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Segment Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2019
Segment Information [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment information is as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended January 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended January 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 (1) |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 (1) |
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | 226,353 |  |  | $ | 223,489 |  |  | $ | 679,990 |  |  | $ | 675,986 |
Publishing |  |  | 145,635 |  |  |  | 170,244 |  |  |  | 428,055 |  |  |  | 466,507 |
Solutions |  |  | 77,379 |  |  |  | 61,942 |  |  |  | 200,845 |  |  |  | 176,357 |
Total Revenue |  | $ | 449,367 |  |  | $ | 455,675 |  |  | $ | 1,308,890 |  |  | $ | 1,318,850 |
Contribution to Profit: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | 60,532 |  |  | $ | 58,253 |  |  | $ | 176,565 |  |  | $ | 188,861 |
Publishing |  |  | 33,706 |  |  |  | 47,895 |  |  |  | 86,881 |  |  |  | 94,278 |
Solutions |  |  | (3,427 | ) |  |  | 6,403 |  |  |  | 6,846 |  |  |  | 11,744 |
Total Contribution to Profit (1) |  | $ | 90,811 |  |  | $ | 112,551 |  |  | $ | 270,292 |  |  | $ | 294,883 |
Corporate Expenses |  |  | (40,465 | ) |  |  | (47,157 | ) |  |  | (126,331 | ) |  |  | (136,131 | )
Operating Income (1) |  | $ | 50,346 |  |  | $ | 65,394 |  |  | $ | 143,961 |  |  | $ | 158,752 |
(1) | Due to the retrospective adoption of ASU 2017-07, total net benefits of $2.0 million and $6.0 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 three and nine months ended January 31, 2018, respectively. Refer to Note 2, "Recent Accounting Standards," in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information. The impact of the reclassification on Contribution to Profit by segment for the three months ended January 31, 2018 was $1.0 million in Research, $0.6 million in Publishing, and $0.4 million in Corporate expenses. The impact of the reclassification on Contribution to Profit by segment for the nine months ended January 31, 2018 was $3.1 million in Research, $1.7 million in Publishing, and $1.2 million in Corporate expenses.

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