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Note 10 - Disclosure of Credit Risk of Financial Instruments with Off-balance Sheet Risk | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements |
Concentration Risk of Financial Instruments with Off-balance Sheet Risk [Text Block] |
Note 10 - Disclosure of Credit Risk of Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk:
Other than EAM and the Value Line Funds as explained in Note 3 - Related Party Transactions, a single customer accounted for a significant portion of the Company's sales in fiscal 2019, 2018 or 2017, and its accounts receivable as of April 30, 2019 or 2018. During the twelve months ended April 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, 20.5%, 17.7% and 10.3%, respectively, of total publishing revenues were derived from a single customer as explained in Note 17 - Concentration.

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