Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Segments, Geographical Areas [Abstract]

Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated

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



	Years Ended December 31,
	2018			2017			2016
Revenue by reportable segment:
Fax and Email Marketing	$	360,479		$	350,542		$	328,531
Voice, Backup, and Security	237,496			228,414			238,407
Cloud Services Total	597,975			578,956			566,938

Digital Media	609,374			538,939			307,463
Elimination of inter-segment revenues	(60		)	(57		)	(146		)
Total segment revenues	1,207,289			1,117,838			874,255
Corporate ⁽¹⁾	6			—			—
Total revenues	1,207,295			1,117,838			874,255

Gross profit by reportable segment:
Fax and Email Marketing	323,855			311,942			281,740
Voice, Backup, and Security	151,966			148,268			164,637
Cloud Services Total	475,821			460,210			446,377

Digital Media	530,455			485,365			280,924
Elimination of inter-segment gross profit	(60		)	(50		)	(146		)
Total segment gross profit	1,006,216			945,525			727,155
Corporate	5			—			—
Total gross profit	1,006,221			945,525			727,155

Direct costs by reportable segment ⁽²⁾:
Fax and Email Marketing	128,898			135,157			125,067
Voice, Backup, and Security	116,803			99,009			110,431
Cloud Services Total	245,701			234,166			235,498

Digital Media	489,019			437,297			230,224
Elimination of inter-segment direct costs	(60		)	(50		)	(146		)
Total segment direct costs	734,660			671,413			465,576
Corporate	27,281			28,404			19,013
Total direct costs	761,941			699,817			484,589

Operating income by reportable segment:
Fax and Email Marketing	194,957			176,785			156,673
Voice, Backup, and Security	35,163			49,259			54,206
Cloud Services Total ⁽²⁾	230,120			226,044			210,879

Digital Media	41,436			48,068			50,700
Total segment operating income	271,556			274,112			261,579
Corporate ⁽¹⁾	(27,276		)	(28,404		)	(19,013		)
Total income from operations	$	244,280		$	245,708		$	242,566

⁽¹⁾ Corporate includes costs associated with general and administrative and other expenses that are managed on a global basis and that are not directly attributable to any particular segment. In addition, the Company determined certain patent assets and related income and expenses associated with Advanced Marketing Technologies, Inc. should be reclassified from the Cloud Services segment to Corporate resulting in an increase in expenses over the prior periods.
⁽²⁾ Direct costs for each segment include 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.

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment



	2018		2017
Assets:
Cloud Services	$	1,047,245	$	1,078,577
Digital Media	1,455,620		1,317,113
Total assets from Cloud Services and Digital Media	2,502,865		2,395,690
Corporate	57,965		57,403
Total assets	$	2,560,830	$	2,453,093

	2018		2017		2016
Capital expenditures:
Cloud Services	$	13,832	$	7,031	$	6,113
Digital Media	42,547		32,564		18,633
Total capital expenditures from Cloud Services and Digital Media	56,379		39,595		24,746
Corporate	—		—		—
Total capital expenditures	$	56,379	$	39,595	$	24,746

Depreciation and amortization:
Cloud Services	$	60,754	$	68,436	$	79,533
Digital Media	122,843		93,605		42,558
Total depreciation and amortization from Cloud Services and Digital Media	183,597		162,041		122,091
Corporate	3,577		—		—
Total depreciation and amortization	$	187,174	$	162,041	$	122,091

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 markets where revenues are reported (in thousands).



	Years Ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Revenues:
United States	$	924,051	$	830,800	$	607,285
Canada	73,742		78,099		76,775
Ireland	69,291		74,430		71,340
All other countries	140,211		134,509		118,855
Total	$	1,207,295	$	1,117,838	$	874,255



	December 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	530,785	$	452,143
All other countries	62,810		80,571
Total	$	593,595	$	532,714