Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]



	Years Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Revenue by segment:
Business Cloud Services	$	361,684	$	330,159	$	255,394
Digital Media	9,712		—		—
Total revenue	371,396		330,159		255,394

Direct costs by segment⁽¹⁾:
Business Cloud Services	174,324		165,833		124,325
Digital Media	6,823		—		—
Direct costs by segment⁽¹⁾:	181,147		165,833		124,325

Business Cloud Services operating income	187,360		164,326		131,069
Digital Media operating income	2,889		—		—
Segment operating income	190,249		164,326		131,069

Global operating costs⁽²⁾	28,087		28,376		27,146
Income from operations	$	162,162	$	135,950	$	103,923

⁽¹⁾ Direct costs for each segment include cost of revenue and other operating expenses that are directly attributable to the segment such as employee compensation expense, local sales and marketing expenses, engineering and operations, depreciation and amortization and other administrative expenses.
⁽²⁾ Global operating costs include general and administrative and other corporate expenses that are managed on a global basis and that are not directly attributable to any particular segment.



	2012		2011
Assets:
Business Cloud Services	$	788,828	$	649,189
Digital Media	204,244		—
Total assets from reportable segments	993,072		649,189
Corporate	2,098		1,982
Total assets	$	995,170	$	651,171

	2012		2011		2010
Capital expenditures:
Business Cloud Services	4,240		6,320		1,706
Digital Media	380		—		—
Total from reportable segments	$	4,620	$	6,320	$	1,706

Depreciation and amortization:
Business Cloud Services	20,473		19,342		13,274
Digital Media	1,167		—		—
Total from reportable segments	$	21,640	$	19,342	$	13,274

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]



	2012		2011
Assets:
Business Cloud Services	$	788,828	$	649,189
Digital Media	204,244		—
Total assets from reportable segments	993,072		649,189
Corporate	2,098		1,982
Total assets	$	995,170	$	651,171

	2012		2011		2010
Capital expenditures:
Business Cloud Services	4,240		6,320		1,706
Digital Media	380		—		—
Total from reportable segments	$	4,620	$	6,320	$	1,706

Depreciation and amortization:
Business Cloud Services	20,473		19,342		13,274
Digital Media	1,167		—		—
Total from reportable segments	$	21,640	$	19,342	$	13,274

Summary On Revenues And Long-Lived Assets By Geographic Areas

j2 Global maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, Japan and other countries. Geographic information about the U.S. and all other countries for the reporting periods is presented below. Such information attributes revenues based on jurisdictions where revenues are reported (in thousands).



	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Revenues:
United States	$	233,585	$	203,153	$	208,779
Canada	79,656		83,066		8,310
Ireland	41,248		42,652		38,038
All other countries	16,907		1,288		267
Total	$	371,396	$	330,159	$	255,394



	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	105,549	$	35,498
All other countries	46,554		43,436
Total	$	152,103	$	78,934

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