activities, net	(1,065)	(1,929)
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities	(3,324)	(50,578)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(7,238)	(68,824)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	576,150	492,032
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	568,912	423,208
Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash:
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$ 568,912	$ 423,208

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 568,762	$ 569,520
Trade and other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $7,795 and $7,516, respectively	106,284	114,435
Other current assets	35,599	43,868
Total current assets	710,645	727,823
Investments in equity securities (note 4)	2,343,209	2,605,293
Investments in affiliates (note 5)	166,565	167,643
Property and equipment, net	1,067,592	1,090,901
Intangible assets not subject to amortization
Goodwill	855,837	855,837
Intangible assets not subject to amortization	1,202,337	1,202,337
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net (note 6)	379,885	391,979
Tax sharing receivable	74,001	84,534
Other assets, net	323,559	295,693
Total assets	10,993,527	11,933,445
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	91,159	92,893
Deferred revenue	25,902	27,886
Current portion of debt, net of deferred financing costs (note 7)	3,085	3,008
Indemnification obligation (note 3)	0	202,086
Other current liabilities	84,083	69,149
Total current liabilities	204,229	395,022
Long-term debt, net, including $607,301 and $658,839 measured at fair value, respectively (note 7)	3,210,630	3,263,210
Obligations under finance leases and tower obligations, excluding current portion	96,104	97,507
Long-term deferred revenue	54,940	57,986
Deferred income tax liabilities	1,303,525	1,527,109
Preferred stock (note 8)	178,063	178,002
Derivative instrument (note 3)	24,165	71,305
Indemnification obligation (note 3)	179,746	0
Other liabilities	127,011	133,020
Total liabilities	5,378,413	5,723,161
Stockholders’ equity:
Additional paid-in capital	3,223,368	3,221,885
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes	34,145	(4,084)
Retained earnings	2,347,768	2,982,626
Total stockholders' equity	5,606,339	6,201,484
Non-controlling interests	8,775	8,800
Total equity	5,615,114	6,210,284
Commitments and contingencies (note 10)
Total liabilities and equity	10,993,527	11,933,445
Series A common stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 500,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 101,319,919 shares at March 31, 2020 and 101,306,716 shares at December 31, 2019
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value	$ 1,013	$ 1,013
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Series B common stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 20,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 4,488,829 shares at March 31, 2020 and 4,437,593 shares at December 31, 2019
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value	$ 45	$ 44
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Series C common stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 1,040,000,000 shares; no issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value	$ 0	$ 0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Cable certificates
Intangible assets not subject to amortization
Indefinite-lived intangibles	$ 305,000	$ 305,000
Other
Intangible assets not subject to amortization
Indefinite-lived intangibles	41,500	41,500
Liberty Broadband
Current assets:
Investments in affiliates (note 5)	$ 4,725,734	$ 5,367,242

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Label	Element	Value
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	$ 569,520,000
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	568,762,000
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents	6,630,000
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents	$ 150,000

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Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Using the Equity Method - (Investment in Lending Tree) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Carrying amount	$ 166,565		$ 167,643
Share of earnings (losses)	$ (707)	$ (3,296)
LendingTree
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage ownership	26.40%
Market value	$ 631,593
Carrying amount	165,446		166,465
Share of earnings (losses)	(800)	$ 2,100
Other
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Carrying amount	$ 1,119		$ 1,178

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Intangible Assets - (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Amortization expense	$ 14.0	$ 16.3

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Information About the Company's Operating Segments - (Other Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	$ 10,993,527	$ 11,933,445
Investments in affiliates	166,565	$ 167,643
Capital expenditures	35,665
Operating Segments | GCI Holdings
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	3,162,093
Investments in affiliates	542
Capital expenditures	35,257
Operating Segments | Liberty Broadband
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	12,225,154
Investments in affiliates	12,194,726
Capital expenditures	15
Operating Segments | Corporate and other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	7,831,434
Investments in affiliates	166,023
Capital expenditures	408
Consolidation, Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	(12,225,154)
Investments in affiliates	(12,194,726)
Capital expenditures	$ (15)

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Earnings Attributable to GCI Liberty Stockholders Per Common Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Weighted Average Number of Shares

Series A and Series B Common Stock

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020	2019
	number of shares in thousands
Basic WASO	105,490	104,842
Potentially dilutive shares (a)	557	1,022
Diluted WASO (a)	106,047	105,864

(a) Potentially dilutive shares are excluded from the computation of diluted EPS during periods in which losses are reported since the result would be antidilutive.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common stock Series A common stock	Common stock Series B common stock	Additional paid-in capital	Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	Retained earnings	Non-controlling interest in equity of subsidiaries
Balance at beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2018	$ 4,306,690	$ 1,021	$ 44	$ 3,251,957	$ 168	$ 1,043,933	$ 9,567
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net earnings (loss)	678,486					678,543	(57)
Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes	2,900				2,900
Stock-based compensation	6,735			6,735
Series A GCI Liberty stock repurchases	(43,910)	(10)		(43,900)
Other	(1,919)			(1,914)		(5)	0
Balance at end of period at Mar. 31, 2019	4,948,982	1,011	44	3,212,878	3,068	1,722,471	9,510
Balance at beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2019	6,210,284	1,013	44	3,221,885	(4,084)	2,982,626	8,800
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net earnings (loss)	(631,902)					(631,877)	(25)
Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes	38,229				38,229
Stock-based compensation	2,549			2,549
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options	15			15
Withholding taxes on net share settlements of stock-based compensation	(1,029)			(1,029)
Other	(3,032)		1	(52)		(2,981)
Balance at end of period at Mar. 31, 2020	$ 5,615,114	$ 1,013	$ 45	$ 3,223,368	$ 34,145	$ 2,347,768	$ 8,775

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 7,795	$ 7,516
Long-term debt, fair value	$ 607,301	$ 658,839
Series A common stock
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	500,000,000	500,000,000
Common stock, shares, issued (in shares)	101,319,919	101,306,716
Common stock, shares, outstanding (in shares)	101,319,919	101,306,716
Series B common stock
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	20,000,000	20,000,000
Common stock, shares, issued (in shares)	4,488,829	4,437,593
Common stock, shares, outstanding (in shares)	4,488,829	4,437,593
Series C Common Stock
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	1,040,000,000	1,040,000,000
Common stock, shares, issued (in shares)	0	0
Common stock, shares, outstanding (in shares)	0	0

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Preferred Stock

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Preferred Stock

Preferred Stock

GCI Liberty Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") was issued as a result of the auto conversion that occurred on March 8, 2018. The Company is required to redeem all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock out of funds legally available, at the liquidation price plus all unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) accrued from the most recent dividend payment date through the redemption date, on the first business day following the twenty-first anniversary of the March 8, 2018 auto conversion. There were 7,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock authorized and 7,200,919 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020. An additional 42,500,000 shares of preferred stock of the Company are authorized and are undesignated as to series. The Preferred Stock is accounted for as a liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets because it is mandatorily redeemable. As a result, all dividends paid on the Preferred Stock are recorded as interest expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The liquidation price is measured per share and shall mean the sum of (i) $25, plus (ii) an amount equal to all unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) accrued with respect to such share have been added to and then remain part of the liquidation price as of such date.

The holders of shares of Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when and as declared by the GCI Liberty Board of Directors, out of legally available funds, preferential dividends that accrue and cumulate as provided in the restated GCI Liberty certificate of incorporation.

Dividends on each share of Preferred Stock accrued on a daily basis at an initial rate of 5.00% per annum of the liquidation price, and increased to 7.00% per annum of the liquidation price effective July 16, 2018.

Accrued dividends are payable quarterly on each dividend payment date, which is January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15 of each year, commencing on the first such date following the auto conversion, which occurred immediately after the market closed on March 8, 2018. If GCI Liberty fails to pay cash dividends on the Preferred Stock in full for any four consecutive or non-consecutive dividend periods then the dividend rate shall increase by 2.00% per annum of the liquidation price until cured. On March 17, 2020, the Company announced that it declared a quarterly cash dividend of approximately $0.44 per share of Preferred Stock which was paid on April 15, 2020 to shareholders of record of the Preferred Stock at the close of business on March 31, 2020.

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Investments in Equity Securities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investments in Equity Securities

Investments in Equity Securities

Investments in equity securities, the majority of which are carried at fair value, are summarized as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Charter (a)	$	2,337,924	2,599,253
Other investments (b)	5,285		6,040
	$	2,343,209	2,605,293

(a) A portion of the Charter equity securities are considered covered shares and subject to certain contractual restrictions in accordance with the indemnification agreement. See note 3 for additional discussion of the indemnification agreement.

(b) The Company has elected the measurement alternative for a portion of these securities where the fair value is not readily determinable.

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Investments in Equity Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Investments in equity securities	$ 2,343,209	$ 2,605,293
Other investments
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Investments in equity securities	5,285	6,040
Charter
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Investments in equity securities	$ 2,337,924	$ 2,599,253

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Intangible Assets - (Intangibles Subject to Amortization) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying amount	$ 549,671	$ 547,988
Accumulated amortization	(169,786)	(156,009)
Net carrying amount	379,885	391,979
Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying amount	408,267	408,267
Accumulated amortization	(103,679)	(95,167)
Net carrying amount	304,588	313,100
Other amortizable intangibles
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying amount	141,404	139,721
Accumulated amortization	(66,107)	(60,842)
Net carrying amount	$ 75,297	$ 78,879

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Basis of Presentation (Details) - Affiliated Entity - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Compensation | CEO
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party, allocation percent	14.00%		14.00%
Liberty Media
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Reimbursable expenses	$ 2.2	$ 2.3

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Intangible Assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

	March 31, 2020				December 31, 2019
	Gross			Net	Gross		Net
	carrying		Accumulated	carrying	carrying	Accumulated	carrying
	amount		amortization	amount	amount	amortization	amount
	amounts in thousands
Customer relationships	$	408,267	(103,679)	304,588	408,267	(95,167)	313,100
Other amortizable intangibles	141,404		(66,107)	75,297	139,721	(60,842)	78,879
Total	$	549,671	(169,786)	379,885	547,988	(156,009)	391,979

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense

Amortization expense for amortizable intangible assets for each of the five succeeding fiscal years is estimated to be (amounts in thousands):

Remainder of 2020	$	40,072
2021	$	44,198
2022	$	38,279
2023	$	34,334
2024	$	30,595

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Debt - (Senior Notes) (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 06, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issued	$ 3,071,231,000
Aggregate outstanding principal	3,213,715,000	$ 3,266,218,000
2021 Senior Notes | Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate			6.75%
Aggregate outstanding principal			$ 325,000,000.0
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issued	775,000,000
Aggregate unamortized premium	$ 20,300,000
Senior Notes | 2024 Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issued			$ 325,000,000.0
Interest rate			6.625%
Senior Notes | 2025 Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate			6.875%

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Preferred Stock (Details)	Apr. 15, 2020 $ / shares	Mar. 17, 2020 $ / shares	Jul. 16, 2018	Mar. 08, 2018 period $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2020 shares
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)					42,500,000
Liquidation price per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 25
Dividend rate			7.00%	5.00%
Failure to pay cash dividends, number of periods | period				4
Potential increase in dividend rate, over four dividend periods				2.00%
Preferred stock, dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 0.44
Subsequent Event
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, dividends paid per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.44
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)					7,500,000
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)					7,200,919
Preferred stock, shares outstanding					7,200,919

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Information About the Company's Operating Segments - (Remaining Performance Obligation) (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-04-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	$ 191.5
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, period	9 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2021-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	$ 179.1
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	$ 120.1
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	$ 39.8
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2024-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	$ 62.4
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, period	1 year

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Intangible Assets - (Future Amortization) (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Remainder of 2020	$ 40,072
2021	44,198
2022	38,279
2023	34,334
2024	$ 30,595

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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value - (Narrative) (Details)		3 Months Ended
	Apr. 29, 2019 $ / shares $ / unit shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Equity		$ 5,615,114,000	$ 4,948,982,000	$ 6,210,284,000	$ 4,306,690,000
Exchangeable Senior Debentures | 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures | Indemnification obligation | LI LLC
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Interest rate		1.75%
Exchangeable instrument, shares outstanding (in shares) | shares		332,241
Senior Debt Obligations [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Change in fair value		$ 52,300,000	$ 4,000,000.0
Senior Debt Obligations [Member] | Accumulated Gain (Loss), Financial Liability, Fair Value Option, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair Value Option, Cumulative Unrealized Gain (Loss) Arising During Period, before Tax		$ 46,800,000
LendingTree
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Variable forward contract (in shares) | shares	642,850
LendingTree | Derivative instrument liability
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Variable forward contract, term	3 years
Variable forward contract, closing price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 376.35
Variable forward contract, floor price (in dollars per share) | $ / unit	0
Variable forward contract, cap price (in dollars per share) | $ / unit	254.00

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Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Using the Equity Method - (Investment in Liberty Broadband) (Details)	Mar. 31, 2020
Liberty Broadband
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage ownership	23.50%

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings (Loss) (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net earnings (loss)	$ (631,902)	$ 678,486
Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes:
Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to debt credit risk adjustments	38,229	2,900
Comprehensive earnings (loss)	(593,673)	681,386
Less comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to the non-controlling interests	(25)	(57)
Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to GCI Liberty, Inc. shareholders	$ (593,648)	$ 681,443

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Cover Page - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2020
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-38385
Entity Registrant Name	GCI LIBERTY, INC.
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity Tax Identification Number	92-0072737
Entity Address, Address Line One	12300 Liberty Boulevard
Entity Address, City or Town	Englewood,
Entity Address, State or Province	CO
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	80112
City Area Code	720
Local Phone Number	875-5900
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Central Index Key	0000808461
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2020
Document Fiscal Period Focus (Q1,Q2,Q3,FY)	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Series A Common Stock
Entity Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Series A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Trading Symbol	GLIBA
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		101,324,141
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Entity Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Series A Cumulative Redeemable preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share
Trading Symbol	GLIBP
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Series B Common Stock
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		4,488,674

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation, Disputes and Regulatory Matters

The Company is involved in various lawsuits, billing disputes, legal proceedings, and regulatory matters that have arisen from time to time in the normal course of business. Management believes there are no proceedings from asserted and unasserted claims which if determined adversely would have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or liquidity, other than those described in the Company’s commitments and contingencies discussion in note 16 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements to the Annual Report on our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

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Earnings Attributable to GCI Liberty Stockholders Per Common Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Attributable to GCI Liberty Stockholders Per Common Share

Earnings Attributable to GCI Liberty Stockholders Per Common ShareBasic earnings (loss) per common share ("EPS") is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding ("WASO") for the period. Diluted EPS presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented. Excluded from diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 are approximately 394 thousand and 2,351 thousand common shares, respectively, because their inclusion would be antidilutive.

        Series A and Series B Common Stock

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2020	2019
	number of shares in thousands
Basic WASO	105,490	104,842
Potentially dilutive shares (a)	557	1,022
Diluted WASO (a)	106,047	105,864

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Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

	March 31, 2020				December 31, 2019
	Gross			Net	Gross		Net
	carrying		Accumulated	carrying	carrying	Accumulated	carrying
	amount		amortization	amount	amount	amortization	amount
	amounts in thousands
Customer relationships	$	408,267	(103,679)	304,588	408,267	(95,167)	313,100
Other amortizable intangibles	141,404		(66,107)	75,297	139,721	(60,842)	78,879
Total	$	549,671	(169,786)	379,885	547,988	(156,009)	391,979

Amortization expense for intangible assets with finite useful lives was $14.0 million and $16.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Amortization expense for amortizable intangible assets for each of the five succeeding fiscal years is estimated to be (amounts in thousands):

Remainder of 2020	$	40,072
2021	$	44,198
2022	$	38,279
2023	$	34,334
2024	$	30,595

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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Schedule of Number and Weighted Average Exercise Price of Awards

The following tables present the number and weighted average exercise price ("WAEP") of Awards to purchase GCI Liberty common stock granted to certain officers, employees and directors of the Company, as well as the weighted average remaining life and aggregate intrinsic value of the Awards.

	Series A
				Weighted		Aggregate
				average		intrinsic
	Awards			remaining		value
	(000's)	WAEP		life		(millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2020	604	$	48.67
Granted	507	$	67.15
Exercised	—	$	—
Forfeited/Cancelled	—	$	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2020	1,111	$	57.11	5.4	years	$	6
Exercisable at March 31, 2020	418	$	46.46	3.9	years	$	4

	Series B
				Weighted		Aggregate
				average		intrinsic
	Awards			remaining		value
	(000's)	WAEP		life		(millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2020	1,245	$	56.14
Granted	—	$	—
Exercised	—	$	—
Forfeited/Cancelled	—	$	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2020	1,245	$	56.14	2.8	years	$	5
Exercisable at March 31, 2020	1,245	$	56.14	2.8	years	$	5

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Investments in Equity Securities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investments in Equity Securities

Investments in equity securities, the majority of which are carried at fair value, are summarized as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Charter (a)	$	2,337,924	2,599,253
Other investments (b)	5,285		6,040
	$	2,343,209	2,605,293

(a) A portion of the Charter equity securities are considered covered shares and subject to certain contractual restrictions in accordance with the indemnification agreement. See note 3 for additional discussion of the indemnification agreement.

(b) The Company has elected the measurement alternative for a portion of these securities where the fair value is not readily determinable.

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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value - (Schedule of Assets and Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	$ 488,700	$ 533,484
Equity securities	2,337,924	2,600,008
Investment in Liberty Broadband	4,725,734	5,367,242
Derivative instrument liability	24,165	71,305
Indemnification obligation	179,746	202,086
Exchangeable senior debentures	607,301	658,839
Exchangeable senior debentures
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Exchangeable senior debentures	607,301	658,839
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	488,700	533,484
Equity securities	2,337,924	2,600,008
Investment in Liberty Broadband	4,725,734	5,367,242
Derivative instrument liability	0	0
Indemnification obligation	0	0
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1) | Exchangeable senior debentures
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Exchangeable senior debentures	0	0
Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	0	0
Equity securities	0	0
Investment in Liberty Broadband	0	0
Derivative instrument liability	24,165	71,305
Indemnification obligation	179,746	202,086
Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) | Exchangeable senior debentures
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Exchangeable senior debentures	$ 607,301	$ 658,839

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Stock-Based Compensation - (Schedule of Outstanding Awards) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Series A common stock
Awards
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares) | shares	604,000
Granted (in shares) | shares	507,000
Exercised (in shares) | shares	0
Forfeited/Cancelled (in shares) | shares	0
Outstanding at end of period (in shares) | shares	1,111,000
Exercisable at end of period (in shares) | shares	418,000
WAEP
Outstanding at beginning of period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 48.67
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	67.15
Exercised (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	0
Forfeited/Cancelled (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	0
Outstanding at end of period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	57.11
Exercisable at end of period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 46.46
Weighted average remaining life
Outstanding at end of period	5 years 4 months 24 days
Exercisable at end of period	3 years 10 months 24 days
Aggregate intrinsic value
Outstanding at end of period | $	$ 6
Exercisable at end of period | $	$ 4
Series B common stock
Awards
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares) | shares	1,245,000
Granted (in shares) | shares	0
Exercised (in shares) | shares	0
Forfeited/Cancelled (in shares) | shares	0
Outstanding at end of period (in shares) | shares	1,245,000
Exercisable at end of period (in shares) | shares	1,245,000
WAEP
Outstanding at beginning of period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 56.14
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	0
Exercised (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	0
Forfeited/Cancelled (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	0
Outstanding at end of period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	56.14
Exercisable at end of period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 56.14
Weighted average remaining life
Outstanding at end of period	2 years 9 months 18 days
Exercisable at end of period	2 years 9 months 18 days
Aggregate intrinsic value
Outstanding at end of period | $	$ 5
Exercisable at end of period | $	$ 5

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Debt - (Margin Loan) (Details) - Broadband Holdco, LLC - USD ($) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2019	Dec. 29, 2017	Mar. 31, 2020	Nov. 25, 2019
Series C Common Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of shares pledged as collateral (in shares)			42,681,842
Value of shares pledged as collateral			$ 4,700
Margin Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit availability		$ 1,000
Line of credit outstanding balance			$ 1,300
Margin Loan Facility | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit availability				$ 200
Proceeds from lines of credit	$ 100
Margin Loan Facility | Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit availability				$ 300
Proceeds from lines of credit	$ 300
Margin Loan Facility | LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate		1.85%

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Debt - (Wells Fargo Note Payable) (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Wells Fargo Note Payable | LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate	2.25%

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Earnings Attributable to GCI Liberty Stockholders Per Common Share (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Basic WASO (in shares)	105,490	104,842
Potentially dilutive shares (in shares)	557	1,022
Diluted WASO (in shares)	106,047	105,864
Antidilutive shares excluded from diluted WASO (in shares)	394	2,351

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Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Debt

Debt is summarized as follows:

	Outstanding
	principal		Carrying value
	March 31,		March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Margin Loan Facility	$	1,300,000	1,300,000		1,300,000
Exchangeable senior debentures	477,250		607,301		658,839
Senior notes	775,000		795,279		796,138
Senior credit facility	512,051		512,051		512,666
Wells Fargo note payable	6,930		6,930		7,066
Deferred financing costs	—		(7,846)		(8,491)
Total debt	$	3,071,231	3,213,715		3,266,218
Debt classified as current, net of deferred financing costs			(3,085)		(3,008)
Total long-term debt			$	3,210,630	3,263,210

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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

The Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value are as follows:

	March 31, 2020				December 31, 2019
Description	Total		Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)	Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)	Total	Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)	Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)
	amounts in thousands
Cash equivalents	$	488,700	488,700	—	533,484	533,484	—
Equity securities	$	2,337,924	2,337,924	—	2,600,008	2,600,008	—
Investment in Liberty Broadband	$	4,725,734	4,725,734	—	5,367,242	5,367,242	—
Derivative instrument liability	$	24,165	—	24,165	71,305	—	71,305
Indemnification obligation	$	179,746	—	179,746	202,086	—	202,086
Exchangeable senior debentures	$	607,301	—	607,301	658,839	—	658,839

Schedule of Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Financial Instruments

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net are comprised of changes in the fair value of the following:

		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Equity securities		$	(261,134)	334,320
Investment in Liberty Broadband		(641,508)		841,259
Derivative instruments		47,140		(71,144)
Indemnification obligation		22,340		(31,795)
Exchangeable senior debentures		(830)		(63,040)
		$	(833,992)	1,009,600

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Debt - (Exchangeable Senior Debentures) (Details) - Exchangeable Senior Debentures - 1.75% Exchangeable Debentures - Charter	Jun. 18, 2018 $ / shares shares
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.75%
Exchangeable ratio	2.6989
Exchangeable price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 370.52
Number of shares exchangeable | shares	1,288,051
Redemption percent	100.00%

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Debt - (Fair Value of Debt) (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, fair value	$ 758.7

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Information About the Company's Operating Segments - (Performance Measures) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	$ 235,799	$ 217,736
Total revenue	235,799	217,736
GCI Holdings
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue	231,561	213,211
GCI Holdings | Lease, grant, and revenue from subsidies
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue	21,281	22,541
GCI Holdings | Consumer Revenue | Wireless
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	28,358	27,492
GCI Holdings | Consumer Revenue | Data
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	44,294	41,178
GCI Holdings | Consumer Revenue | Video
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	20,758	21,016
GCI Holdings | Consumer Revenue | Voice
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	3,800	4,461
GCI Holdings | Business Revenue | Wireless
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	19,238	18,384
GCI Holdings | Business Revenue | Data
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	83,394	68,110
GCI Holdings | Business Revenue | Video
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	4,022	3,825
GCI Holdings | Business Revenue | Voice
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	6,416	6,204
Corporate and other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 4,238	$ 4,525

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Information About the Company's Operating Segments - (Reconciliation of Segment Adjusted OIBDA to Operating Income and Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Adjusted OIBDA	$ 76,066	$ 38,165
Stock-based compensation	(2,475)	(5,631)
Depreciation and amortization	(63,008)	(67,678)
Insurance proceeds	0	2,500
Operating income (loss)	10,583	(32,644)
Interest expense	(36,255)	(37,618)
Share of earnings (loss) of affiliates, net	(707)	(3,296)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net	(833,992)	1,009,600
Tax sharing agreement	(10,533)	9,081
Other, net	2,380	2,768
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$ (868,524)	$ 947,891

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Information About the Company's Operating Segments - (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Receivables	$ 272,700
Deferred revenue	39,100
Liberty Broadband
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 4,104	$ 3,458

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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value - (Schedule of Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Equity securities	$ (261,134)	$ 334,320
Investment in Liberty Broadband	(641,508)	841,259
Derivative instruments	47,140	(71,144)
Indemnification obligation	22,340	(31,795)
Exchangeable senior debentures	(830)	(63,040)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net	$ (833,992)	$ 1,009,600

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Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Using the Equity Method - (Summary of Financial Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in affiliates	$ 166,565		$ 167,643
Liberty Broadband
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Current assets	21,022		52,133
Other assets	9,406		9,535
Total assets	12,225,154		12,256,342
Long-term debt	573,269		572,944
Deferred income tax liabilities	992,704		999,757
Other liabilities	12,210		15,695
Equity	10,646,971		10,667,946
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	12,225,154		12,256,342
Revenue	4,104	$ 3,458
Operating expenses, net	(11,379)	(9,659)
Operating income (loss)	(7,275)	(6,201)
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates	61,682	34,849
Gain (loss) on dilution of investment in affiliate	(59,325)	(41,403)
Other income (expense), net	(5,698)	(6,120)
Income tax benefit (expense)	2,774	4,574
Net earnings (loss)	(7,842)	$ (14,301)
Liberty Broadband | Charter
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in affiliates	$ 12,194,726		$ 12,194,674

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Debt - (Summary of Debt) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Principal	$ 3,071,231
Deferred financing costs	(7,846)	$ (8,491)
Total debt	3,213,715	3,266,218
Debt classified as current, net of deferred financing costs	(3,085)	(3,008)
Total long-term debt	3,210,630	3,263,210
Margin Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Principal	1,300,000
Carrying value	1,300,000	1,300,000
Exchangeable senior debentures
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Principal	477,250
Carrying value	607,301	658,839
Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Principal	775,000
Carrying value	795,279	796,138
Senior credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Principal	512,051
Carrying value	512,051	512,666
Wells Fargo note payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Principal	6,930
Carrying value	$ 6,930	$ 7,066

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Stock-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

GCI Liberty has granted to certain directors, employees and employees of its subsidiaries, restricted shares (“RSAs”), restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and options to purchase shares of GCI Liberty’s common stock (collectively, "Awards"). The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an equity classified Award (such as stock options, RSAs and RSUs) based on the grant-date fair value (“GDFV”) of the Award, and recognizes that cost over the period during which the employee is required to provide service (usually the vesting period of the Award). The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for a liability classified Award based on the current fair value of the Award, and remeasures the fair value of the Award at each reporting date.

Included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations are $2.5 million and $5.6 million of stock-based compensation during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, and in connection with our CEO's new employment agreement, GCI Liberty granted to our CEO 359 thousand options to purchase shares of GCI Liberty Series A common stock as part of our

CEO's upfront term award detailed in his employment agreement. Such options had a GDFV of $16.60 per share and vest on December 31, 2023. Also during the three months ended March 31, 2020, GCI Liberty granted to our CEO 148 thousand options to purchase shares of GCI Liberty Series A common stock in conjunction with our CEO's annual awards as detailed in his employment agreement. Such options had a GDFV of $13.21 per share and vest on December 31, 2020.

The Company has calculated the GDFV for all of its equity classified Awards and any subsequent remeasurement of its liability classified Awards using the Black-Scholes-Merton Model. The Company estimates the expected term of the Awards based on historical exercise and forfeiture data. The volatility used in the calculation for Awards is based on the historical volatility of GCI Liberty's stock and the implied volatility of publicly traded GCI Liberty options. The Company uses a zero dividend rate and the risk-free rate for Treasury Bonds with a term similar to that of the subject options.

GCI Liberty-Outstanding Awards

The following tables present the number and weighted average exercise price ("WAEP") of Awards to purchase GCI Liberty common stock granted to certain officers, employees and directors of the Company, as well as the weighted average remaining life and aggregate intrinsic value of the Awards.

	Series A
				Weighted		Aggregate
				average		intrinsic
	Awards			remaining		value
	(000's)	WAEP		life		(millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2020	604	$	48.67
Granted	507	$	67.15
Exercised	—	$	—
Forfeited/Cancelled	—	$	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2020	1,111	$	57.11	5.4	years	$	6
Exercisable at March 31, 2020	418	$	46.46	3.9	years	$	4

	Series B
				Weighted		Aggregate
				average		intrinsic
	Awards			remaining		value
	(000's)	WAEP		life		(millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2020	1,245	$	56.14
Granted	—	$	—
Exercised	—	$	—
Forfeited/Cancelled	—	$	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2020	1,245	$	56.14	2.8	years	$	5
Exercisable at March 31, 2020	1,245	$	56.14	2.8	years	$	5

There were zero options to purchase shares of GCI Liberty Series B common stock granted during the three months ended March 31, 2020. 

As of March 31, 2020, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested options and RSA/RSUs was approximately $9.1 million and $21.5 million, respectively. Such amounts will be recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations over a weighted average period of approximately 2.2 years and 2.2 years, respectively.

As of March 31, 2020, GCI Liberty had 481 thousand RSUs outstanding.

As of March 31, 2020, GCI Liberty reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding stock options approximately 1.1 million shares of GCI Liberty Series A common stock and 1.2 million shares of GCI Liberty Series B common stock.

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Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of GCI Liberty, Inc. and its controlled subsidiaries, as well as other equity securities and equity method investments (collectively, “GCI Liberty”, the “Company”, “us”, “we” and “our”). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the condensed consolidated financial statements. GCI Liberty is made up of its wholly-owned subsidiary, GCI Holdings, LLC (“GCI Holdings”), a controlling interest in Evite, Inc. (“Evite”) and non-controlling interests in Liberty Broadband Corporation ("Liberty Broadband"), Charter Communications, Inc. ("Charter"), and LendingTree, Inc. ("LendingTree"). These assets (other than GCI Holdings) were contributed by Liberty Interactive Corporation, now known as Qurate Retail, Inc. ("Qurate Retail"), in exchange for, among other things, a controlling interest in GCI Liberty, which was subsequently split-off (the "Holdco Split-Off").

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the periods presented have been included. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. Additionally, certain prior period amounts have been reclassified for comparability with current period presentation. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period.

In December 2019, Chinese officials reported a novel coronavirus outbreak (“COVID-19”). COVID-19 has since spread through China and internationally. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization assessed COVID-19 as a global pandemic, causing many countries throughout the world to take aggressive actions, including imposing travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders, closing public attractions and restaurants, and mandating social distancing practices, which has caused a significant disruption to most sectors of the economy.

COVID-19 has not had a material impact on GCI Liberty’s operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2020, however, management has increased certain estimates, including but not limited to, allowance for doubtful accounts. Other than these changes, we are not presently aware of any events or circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic that would require us to update our estimates or judgments or revise the carrying value of our assets or liabilities. Our estimates may change, however, as new events occur and additional information is obtained, and any such changes will be recognized in the consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ from estimates, and any such differences may be material to our financial statements.

The Company, through its ownership of interests in subsidiaries and other companies, is primarily engaged in providing a full range of wireless, data, video, voice, and managed services to residential customers, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions primarily in Alaska.

The Company holds investments that are accounted for using the equity method. The Company does not control the decision making process or business management practices of these affiliates. Accordingly, the Company relies on management of these affiliates to provide it with accurate financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP that the Company uses in the application of the equity method. In addition, the Company relies on audit reports that are provided by the affiliates' independent auditors on the financial statements of such affiliates. The Company is not aware, however, of any errors in or possible misstatements of the financial information provided by its equity affiliates that would have a material effect on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

GCI Liberty has entered into certain agreements with Qurate Retail and Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media") (or its subsidiary), all of which are separate, publicly traded companies, in order to govern certain relationships between the companies. None of these entities have any stock ownership, beneficial or otherwise, in the other. These agreements include an indemnification agreement, a reorganization agreement, a services agreement, a facilities sharing agreement and a tax sharing agreement.

The reorganization agreement provides for, among other things, provisions governing the relationship between GCI Liberty and Qurate Retail (for accounting purposes a related party of GCI Liberty). The tax sharing agreement provides for the allocation and indemnification of tax liabilities and benefits between Qurate Retail and GCI Liberty and other agreements related to tax matters. Pursuant to the tax sharing agreement, GCI Liberty has agreed to indemnify Qurate Retail for taxes and tax-related losses resulting from the Holdco Split-Off to the extent such taxes or tax-related losses (i) result primarily from, individually or in the aggregate, the breach of certain restrictive covenants made by GCI Liberty (applicable to actions or failures to act by GCI Liberty and its subsidiaries following the completion of the Holdco Split-Off), or (ii) result from Section 355(e) of the Internal Revenue Code applying to the Holdco Split-Off as a result of the Holdco Split-Off being part of a plan (or series of related transactions) pursuant to which one or more persons acquire, directly or indirectly, a 50-percent or greater interest (measured by vote or value) in the stock of GCI Liberty (or any successor corporation). Pursuant to the services agreement, Liberty Media provides GCI Liberty with general and administrative services including legal, tax, accounting, treasury and investor relations support. See below for a description of an amendment to the services agreement entered into in December 2019. Under the facilities sharing agreement, GCI Liberty shares office space with Liberty Media and related amenities at its corporate headquarters. GCI Liberty reimburses Liberty Media for direct, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Liberty Media in providing these services and for costs negotiated semi-annually.

Liberty Media is a related party of GCI Liberty for accounting purposes as a result of the services agreement. Under these agreements, amounts reimbursable to Liberty Media were approximately $2.2 million and $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

In addition, Qurate Retail and GCI Liberty have agreed to indemnify each other with respect to certain potential losses in respect of the HoldCo Split-Off. See note 3 for information related to the indemnification agreement.

In December 2019, the Company entered into an amendment to the services agreement with Liberty Media in connection with Liberty Media’s entry into a new employment arrangement with Gregory B. Maffei, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"). Under the amended services agreement, components of his compensation will either be paid directly to him by each of the Company, Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Liberty Broadband, and Qurate Retail (collectively, the “Service Companies”) or reimbursed to Liberty Media, in each case, based on allocations among Liberty Media and the Service Companies set forth in the amended services agreement, currently set at 14% for the Company.

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Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Using the Equity Method

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Using the Equity Method

Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Using the Equity Method

The Company has various investments accounted for using the equity method. The following table includes the Company’s carrying amount and percentage ownership of the more significant investments in affiliates at March 31, 2020 and the carrying amount at December 31, 2019:

	March 31, 2020						December 31, 2019
	Percentage ownership		Market value		Carrying amount		Carrying amount
			dollars in thousands
LendingTree (a)	26.4	%	$	631,593	$	165,446	166,465
Other	various		NA		1,119		1,178
					$	166,565	167,643
(a) Both the Company's ownership interest in LendingTree and the Company's share of LendingTree's earnings (losses) are reported on a three month lag. The market value disclosed is as of March 31, 2020.

The Company’s share of LendingTree’s earnings (losses) was $(0.8) million and $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Investment in Liberty Broadband

As of March 31, 2020, the Company has a 23.5% economic ownership interest in Liberty Broadband. Due to overlapping boards of directors and management, the Company has been deemed to have significant influence over Liberty Broadband for accounting purposes, even though the Company does not have any voting rights. The Company has elected to apply the fair value option for its investment in Liberty Broadband (Level 1) as it is believed that investors value this investment based on the trading price of Liberty Broadband. The Company recognizes changes in the fair value of its investment in Liberty Broadband in realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. Summarized financial information for Liberty Broadband is as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Current assets	$	21,022	52,133
Investment in Charter, accounted for using the equity method	12,194,726		12,194,674
Other assets	9,406		9,535
Total assets	12,225,154		12,256,342
Long-term debt	573,269		572,944
Deferred income tax liabilities	992,704		999,757
Other liabilities	12,210		15,695
Equity	10,646,971		10,667,946
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	12,225,154	12,256,342

		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2020		2019
	amounts in thousands
Revenue		$	4,104	3,458
Operating expenses, net		(11,379)		(9,659)
Operating income (loss)		(7,275)		(6,201)
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates		61,682		34,849
Gain (loss) on dilution of investment in affiliate		(59,325)		(41,403)
Other income (expense), net		(5,698)		(6,120)
Income tax benefit (expense)		2,774		4,574
Net earnings (loss)		$	(7,842)	(14,301)

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 235,799	$ 217,736
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expense (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)	69,663	68,893
Selling, general and administrative, including stock-based compensation (note 9)	92,545	116,309
Depreciation and amortization expense	63,008	67,678
Insurance proceeds	0	(2,500)
Operating costs and expenses	225,216	250,380
Operating income (loss)	10,583	(32,644)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense (including amortization of deferred loan fees)	(36,255)	(37,618)
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net (note 5)	(707)	(3,296)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net (note 3)	(833,992)	1,009,600
Tax sharing agreement	(10,533)	9,081
Other, net	2,380	2,768
Other income (expense)	(879,107)	980,535
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(868,524)	947,891
Income tax (expense) benefit	236,622	(269,405)
Net earnings (loss)	(631,902)	678,486
Less net earnings (loss) attributable to the non-controlling interests	(25)	(57)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to GCI Liberty, Inc. shareholders	$ (631,877)	$ 678,543
Basic net earnings (loss) attributable to Series A and Series B GCI Liberty, Inc. shareholders per common share (note 3) (in dollars per share)	$ (5.99)	$ 6.47
Diluted net earnings (loss) attributable to Series A and Series B GCI Liberty, Inc. shareholders per common share (note 3) (in dollars per share)	$ (5.99)	$ 6.41