Goodwill and Amortizable Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Amortizable Intangible Assets

The Company has goodwill as well as certain amortizable intangible assets consisting of data acquisition costs, a member list, content, core technology and other intangible assets related to the purchase of a website domain name. Amortization of the intangible assets is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated lives of the assets, which are six years for the member list and three years for the content, core technology, data acquisition costs and other intangible assets.

Amortizable intangible assets as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were as follows:



	Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount		Weighted-Average Remaining Amortization Period (in years)
June 30, 2015
Member list	$	1,670	$	534	$	1,136	4.1
Content	140		90		50		1.1
Core technology	110		70		40		1.1
Data acquisition costs	1,864		988		876		1.5
Other intangible assets	300		133		167		1.7
Total amortizable intangible assets	$	4,084	$	1,815	$	2,269



	Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount		Weighted-Average Remaining Amortization Period (in years)
December 31, 2014
Member list	$	1,670	$	394	$	1,276	4.6
Content	140		66		74		1.6
Core technology	110		52		58		1.6
Data acquisition costs	3,488		2,358		1,130		1.2
Other intangible assets	300		83		217		2.2
Total amortizable intangible assets	$	5,708	$	2,953	$	2,755

Amortization expense for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 was approximately $313 and $444, respectively. Amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 was approximately $692 and $873, respectively.

The Company’s recorded goodwill balance at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was $1,145.

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The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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