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Related Party Transaction, Terms, Market Price Threshold, Per Share

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
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-Section 50
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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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-Topic 850
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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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Related Party Transactions (Details) $ / shares in Units, CAD in Thousands			1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May. 06, 2013 $ / shares	May. 06, 2013 CAD d	Nov. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2013 CAD	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2014
Trapeze Media Limited \| Union Advertising Canada LC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired								100.00%
Former Chief Executive Officer [Member] \| Services fees and incentive awards [Domain]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party					$ 8,825,000	$ 13,592,000	$ 15,992,000
Former Chief Executive Officer [Member] \| Special Bonus
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party		CAD 10,000	$ 9,649,000	CAD 10,000
Market price threshold, per share \| $ / shares	$ 30
Market price threshold, minimum number of days \| d		20
Former Chief Executive Officer [Member] \| Expense Reimbursement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party					1,877,000
Former Chief Executive Officer [Member] \| Bonus Repayment [Domain]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party					10,582,000
Aircraft Management Company \| Use of Aircraft
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party					398,000
KBS President of Global Accounts [Member] \| Total Compensation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party					943,000
Director of Operations, Attention Partners [Member] \| Total Compensation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party					125,000
Peerage Realty Partners [Domain]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party					$ 131