Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

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 March 31,
	2019			2018
Revenue by reportable segment:
Fax and Email Marketing	$	93,283		$	91,103
Voice, Backup, and Security	58,962			58,382
Cloud Services Total	152,245			149,485

Digital Media	147,683			131,161
Elimination of inter-segment revenues	(36		)	(24		)
Total segment revenues	299,892			280,622
Corporate ⁽¹⁾	1			1
Total revenues	$	299,893		$	280,623

Gross profit by reportable segment:
Fax and Email Marketing	$	78,719		$	81,954
Voice, Backup, and Security	41,043			36,530
Cloud Services Total	119,762			118,484

Digital Media	129,153			114,017
Elimination of inter-segment gross profit	(36		)	(24		)
Total segment gross profit	248,879			232,477
Corporate ⁽¹⁾	1			1
Total gross profit	$	248,880		$	232,478

Direct costs by reportable segment ⁽²⁾:
Fax and Email Marketing	$	34,102		$	33,323
Voice, Backup, and Security	27,127			28,270
Cloud Services Total	61,229			61,593

Digital Media	130,167			117,438
Elimination of inter-segment direct costs	(36		)	(24		)
Total segment direct costs	191,360			179,007
Corporate ⁽¹⁾	6,658			7,313
Total direct costs⁽²⁾	$	198,018		$	186,320

Operating income by reportable segment:
Fax and Email Marketing	$	44,617		$	48,631
Voice, Backup, and Security	13,916			8,260
Cloud Services Total	58,533			56,891

Digital Media	(1,014		)	(3,421		)
Total segment operating income	57,519			53,470
Corporate⁽¹⁾	(6,657		)	(7,312		)
Total income from operations	$	50,862		$	46,158

⁽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.
⁽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 [Table Text Block]



	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Assets:
Cloud Services	$	1,113,350	$	1,047,245
Digital Media	1,437,765		1,455,620
Total assets from Cloud Services and Digital Media	2,551,115		2,502,865
Corporate	91,798		57,965
Total assets	$	2,642,913	$	2,560,830


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019		2018
Capital expenditures:
Cloud Services	$	3,502	$	2,874
Digital Media	9,029		10,291
Total capital expenditures from Cloud Services and Digital Media	12,531		13,165
Corporate	—		—
Total capital expenditures	$	12,531	$	13,165



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019		2018
Depreciation and amortization:
Cloud Services	$	13,349	$	14,378
Digital Media	35,179		27,114
Total depreciation and amortization from Cloud Services and Digital Media	48,528		41,492
Corporate	681		1,126
Total depreciation and amortization	$	49,209	$	42,618

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,
	2019		2018
Revenues:
United States	$	231,343	$	209,076
Canada	17,053		19,622
Ireland	15,623		17,101
All other countries	35,874		34,824
	$	299,893	$	280,623



	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	573,817	$	530,785
All other countries	81,874		62,810
Total	$	655,691	$	593,595