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SEGMENT INFORMATION: (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of information by business segment | The following table presents information by business segment (dollars in thousands):
|  | For the three months ended
|  | June 30,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Revenues: |  |  |  |
LiveRamp |  | $ | 62,458 |  |  | $ | 46,757 |
Acxiom Marketing Solutions |  | 164,502 |  |  | 165,757 |
Total segment revenues |  | $ | 226,960 |  |  | $ | 212,514 |
Gross profit(1): |  |  |  |  |  |
LiveRamp |  | $ | 44,200 |  |  | $ | 28,229 |
Acxiom Marketing Solutions |  | 73,174 |  |  | 77,864 |
Total segment gross profit |  | $ | 117,374 |  |  | $ | 106,093 |
Income (loss) from operations(1): |  |  |  |  |  |
LiveRamp |  | $ | 9,203 |  |  | $ | (97 | )
Acxiom Marketing Solutions |  | 47,458 |  |  | 48,374 |
Total segment income from operations |  | $ | 56,661 |  |  | $ | 48,277 |
(1) Gross profit and income from operations reflect only the direct and allocable controllable costs of each segment and do not include allocations of corporate expenses (primarily general and administrative expenses) and gains, losses, and other items, net. Additionally, segment gross profit and income from operations do not include non-cash stock compensation expense and purchased intangible asset amortization.
Reconciliation of total operating segment gross profit to total gross profit and total operating segment income from operations to loss from operations | The following table reconciles total segment gross profit to gross profit and total operating segment income from operations to income from operations (dollars in thousands):
|  | For the three months ended
|  | June 30,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Total segment gross profit |  | $ | 117,374 |  |  | $ | 106,093 |
Less: |  |  |  |
Purchased intangible asset amortization |  | 6,054 |  |  | 5,966 |
Non-cash stock compensation |  | 1,631 |  |  | 1,573 |
Gross profit |  | $ | 109,689 |  |  | $ | 98,554 |
Total segment income from operations |  | $ | 56,661 |  |  | $ | 48,277 |
Less: |  |  |  |
Corporate expenses (principally general and administrative) |  | 27,840 |  |  | 25,966 |
Separation and transformation costs included in general and administrative |  | 6,822 |  |  | 7,119 |
Gains, losses and other items, net |  | 1,286 |  |  | (98 | )
Purchased intangible asset amortization |  | 6,054 |  |  | 5,966 |
Non-cash stock compensation |  | 20,360 |  |  | 15,031 |
Loss from operations |  | $ | (5,701 | ) |  | $ | (5,707 | )

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