Goodwill and Intangible Assets

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill

The changes in carrying amounts of goodwill for the six months ended June 30, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):


	Digital Media		Cybersecurity and Martech		Consolidated
Balance as of January 1, 2024	$	1,016,880	$	529,185	$	1,546,065
Goodwill acquired (1)	87,347		—		87,347
Goodwill removed due to sale of businesses (2)	(3,983)		—		(3,983)



Foreign exchange translation	(1,021)		(2,138)		(3,159)
Balance as of June 30, 2024	$	1,099,223	$	527,047	$	1,626,270

(1)Goodwill recognized in connection with the acquisitions during the six months ended June 30, 2024 (see Note 3 — Business Acquisitions), which is not expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

(2)During the six months ended June 30, 2024, in a cash transaction, the Company sold an international business at Digital Media within its shopping vertical, which resulted in $4.0 million of goodwill being removed in connection with this sale.

Goodwill as of each of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 reflects accumulated impairment losses of $84.2 million in the Digital Media reportable segment. Following an impairment in 2023 to a reporting unit within the Digital Media reportable segment, there was no excess of reporting unit fair value over the carrying amount. As such, since this last impairment test, any further decrease in estimated fair value would result in an additional impairment charge to goodwill. Changes in market conditions, and key assumptions made in future quantitative assessments, including expected cash flows, competitive factors and discount rates, could negatively impact the results of future impairment testing and could result in the recognition of an impairment charge. As of June 30, 2024, this reporting unit had goodwill of approximately $79.2 million. Further, as of June 30, 2024, there was one other reporting unit within the Digital Media reportable segment that had goodwill of approximately $98.1 million that may be at risk of impairment. Changes in market conditions, and key assumptions made in future quantitative assessments, including expected cash flows, competitive factors and discount rates, could negatively impact the results of future impairment testing and could result in the recognition of an impairment charge. As of June 30, 2024, there were no other reporting units that have material goodwill at risk of impairment as of the most recent test date.

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

As of June 30, 2024, intangible assets subject to amortization relate primarily to the following (in thousands):


	Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Trade names and trademarks	$	351,527	$	206,765	$	144,762
Customer relationships	780,139		585,139		195,000
Other purchased intangibles	401,988		355,930		46,058
Total	$	1,533,654	$	1,147,834	$	385,820

As of December 31, 2023, intangible assets subject to amortization relate primarily to the following (in thousands):


	Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Trade names and trademarks	$	347,895	$	192,111	$	155,784
Customer relationships	692,634		555,384		137,250
Other purchased intangibles	379,703		347,331		32,372
Total	$	1,420,232	$	1,094,826	$	325,406

Amortization expense, included in ‘General, administrative, and other related costs’ in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, was approximately $27.8 million and $35.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $54.1 million and $68.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.