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Segment Information | 6 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2024
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | SEGMENT INFORMATION The Company categorizes its businesses into four reportable segments: Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution, Education Solutions, Entertainment and International. •Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution operates as an integrated business which includes the publication and distribution of children’s books, ebooks, media and interactive products primarily in the United States through its school reading events business, which includes the book clubs and book fairs channels, and through the trade channel. This segment is comprised of two operating segments. •Education Solutions includes the publication and distribution to schools and libraries of children’s books, classroom magazines, print and digital supplemental and core classroom materials and related support services, and print and online reference and non-fiction products for grades pre-kindergarten to 12 in the United States. This segment is comprised of one operating segment. •Entertainment includes the development, production, distribution and licensing of children and family film and television content. This segment is comprised of one operating segment. •International includes the publication and distribution of products and services outside the United States by the Company’s international operations and its export businesses. This segment is comprised of three operating segments. The following table sets forth the Company's revenue and operating income (loss) by segment for the periods indicated:
| Three months ended | Six months ended
| November 30, | November 30,
| 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Children's Book Publishing and Distribution (1) | $ | 367.0 |  |  | $ | 392.4 |  |  | $ | 472.4 |  |  | $ | 494.8 |  |
Education Solutions |  | 71.2 |  |  |  | 81.0 |  |  |  | 126.9 |  |  |  | 147.0 |  |
Entertainment (1) |  | 16.8 |  |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 33.4 |  |  |  | 0.8 |  |
International |  | 86.7 |  |  |  | 86.5 |  |  |  | 143.5 |  |  |  | 143.7 |  |
Overhead (2) |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | 2.3 |  |  |  | 5.6 |  |  |  | 4.8 |  |
Total | $ | 544.6 |  |  | $ | 562.6 |  |  | $ | 781.8 |  |  | $ | 791.1 |  |
Operating income (loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Children's Book Publishing and Distribution (1) | $ | 102.1 |  |  | $ | 111.6 |  |  | $ | 65.5 |  |  | $ | 70.6 |  |
Education Solutions |  | (0.5) |  |  |  | 5.8 |  |  |  | (17.5) |  |  |  | (12.9) |  |
Entertainment (1) |  | (4.7) |  |  |  | (0.8) |  |  |  | (5.2) |  |  |  | (1.3) |  |
International |  | 5.7 |  |  |  | 8.0 |  |  |  | (2.6) |  |  |  | (0.2) |  |
Overhead (2) |  | (27.9) |  |  |  | (23.3) |  |  |  | (54.0) |  |  |  | (54.0) |  |
Total | $ | 74.7 |  |  | $ | 101.3 |  |  | $ | (13.8) |  |  | $ | 2.2 |  |
(1) The newly formed Entertainment segment includes the operations of SEI, which were included in the Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution segment in prior periods, and 9 Story. The financial results for SEI for the three and six months ended November 30, 2023 have been reclassified to Entertainment to reflect this change. (2) Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to segments, including expenses and costs related to the management of corporate assets and rental income related to leased space in the Company's headquarters.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 22 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-22 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-15 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-31 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -Subparagraph (d) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-32 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-42 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -Subparagraph (f) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-32 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-40 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//280/tableOfContent Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-26 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-34 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-41 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (a) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-21 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (b) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-21 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -Subparagraph (e) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-32 + Details
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