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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2022

Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Activity in Goodwill by Segment

The following table summarizes the activity in goodwill by segment as of January 31, 2022:

		April 30, 2021 ⁽¹⁾				Acquisitions ⁽²⁾				Foreign Translation Adjustment				January 31, 2022
Research Publishing & Platforms		$	619,203			$	21,252			$	(12,443	)		$	628,012
Academic & Professional Learning			512,512				—				(8,243	)			504,269
Education Services			172,625				21,619				(561	)			193,683
Total		$	1,304,340			$	42,871			$	(21,247	)		$	1,325,964

⁽¹⁾	The Education Services goodwill balance as of April 30, 2021 includes a cumulative pretax noncash goodwill impairment of $110.0 million.

⁽²⁾	Refer to Note 3, “Acquisitions,” for more information related to the acquisitions that occurred in the nine months ended January 31, 2022.

Intangible Assets, Net

Intangible assets, net were as follows:

		January 31, 2022				April 30, 2021 ⁽¹⁾
Intangible assets with definite lives, net ^(2):
Content and publishing rights		$	522,090			$	564,229
Customer relationships			249,136				266,477
Developed technology			58,940				34,961
Brands and trademarks			17,097				19,536
Covenants not to compete			416				58
Total intangible assets with definite lives, net			847,679				885,261
Intangible assets with indefinite lives:
Brands and trademarks			37,000				37,000
Publishing rights			86,214				93,041
Total intangible assets with indefinite lives			123,214				130,041
Total intangible assets, net		$	970,893			$	1,015,302

⁽¹⁾	The developed technology balance as of April 30, 2021 is presented net of accumulated impairments and write-offs of $2.8 million. The indefinite-lived brands and trademarks as of April 30, 2021 is net of accumulated impairments of $93.1 million.

⁽²⁾	Refer to Note 3, “Acquisitions,” for more information related to the acquisitions that occurred in the nine months ended January 31, 2022.