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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2024
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill | The following table summarizes the activity in goodwill by segment as of April 30:
| 2023(1)(2) |  | Impairment |  | Foreign Translation Adjustment |  | 2024
Research | $ | 609,729 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,440) |  |  | $ | 607,289 |
Learning | 486,025 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,946) |  |  | 484,079 |
Total excluding Held for Sale or Sold Segment | 1,095,754 |  |  | — |  |  | (4,386) |  |  | 1,091,368 |
Held for Sale or Sold | 108,296 |  |  | (108,449) |  |  | 153 |  |  | — |
Total including Held for Sale or Sold segment | $ | 1,204,050 |  |  | $ | (108,449) |  |  | $ | (4,233) |  |  | $ | 1,091,368 |
(1) | The Held for Sale or Sold goodwill balance as of April 30, 2023 includes accumulated pretax noncash goodwill impairments 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 as of April 30 were as follows:
| 2024 |  | 2023
| Cost |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Cost |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Intangible assets with definite lives, net(1): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Content and publishing rights | $ | 1,087,601 |  |  | $ | (656,342) |  |  | $ | 431,259 |  |  | $ | 1,100,463 |  |  | $ | (638,000) |  |  | $ | 462,463 |
Customer relationships | 125,521 |  |  | (85,812) |  |  | 39,709 |  |  | 407,289 |  |  | (189,943) |  |  | 217,346 |
Developed technology(2) | 44,880 |  |  | (25,358) |  |  | 19,522 |  |  | 76,154 |  |  | (30,654) |  |  | 45,500 |
Brands and trademarks(3) | 31,448 |  |  | (25,714) |  |  | 5,734 |  |  | 44,230 |  |  | (36,949) |  |  | 7,281 |
Covenants not to compete | 1,157 |  |  | (1,123) |  |  | 34 |  |  | 1,663 |  |  | (1,363) |  |  | 300 |
Total intangible assets with definite lives, net | 1,290,607 |  |  | (794,349) |  |  | 496,258 |  |  | 1,629,799 |  |  | (896,909) |  |  | 732,890 |
Intangible assets with indefinite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Brands and trademarks(2) | 37,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 37,000 |  |  | 37,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 37,000 |
Publishing rights | 82,436 |  |  | — |  |  | 82,436 |  |  | 84,904 |  |  | — |  |  | 84,904 |
Total intangible assets with indefinite lives | 119,436 |  |  | — |  |  | 119,436 |  |  | 121,904 |  |  | — |  |  | 121,904 |
Total intangible assets, net | $ | 1,410,043 |  |  | $ | (794,349) |  |  | $ | 615,694 |  |  | $ | 1,751,703 |  |  | $ | (896,909) |  |  | $ | 854,794 |
(1) | Refer to Note 4, “Acquisitions and Divestitures,” for more information related to the acquisition that occurred in the year ended April 30, 2023.
(2) | The developed technology balance as of April 30, 2024 and 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, 2024 and 2023 is net of accumulated impairments of $93.1 million.
(3) | We discontinued use of the mthree trademark that resulted in a change in the useful life and accelerated amortization expense of $4.6 million in the three months ended July 31, 2022.
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense | 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
2025 | $ | 51,283 |
2026 | 48,647 |
2027 | 44,007 |
2028 | 38,088 |
2029 | 33,467 |
Thereafter | 280,766 |
Total | $ | 496,258 |

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