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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Professional Fees

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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to nondeductible impairment loss.

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Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 10, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) radio_station	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment charge		$ 29,400
Disposal Group, including discontinued operation, professional fees				$ 2,500
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment charge				$ 25,900	$ 8,000
Radio \| Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of Radio Stations \| radio_station				34
Impairment charge				$ 25,900	8,000
Non-deductible charges				30,900	8,000
Stitcher \| Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment charge			$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Stitcher \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration	$ 325,000
Proceeds from Divestiture of Interest in Consolidated Subsidiaries	265,000
Stitcher \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Earnout
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Earnout	30,000
Stitcher \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Earnout Based On 2021 Financial Results
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Earnout	$ 30,000