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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2019
Segment Information [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment information is as follows:
|  | For the Years Ended April 30, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | 937,313 |  |  | $ | 934,395 |  |  | $ | 853,489 |
Publishing |  |  | 574,192 |  |  |  | 617,648 |  |  |  | 633,449 |
Solutions |  |  | 288,564 |  |  |  | 244,060 |  |  |  | 231,592 |
Total Revenue |  | $ | 1,800,069 |  |  | $ | 1,796,103 |  |  | $ | 1,718,530 |
Contribution to Profit (1): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | 258,875 |  |  | $ | 271,326 |  |  | $ | 250,648 |
Publishing |  |  | 118,901 |  |  |  | 121,639 |  |  |  | 124,531 |
Solutions |  |  | 14,967 |  |  |  | 22,099 |  |  |  | 14,822 |
Total Contribution to Profit |  | $ | 392,743 |  |  | $ | 415,064 |  |  | $ | 390,001 |
Corporate Expenses |  |  | (168,754 | ) |  |  | (183,603 | ) |  |  | (178,531 | )
Operating Income |  | $ | 223,989 |  |  | $ | 231,461 |  |  | $ | 211,470 |
(1) Due to the retrospective adoption of ASU 2017-07, total net benefits (costs) of $8.1 million and $(5.3) million related to the non-service components of defined benefit and other post-employment benefit plans were reclassified from Operating and Administrative Expenses to Interest Income and Other for the years ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Refer to Note 2, "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Recently Issued, and Recently Adopted Accounting Standards," for more information. The impact of the reclassification on Contribution to Profit by segment for the year ended April 30, 2018 was $4.2 million in Research, $2.3 million in Publishing, and $1.6 million in Corporate expenses. The impact of the reclassification on Contribution to Profit by segment for the year ended April 30, 2017 was $1.6 million in Research, $1.2 million in Publishing, and $(8.1) million in Corporate expenses. See Note 3, “Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers,” for revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type for the years ended April 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017.
Total Revenue by Product/Service and Total Assets, Expenditure for Long-Lived Assets and Depreciation and Amortization by Segment |
|  | For the Years Ended April 30, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Total Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | 1,152,973 |  |  | $ | 1,238,178 |  |  | $ | 1,133,846 |
Publishing |  |  | 643,549 |  |  |  | 575,033 |  |  |  | 582,339 |
Solutions |  |  | 751,854 |  |  |  | 563,489 |  |  |  | 575,068 |
Corporate |  |  | 388,626 |  |  |  | 462,751 |  |  |  | 314,964 |
Total |  | $ | 2,937,002 |  |  | $ | 2,839,451 |  |  | $ | 2,606,217 |
Product Development Spending and Additions to Technology, Property and Equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | (6,457 | ) |  | $ | (7,538 | ) |  | $ | (154,189 | )
Publishing |  |  | (19,712 | ) |  |  | (23,666 | ) |  |  | (29,420 | )
Solutions |  |  | (9,001 | ) |  |  | (16,786 | ) |  |  | (21,210 | )
Corporate |  |  | (66,423 | ) |  |  | (102,738 | ) |  |  | (98,608 | )
Total |  | $ | (101,593 | ) |  | $ | (150,728 | ) |  | $ | (303,427 | )
Depreciation and Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | 37,088 |  |  | $ | 33,655 |  |  | $ | 29,330 |
Publishing |  |  | 33,892 |  |  |  | 39,495 |  |  |  | 43,831 |
Solutions |  |  | 34,300 |  |  |  | 27,703 |  |  |  | 26,792 |
Corporate |  |  | 55,875 |  |  |  | 53,136 |  |  |  | 56,608 |
Total |  | $ | 161,155 |  |  | $ | 153,989 |  |  | $ | 156,561 |
Revenue from External Customers Based on Location of The Customer and Technology, Property and Equipment by Geographical Area | Revenue from external customers is based on the location of the customer and Technology, Property and Equipment, Net by geographic area were as follows:
|  | Revenue, net |  |  | Technology, Property and Equipment, Net |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
United States |  | $ | 932,927 |  |  | $ | 913,852 |  |  | $ | 786,574 |  |  | $ | 252,459 |  |  | $ | 249,542 |  |  | $ | 208,572 |
United Kingdom |  |  | 150,242 |  |  |  | 147,406 |  |  |  | 189,479 |  |  |  | 18,331 |  |  |  | 20,955 |  |  |  | 21,368 |
Germany |  |  | 97,505 |  |  |  | 98,404 |  |  |  | 75,090 |  |  |  | 8,423 |  |  |  | 9,259 |  |  |  | 8,770 |
Japan |  |  | 77,145 |  |  |  | 81,572 |  |  |  | 62,674 |  |  |  | 87 |  |  |  | 72 |  |  |  | 75 |
Australia |  |  | 77,453 |  |  |  | 78,270 |  |  |  | 66,309 |  |  |  | 1,440 |  |  |  | 1,454 |  |  |  | 591 |
China |  |  | 55,024 |  |  |  | 53,076 |  |  |  | 39,653 |  |  |  | 688 |  |  |  | 229 |  |  |  | 270 |
Canada |  |  | 50,882 |  |  |  | 55,568 |  |  |  | 50,740 |  |  |  | 2,659 |  |  |  | 3,635 |  |  |  | 1,232 |
France |  |  | 51,441 |  |  |  | 51,826 |  |  |  | 44,760 |  |  |  | 403 |  |  |  | 635 |  |  |  | 335 |
India |  |  | 36,472 |  |  |  | 41,637 |  |  |  | 34,306 |  |  |  | 1,299 |  |  |  | 1,437 |  |  |  | 245 |
Other Countries |  |  | 270,978 |  |  |  | 274,492 |  |  |  | 368,945 |  |  |  | 3,232 |  |  |  | 2,716 |  |  |  | 1,600 |
Total |  | $ | 1,800,069 |  |  | $ | 1,796,103 |  |  | $ | 1,718,530 |  |  | $ | 289,021 |  |  | $ | 289,934 |  |  | $ | 243,058 |

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