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Intangible Assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Schedule of Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

	As of July 31,				As of April 30,
	2017		2016		2017
Intangible assets with indefinite lives:
Brands and trademarks	$132,042		$137,339		$135,061
Content and publishing rights	90,113		84,976		84,173
	$222,155		$222,315		$219,234
Net intangible assets with determinable lives:
Content and publishing rights	$424,105		$429,826		$421,597
Customer relationships	168,639		164,900		169,116
Brands and trademarks	17,923		13,679		17,195
Covenants not to compete	854		529		957
	$611,521		$608,934		$608,865
Total	$833,676		$831,249		$828,099

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Tabular disclosure of the carrying value of intangible assets, excluding goodwill, in total and by major class. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of the company.

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