Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

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 as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Revenues by segment:
Business Cloud Services	$	144,709		$	142,460		$	286,254		$	280,599
Digital Media	128,474			69,385			241,605			131,794
Elimination of inter-segment revenues	(9		)	(45		)	(16		)	(91		)
Total revenues	273,174			211,800			527,843			412,302

Direct costs by segment⁽¹⁾:
Business Cloud Services	86,610			89,987			171,854			177,849
Digital Media	118,335			57,835			234,968			112,511
Direct costs by segment⁽¹⁾:	204,945			147,822			406,822			290,360

Business Cloud Services operating income⁽²⁾	58,099			52,473			114,400			102,750
Digital Media operating income	10,139			11,550			6,637			19,283
Segment operating income	68,238			64,023			121,037			122,033

Global operating costs⁽²⁾	9,678			5,078			14,502			9,750
Income from operations	$	58,560		$	58,945		$	106,535		$	112,283

⁽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⁾ 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]



	June 30, 2017		December 31, 2016
Assets:
Business Cloud Services	$	1,421,170	$	911,327
Digital Media ⁽¹⁾	1,101,684		1,124,535
Total assets from reportable segments	2,522,854		2,035,862
Corporate	4,807		26,466
Total assets	$	2,527,661	$	2,062,328
⁽¹⁾Assets of $35.5 million classified as held for sale were included within Digital Media at June 30, 2017.

	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2016
Capital expenditures:
Business Cloud Services	$	2,804	$	2,087
Digital Media	16,141		7,099
Total from reportable segments	18,945		9,186
Corporate	—		—
Total capital expenditures	$	18,945	$	9,186



	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Depreciation and amortization:
Business Cloud Services	$	17,189	$	21,251	$	33,953	$	38,752
Digital Media	22,714		9,808		45,272		19,481
Total from reportable segments	39,903		31,059		79,225		58,233
Corporate	—		—		—		—
Total depreciation and amortization	$	39,903	$	31,059	$	79,225	$	58,233

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 its Business Cloud services into three main categories based on the similarities of these services: Cloud Connect, Cloud Services and Intellectual Property. Cloud Connect consists of our Fax and Voice services. Cloud Services consist of Backup, Email Security, Email Marketing and Web Hosting.



	Three Months Ended June 30, 2017							Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
	Revenue		Depreciation and Amortization		Operating Income			Revenue		Depreciation and Amortization		Operating Income

Cloud Connect (Fax/Voice)	$	95,667	$	6,081	$	44,942		$	189,300	$	11,963	$	89,381
Cloud Services	47,763		9,847		13,375			94,476		19,382		25,791
Intellectual Property	1,279		1,261		(218		)	2,478		2,608		(772		)
Total	$	144,709	$	17,189	$	58,099		$	286,254	$	33,953	$	114,400



	Three Months Ended June 30, 2016							Six Months Ended June 30, 2016
	Revenue		Depreciation and Amortization		Operating Income			Revenue		Depreciation and Amortization		Operating Income

Cloud Connect (Fax/Voice)	$	92,858	$	7,575	$	42,574		$	183,102	$	13,145	$	83,094
Cloud Services	48,509		12,184		10,650			95,228		22,501		21,624
Intellectual Property	1,093		1,492		(751		)	2,269		3,106		(1,968		)
Total	$	142,460	$	21,251	$	52,473		$	280,599	$	38,752	$	102,750

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 June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Revenues:
United States	$	202,493	$	144,475	$	388,255	$	282,113
Canada	19,351		18,900		38,752		37,266
Ireland	18,479		18,595		36,380		36,449
All other countries	32,851		29,830		64,456		56,474
	$	273,174	$	211,800	$	527,843	$	412,302



	June 30, 2017		December 31, 2016
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	425,118	$	453,053
All other countries	93,207		93,430
Total	$	518,325	$	546,483