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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information by Segment | The tables below present information about the Company’s reportable segments for the years ended December 31 (in thousands).
| Research |  | Conferences |  | Consulting |  | Consolidated
2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 3,602,892 |  |  | $ | 120,140 |  |  | $ | 376,371 |  |  | $ | 4,099,403 |
Gross contribution | 2,597,852 |  |  | 57,302 |  |  | 115,744 |  |  | 2,770,898 |
Corporate and other expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2,280,748) |
Operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 490,150 |
2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 3,374,548 |  |  | $ | 476,869 |  |  | $ | 393,904 |  |  | $ | 4,245,321 |
Gross contribution | $ | 2,351,720 |  |  | $ | 241,757 |  |  | $ | 118,450 |  |  | $ | 2,711,927 |
Corporate and other expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (2,341,840) |
Operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 370,087 |
| Research |  | Conferences |  | Consulting |  | Other (1) |  | Consolidated
2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 3,105,764 |  |  | $ | 410,461 |  |  | $ | 353,667 |  |  | $ | 105,562 |  |  | $ | 3,975,454 |
Gross contribution | 2,144,097 |  |  | 207,260 |  |  | 102,541 |  |  | 65,075 |  |  | 2,518,973 |
Corporate and other expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2,259,258) |
Operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 259,715 |
(1) During 2018, the Company divested all of the non-core businesses that comprised its Other segment and moved a small residual product from the Other segment into the Research business and, as a result, no operating activity has been recorded in the Other segment in 2019 or 2020. Note 2 — Acquisitions and Divestitures provides additional information regarding the Company’s 2018 divestitures.
Schedule of Reconciliation of Segment Gross Contribution to Net Income | The table below provides a reconciliation of total segment gross contribution to net income for the years ended December 31 (in thousands).
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Total segment gross contribution |  | $ | 2,770,898 |  |  | $ | 2,711,927 |  |  | $ | 2,518,973 |
Costs and expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of services and product development - unallocated (1) |  | 16,519 |  |  | 17,174 |  |  | 12,319 |
Selling, general and administrative |  | 2,038,963 |  |  | 2,103,424 |  |  | 1,884,141 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 218,984 |  |  | 211,779 |  |  | 255,601 |
Acquisition and integration charges |  | 6,282 |  |  | 9,463 |  |  | 107,197 |
Operating income |  | 490,150 |  |  | 370,087 |  |  | 259,715 |
Interest expense and other, net |  | (119,203) |  |  | (92,273) |  |  | (124,041) |
(Loss) gain from divested operations |  | — |  |  | (2,075) |  |  | 45,447 |
Loss on extinguishment of debt |  | (44,814) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Less: Provision for income taxes |  | 59,388 |  |  | 42,449 |  |  | 58,665 |
Net income |  | $ | 266,745 |  |  | $ | 233,290 |  |  | $ | 122,456 |
(1)The unallocated amounts consist of certain bonus and fringe costs recorded in consolidated Cost of services and product development that are not allocated to segment expense. The Company’s policy is to allocate bonuses to segments at 100% of a segment employee’s target bonus. Amounts above or below 100% are absorbed by corporate.
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets by Geographical Areas | Disaggregated revenue information by reportable segment for the three years ended December 31, 2020 is presented in Note 9 — Revenue and Related Matters. Long-lived asset information by geographic location as of December 31 is summarized in the table below (in thousands).
| 2020 |  | 2019
Long-lived assets (1): |  |  |
United States and Canada | $ | 820,973 |  |  | $ | 867,974 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa | 265,782 |  |  | 242,729 |
Other International | 153,609 |  |  | 159,037 |
Total long-lived assets | $ | 1,240,364 |  |  | $ | 1,269,740 |
(1)Excludes goodwill and intangible assets for all dates.

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