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Revenue, Performance Obligation, Payment Terms, Period

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time, classified as current.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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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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Period in which remaining performance obligation is expected to be recognized as revenue, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Revenue Recognition (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Revenue Recognition (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Contract assets		$ 0	$ 0
Revenue recognized		$ 47,200,000	50,500,000	$ 111,400,000
One-time retroactive adjustment			$ 20,800,000
Maximum limit of unpaid customer receivables	$ 125,000,000
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2026-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue recognition period		1 year
Advertising
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Payment terms		30 days
Advertising \| Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2026-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue recognition period		1 year
Distribution \| Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2026-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue recognition period		1 year