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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2023
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill | The following table summarizes the activity in goodwill by segment as of October 31, 2023:
| April 30, 2023 (1)(2) |  | Impairment |  | Foreign Translation Adjustment |  | October 31, 2023
Research | $ | 609,729 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (15,123) |  |  | $ | 594,606 |
Learning | 486,025 |  |  | — |  |  | 886 |  |  | 486,911 |
Total excluding Held for Sale or Sold segment | 1,095,754 |  |  | — |  |  | (14,237) |  |  | 1,081,517 |
Held for Sale or Sold | 108,296 |  |  | (26,695) |  |  | (439) |  |  | 81,162 |
Total including Held for Sale or Sold segment | $ | 1,204,050 |  |  | $ | (26,695) |  |  | $ | (14,676) |  |  | $ | 1,162,679 |
(1) | The Held for Sale or Sold goodwill balance as of April 30, 2023 includes a cumulative pretax noncash goodwill impairment of $209.8 million.
(2) | In the three months ended July 31, 2023, we reorganized our segments and due to this realignment have reallocated goodwill.
Intangible Assets, Net | Intangible assets, net were as follows:
| October 31, 2023 |  | April 30, 2023 ⁽¹⁾
Intangible assets with definite lives, net: |  |  |
Content and publishing rights | $ | 439,157 |  |  | $ | 462,463 |
Customer relationships | 43,708 |  |  | 217,346 |
Developed technology | 22,751 |  |  | 45,500 |
Brands and trademarks | 6,188 |  |  | 7,281 |
Covenants not to compete | 48 |  |  | 300 |
Total intangible assets with definite lives, net | 511,852 |  |  | 732,890 |
Intangible assets with indefinite lives: |  |  |
Brands and trademarks | 37,000 |  |  | 37,000 |
Publishing rights | 81,710 |  |  | 84,904 |
Total intangible assets with indefinite lives | 118,710 |  |  | 121,904 |
Total intangible assets, net | $ | 630,562 |  |  | $ | 854,794 |
(1) | The developed technology balance as of April 30, 2023 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 is net of accumulated impairments of $93.1 million.

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