Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

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

Information on reportable segments and reconciliation to consolidated income from operations is as follows (in thousands):



	Years Ended December 31,
	2013			2012		2011
Revenue by segment:
Business Cloud Services	$	390,104		$	361,684	$	330,159
Digital Media	131,146			9,712		—
Elimination of inter-segment revenues	(449		)	—		—
Total revenue	520,801			371,396		330,159

Direct costs by segment⁽¹⁾:
Business Cloud Services	191,169			174,324		165,833
Digital Media	124,413			6,823		—
Direct costs by segment⁽¹⁾:	315,582			181,147		165,833

Business Cloud Services operating income	198,935			187,360		164,326
Digital Media operating income	6,733			2,889		—
Segment operating income	205,668			190,249		164,326

Global operating costs⁽²⁾	30,245			28,087		28,376
Income from operations	$	175,423		$	162,162	$	135,950

⁽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.

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



	2013		2012
Assets:
Business Cloud Services	$	818,722	$	788,828
Digital Media	333,286		204,244
Total assets from reportable segments	1,152,008		993,072
Corporate	1,781		2,098
Total assets	$	1,153,789	$	995,170

	2013		2012		2011
Capital expenditures:
Business Cloud Services	10,979		4,240		6,320
Digital Media	6,635		380		—
Total from reportable segments	$	17,614	$	4,620	$	6,320
Corporate	1,012		441		524
Total capital expenditures	$	18,626	$	5,061	$	6,844

Depreciation and amortization:
Business Cloud Services	24,148		20,473		19,342
Digital Media	14,963		1,167		—
Total from reportable segments	$	39,111	$	21,640	$	19,342
Corporate	677		512		415
Total depreciation and amortization	$	39,788	$	22,152	$	19,757

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,
	2013		2012		2011
Revenues:
United States	$	369,507	$	233,585	$	203,153
Canada	73,130		79,656		83,066
Ireland	41,398		41,248		42,652
All other countries	36,766		16,907		1,288
Total	$	520,801	$	371,396	$	330,159



	December 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	170,247	$	105,549
All other countries	51,675		46,554
Total	$	221,922	$	152,103

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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