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Stockholders' Equity - Schedule of Repurchase Agreements (Details)

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Stockholders' Equity - Schedule of Repurchase Agreements (Details) - USD ($)
shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Sep. 30, 2014
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Common stock repurchased (in shares) 432,616 570,056
Common stock repurchased, value $ 1,646,798 $ 2,006,013
Common Stock [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Common stock repurchased (in shares) 0  
Common stock repurchased, value $ 0  
Common Stock [Member] | Open Market And Privately Negotiated Repurchases [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Common stock repurchased (in shares) [1] 432,616 273,436
Common stock repurchased, value [1] $ 1,646,798 $ 909,609
Common Stock [Member] | Amended October 2013 Share Repurchase Program [Member] | Liberty Media [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Common stock repurchased (in shares) [2] 0 92,889
Common stock repurchased, value [2] $ 0 $ 340,000
Common Stock [Member] | May 2014 ASR Agreement [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Common stock repurchased (in shares) [3] 0 151,846
Common stock repurchased, value [3] $ 0 $ 506,404
Common Stock [Member] | August 2014 ASR Agreement [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Common stock repurchased (in shares) [4] 0 51,885
Common stock repurchased, value [4] $ 0 $ 250,000
[1] As of September 30, 2015, $25,104 of common stock repurchases had not settled, nor been retired, and were recorded as Treasury stock within our unaudited consolidated balance sheets and unaudited consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity.
[2] On April 25, 2014, we completed the final purchase installment under an agreement with Liberty Media.
[3] In May 2014, we entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the “May 2014 ASR Agreement”) under which we prepaid $600,000 to a third-party financial institution to repurchase our common stock. Under the May 2014 ASR Agreement, we received 151,846 shares of our common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 which were retired upon receipt and the counterparty returned to us $93,596 for the unused portion of the original prepayment.
[4] In August 2014, we entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the “August 2014 ASR Agreement”) under which we prepaid $250,000 to a third-party financial institution to repurchase our common stock. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we received 51,885 shares of our common stock that were retired upon receipt and an additional 19,432 shares of our common stock were received and retired in October 2014.