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Revenue Recognition | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Revenue Recognition | 12. Revenue Recognition Disaggregation of Revenue The following table provides information about disaggregated revenue by product line, geographical market and timing of revenue recognition: Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Revenue by product line: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Advertising |  | $ | 21,678,480 |  |  | $ | 9,409,031 |  |  | $ | 46,300,974 |  |  | $ | 28,788,631 |
Digital subscriptions |  |  | 7,698,359 |  |  |  | 8,469,943 |  |  |  | 22,472,951 |  |  |  | 20,096,640 |
Magazine circulation |  |  | 25,973,853 |  |  |  | 12,874,574 |  |  |  | 53,325,894 |  |  |  | 34,041,272 |
Other |  |  | 4,222,816 |  |  |  | 1,336,445 |  |  |  | 5,835,682 |  |  |  | 2,667,243 |
Total |  | $ | 59,573,508 |  |  | $ | 32,089,993 |  |  | $ | 127,935,501 |  |  | $ | 85,593,786 |
Revenue by geographical market: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 57,762,726 |  |  | $ | 29,964,150 |  |  | $ | 123,697,063 |  |  | $ | 81,295,916 |
Other |  |  | 1,810,782 |  |  |  | 2,125,843 |  |  |  | 4,238,438 |  |  |  | 4,297,870 |
Total |  | $ | 59,573,508 |  |  | $ | 32,089,993 |  |  | $ | 127,935,501 |  |  | $ | 85,593,786 |
Revenue by timing of recognition: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
At point in time |  | $ | 51,875,149 |  |  | $ | 23,620,050 |  |  | $ | 105,462,550 |  |  | $ | 65,497,146 |
Over time |  |  | 7,698,359 |  |  |  | 8,469,943 |  |  |  | 22,472,951 |  |  |  | 20,096,640 |
Total |  | $ | 59,573,508 |  |  | $ | 32,089,993 |  |  | $ | 127,935,501 |  |  | $ | 85,593,786 |
Contract Balances The timing of the Company’s performance under its various contracts often differs from the timing of the customer’s payment, which results in the recognition of a contract asset or a contract liability. A contract asset is recognized when a good or service is transferred to a customer and the Company does not have the contractual right to bill for the related performance obligations. A contract liability is recognized when consideration is received from the customer prior to the transfer of goods or services. The following table provides information about contract balances: Schedule of Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability
|  | As of |
|  | September 30, 2021 |  |  | December 31, 2020 |
Unearned revenue (short-term contract liabilities): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Digital subscriptions |  | $ | 15,708,139 |  |  | $ | 14,870,712 |
Magazine circulation |  |  | 49,244,783 |  |  |  | 46,586,345 |
Advertising and other |  |  | 6,352,733 |  |  |  | 168,619 |
|  | $ | 71,305,655 |  |  | $ | 61,625,676 |
Unearned revenue (long-term contract liabilities): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Digital subscriptions |  | $ | 1,593,724 |  |  | $ | 593,136 |
Magazine circulation |  |  | 17,444,012 |  |  |  | 22,712,961 |
Other |  |  | 170,000 |  |  |  | 192,500 |
|  | $ | 19,207,736 |  |  | $ | 23,498,597 |
Unearned Revenue – Unearned revenue, also referred to as contract liabilities, include payments received in advance of performance under the contracts and are recognized as revenue over time. The Company records contract liabilities as unearned revenue on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Digital subscription and magazine circulation revenue of $42,893,297 was recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 from unearned revenue at the beginning of the year. During January and February 2020, the Company modified certain digital and magazine subscription contracts that prospectively changed the frequency of the related issues required to be delivered on a yearly basis. The Company determined that the remaining digital content and magazines to be delivered are distinct from the digital content or magazines already provided under the original contract. As a result, the Company in effect established a new contract that included only the remaining digital content or magazines. Accordingly, the Company allocated the remaining performance obligations in the contracts as consideration from the original contract that has not yet been recognized as revenue.

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