Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Total Segment Operating Income to Consolidated Operating Income

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

	Years Ended December 31,
	2020		2019		2018
Revenue by reportable segment:
Fax and Martech (1)	$	386,276	$	378,444	$	360,479
Voice, Backup, Security, and CPP (1)	292,185		283,391		237,496
Cloud Services Total	678,461		661,835		597,975
Digital Media	811,360		710,511		609,374
Elimination of inter-segment revenues	(229)		(300)		(60)
Total segment revenues	1,489,592		1,372,046		1,207,289
Corporate (2)	1		8		6
Total revenues	1,489,593		1,372,054		1,207,295
Gross profit by reportable segment:
Fax and Martech (1)	320,714		318,677		311,534
Voice, Backup, Security, and CPP (1)	203,486		198,888		164,287
Cloud Services Total	524,200		517,565		475,821
Digital Media	733,887		617,458		530,455
Elimination of inter-segment gross profit	(229)		(300)		(60)
Total segment gross profit	1,257,858		1,134,723		1,006,216
Corporate (2)	(47)		8		5
Total gross profit	1,257,811		1,134,731		1,006,221
Direct costs by reportable segment (3):
Fax and Martech (1)(4)	116,923		119,574		125,963
Voice, Backup, Security, and CPP (1)(4)	158,074		150,451		113,666
Cloud Services Total	274,997		270,025		239,629
Digital Media (4)	594,807		540,193		483,167
Elimination of inter-segment direct costs	(229)		(300)		(60)
Total segment direct costs	869,575		809,918		722,736
Corporate (2)	53,625		47,733		39,205
Total direct costs (3)	923,200		857,651		761,941
Operating income by reportable segment:
Fax and Martech	203,791		199,103		185,571
Voice, Backup, Security, and CPP	45,412		48,437		50,621
Cloud Services Total	249,203		247,540		236,192
Digital Media	139,080		77,265		47,288
Total segment operating income	388,283		324,805		283,480
Corporate (2)	(53,672)		(47,725)		(39,200)
Total income from operations	$	334,611	$	277,080	$	244,280
(1) The Company reclassified certain intercompany revenue and expenses in 2019 and 2018 for Cloud Services in order to better align with a stand-alone presentation.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) Table above has been recast to remove the impact of certain expenses associated with the Corporate entity that were previously allocated to the Cloud Services and Digital Media businesses.

Total Assets, Capital Expenditures, Depreciation and Amortization

The CODM does not use Balance Sheet and Cash Flow information in connection with operating and investment decisions other than as presented for Cloud Services and Digital Media. Accordingly, the following segment information is presented for Cloud Services and Digital Media.

	2020		2019
Assets:
Cloud Services	$	1,473,398	$	1,466,969
Digital Media	2,088,397		1,561,024
Total assets from Cloud Services and Digital Media	3,561,795		3,027,993
Corporate	103,536		477,853
Total assets	$	3,665,331	$	3,505,846
	2020		2019		2018
Capital expenditures:
Cloud Services	$	32,859	$	21,826	$	13,832
Digital Media	59,693		48,736		42,547
Total capital expenditures from Cloud Services and Digital Media	92,552		70,562		56,379
Corporate	—		26		—
Total capital expenditures	$	92,552	$	70,588	$	56,379
Depreciation and amortization:
Cloud Services	$	79,754	$	80,970	$	60,754
Digital Media	145,321		148,575		122,843
Total depreciation and amortization from Cloud Services and Digital Media	225,075		229,545		183,597
Corporate	3,662		2,487		3,577
Total depreciation and amortization	$	228,737	$	232,032	$	187,174

Revenues and Long-lived Assets by Geographic Information

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,
	2020		2019		2018
Revenues:
United States	$	1,215,281	$	1,100,298	$	924,051
Canada	70,073		67,518		73,742
Ireland	55,917		59,009		69,291
All other countries	148,322		145,229		140,211
Total	$	1,489,593	$	1,372,054	$	1,207,295

	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	918,125	$	701,580
All other countries	54,073		76,927
Total	$	972,198	$	778,507