Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

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



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016			2015
Revenues by segment:
Business Cloud Services	$	138,139		$	118,061
Digital Media	62,409			43,257
Elimination of inter-segment revenues	(46		)	(65		)
Total revenues	200,502			161,253

Direct costs by segment⁽¹⁾:
Business Cloud Services	87,862			71,043
Digital Media	54,676			39,089
Direct costs by segment⁽¹⁾:	142,538			110,132

Business Cloud Services operating income⁽²⁾	50,277			47,018
Digital Media operating income	7,733			4,168
Segment operating income	58,010			51,186

Global operating costs⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	4,672			10,656
Income from operations	$	53,338		$	40,530

⁽¹⁾ Direct costs for each segment include cost of revenues and other operating expenses that are directly attributable to the segment, such as employee compensation expense, local sales and marketing expenses, engineering and network operations expense, depreciation and amortization and other administrative expenses.
⁽²⁾ During the first quarter 2016, the Company determined certain personnel and third-party costs were directly attributable to a particular segment. As a result, these costs were no longer classified as Global operating costs in 2016. If such costs in the prior period were classified consistent with the 2016 presentation, the operating income for Business Cloud Services segment would have been $42.0 million and Global operating costs would have been $5.6 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2015.
⁽³⁾ 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]



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Assets:
Business Cloud Services	$	1,038,792	$	1,017,676
Digital Media	393,840		427,647
Total assets from reportable segments	1,432,632		1,445,323
Corporate	339,202		338,396
Total assets	$	1,771,834	$	1,783,719

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016		2015
Capital expenditures:
Business Cloud Services	$	1,121	$	1,280
Digital Media	3,200		1,622
Total from reportable segments	4,321		2,902
Corporate	—		54
Total capital expenditures	$	4,321	$	2,956



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016		2015
Depreciation and amortization:
Business Cloud Services	$	17,502	$	14,013
Digital Media	9,672		7,080
Total from reportable segments	27,174		21,093
Corporate	—		194
Total depreciation and amortization	$	27,174	$	21,287

The Company's Business Cloud Services segment consists of several services which have similar economic characteristics, including the nature of the services and their production processes, the type of customers, as well as the methods used to distribute these services.

j2 Global groups these services into two main categories based on the similarities of these services: Cloud Connect and Other Cloud Services. Cloud Connect consists of our Fax and Voice services. Other Cloud Services consist of Backup, Email Security, Email Marketing and Web Hosting.



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2016						Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	Revenue		Depreciation and Amortization		Operating Income⁽⁴⁾		Revenue		Depreciation and Amortization		Operating Income⁽⁴⁾

Cloud Connect (Fax/Voice)	$	90,244	$	5,570	$	40,520	$	86,204	$	5,270	$	43,014
Cloud Services	47,895		11,932		9,757		31,857		8,743		4,004
Total	$	138,139	$	17,502	$	50,277	$	118,061	$	14,013	$	47,018

⁽⁴⁾ During the first quarter 2016, the Company determined certain personnel and third-party costs were directly attributable to a particular segment. As a result, these costs were no longer classified as Global operating costs in 2016. If such costs in the prior period were classified consistent with the 2016 presentation, the operating income for Cloud Connect and Other Cloud Services would have been $39.6 million and $2.4 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

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).



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016		2015
Revenues:
United States	$	137,639	$	109,032
Canada	18,366		18,139
Ireland	12,549		9,935
All other countries	31,948		24,147
	$	200,502	$	161,253



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	275,319	$	271,796
All other countries	110,929		105,477
Total	$	386,248	$	377,273