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Equity Method Investment Acquired, Consideration Transferred

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Feb. 27, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2018 $ / shares
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Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Subsequent event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.01
Convertible preferred stock, conversion ratio	0.001
Subsequent event \| Barstool Sports
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.0001
Subsequent event \| Barstool Sports
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership interest	36.00%
Purchase price \| $	$ 163.0
Purchase price, cash \| $	135.0
Purchase price, value of shares issued \| $	$ 28.0