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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2023
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill | The following table summarizes the activity in goodwill by segment as of January 31, 2023:
| April 30, 2022 (1) |  | Acquisitions (2) |  | Impairment |  | Foreign Translation Adjustment |  | January 31, 2023
Research | $ | 610,416 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (5,132) |  |  | $ | 605,284 |
Academic | 442,015 |  |  | 3,878 |  |  | (99,800) |  |  | (148) |  |  | 345,945 |
Talent | 249,711 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,314 |  |  | 252,025 |
Total | $ | 1,302,142 |  |  | $ | 3,878 |  |  | $ | (99,800) |  |  | $ | (2,966) |  |  | $ | 1,203,254 |
(1) | The Academic goodwill balance as of April 30, 2022 includes a cumulative pretax non-cash goodwill impairment of $110.0 million.
(2) | Refer to Note 3, "Acquisitions," for more information related to the acquisition that occurred in the three months ended January 31, 2023.
Intangible Assets, Net | Intangible assets, net were as follows:
| January 31, 2023 |  | April 30, 2022 ⁽¹⁾
Intangible assets with definite lives, net: |  |  |
Content and publishing rights | $ | 466,190 |  |  | $ | 499,937 |
Customer relationships | 223,156 |  |  | 242,058 |
Developed technology | 48,693 |  |  | 54,721 |
Brands and trademarks (2) | 9,301 |  |  | 16,021 |
Covenants not to compete | 323 |  |  | 393 |
Total intangible assets with definite lives, net | 747,663 |  |  | 813,130 |
Intangible assets with indefinite lives: |  |  |
Brands and trademarks | 37,000 |  |  | 37,000 |
Publishing rights | 83,604 |  |  | 81,299 |
Total intangible assets with indefinite lives | 120,604 |  |  | 118,299 |
Total intangible assets, net | $ | 868,267 |  |  | $ | 931,429 |
(1) | The developed technology balance as of April 30, 2022 is presented net of accumulated impairments and write-offs of $2.8 million. The indefinite-lived brands and trademarks as of April 30, 2022 is net of accumulated impairments of $93.1 million.
(2) | 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.

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