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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2023
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the activity in goodwill by segment as of April 30:
| 2022(1) |  | Acquisition(2) |  | Impairment |  | Divestitures(3) |  | Foreign Translation Adjustment |  | 2023
Research | $ | 610,416 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (687) |  |  | $ | 609,729 |
Academic | 442,015 |  |  | 3,878 |  |  | (99,800) |  |  | (5,306) |  |  | (89) |  |  | 340,698 |
Talent | 249,711 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,912 |  |  | 253,623 |
Total | $ | 1,302,142 |  |  | $ | 3,878 |  |  | $ | (99,800) |  |  | $ | (5,306) |  |  | $ | 3,136 |  |  | $ | 1,204,050 |
(1) | The Academic goodwill balance as of April 30, 2022 includes a cumulative pretax noncash goodwill impairment of $110.0 million.
(2) | Refer to Note 4, “Acquisitions and Divestitures,” for more information related to the acquisition that occurred in the year ended April 30, 2023.
(3) | Represents the goodwill allocated to the disposition of Wiley's Efficient Learning test prep and advancement courses businesses. Refer to Note 4, "Acquisitions and Divestitures," for more information.
Intangible Assets, Net | Intangible assets, net as of April 30 were as follows:
| 2023 |  | 2022
| Cost |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Cost |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Intangible assets with definite lives, net(1): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Content and publishing rights | $ | 1,100,463 |  |  | $ | (638,000) |  |  | $ | 462,463 |  |  | $ | 1,099,778 |  |  | $ | (599,841) |  |  | $ | 499,937 |
Customer relationships | 407,289 |  |  | (189,943) |  |  | 217,346 |  |  | 409,097 |  |  | (167,039) |  |  | 242,058 |
Developed technology(2) | 76,154 |  |  | (30,654) |  |  | 45,500 |  |  | 72,398 |  |  | (17,677) |  |  | 54,721 |
Brands and trademarks(3) | 44,230 |  |  | (36,949) |  |  | 7,281 |  |  | 47,533 |  |  | (31,512) |  |  | 16,021 |
Covenants not to compete | 1,663 |  |  | (1,363) |  |  | 300 |  |  | 1,655 |  |  | (1,262) |  |  | 393 |
Total intangible assets with definite lives, net | 1,629,799 |  |  | (896,909) |  |  | 732,890 |  |  | 1,630,461 |  |  | (817,331) |  |  | 813,130 |
Intangible assets with indefinite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Brands and trademarks(2) | 37,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 37,000 |  |  | 37,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 37,000 |
Publishing rights | 84,904 |  |  | — |  |  | 84,904 |  |  | 81,299 |  |  | — |  |  | 81,299 |
Total intangible assets with indefinite lives | 121,904 |  |  | — |  |  | 121,904 |  |  | 118,299 |  |  | — |  |  | 118,299 |
Total intangible assets, net | $ | 1,751,703 |  |  | $ | (896,909) |  |  | $ | 854,794 |  |  | $ | 1,748,760 |  |  | $ | (817,331) |  |  | $ | 931,429 |
(1) | Refer to Note 4, “Acquisitions and Divestitures,” for more information related to the acquisitions that occurred in the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022.
(2) | The developed technology balance as of April 30, 2023 and 2022 is presented net of accumulated impairments and write-offs of $2.8 million. The indefinite-lived brands and trademarks balance as of April 30, 2023 and 2022 is net of accumulated impairments of $93.1 million.
(3) | On January 1, 2020, Wiley acquired mthree, a talent placement provider that addresses the IT skills gap by finding, training, and placing job-ready technology talent in roles with leading corporations worldwide. Its results of operations are included in our Talent segment. In late May 2022, Wiley renamed the mthree talent development solution to Wiley Edge and discontinued use of the mthree trademark during the three months ended July 31, 2022. As a result of these actions, we determined that a revision of the useful life was warranted and the intangible asset was fully amortized over its remaining useful life resulting in accelerated amortization expense of $4.6 million in the three months ended July 31, 2022.
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block] | Based on the current amount of intangible assets subject to amortization and assuming current foreign exchange rates, the estimated amortization expense for the following years are as follows:
Fiscal Year | Amount
2024 | $ | 77,287 |
2025 | 70,583 |
2026 | 68,077 |
2027 | 63,429 |
2028 | 57,347 |
Thereafter | 396,167 |
Total | $ | 732,890 |

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