Information About the Company's Operations in Different Industry Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

The following tables set forth summarized data relative to the industry segments in which the Company operated for the three month periods ended July 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):

	Subscription Fulfillment Services			Newsstand Distribution Services			Product Services and Other (Kable)			Real Estate Operations			Corporate and Other			Consolidated
Three months ended July 31, 2012 (a):
Revenues	$	13,602		$	2,339		$	3,647		$	74		$	(66	)	$	19,596

Net income (loss)		(243	)		152			127			(965	)		321			(608	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		(143	)		113			75			(564	)		168			(351	)
Interest expense (income), net (b)		527			(353	)		27			486			(360	)		327
Depreciation and amortization		736			103			61			20			36			956
Impairment of assets		-			-			-			169			-			169
EBITDA (c)	$	877		$	15		$	290		$	(854	)	$	165		$	493

Capital expenditures	$	30		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	30

Three months ended July 31, 2011 (a):
Revenues	$	16,676		$	2,347		$	2,354		$	182		$	(66	)	$	21,493

Net income (loss)		364			30			(156	)		(760	)		243			(279	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		214			48			(92	)		(444	)		126			(148	)
Interest expense (income), net (b)		583			(346	)		31			395			(278	)		385
Depreciation and amortization		1,107			137			64			20			37			1,365
EBITDA (c)	$	2,268		$	(131	)	$	(153	)	$	(789	)	$	128		$	1,323

Capital expenditures	$	487		$	41		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	528

(a)	Revenue information provided for each segment includes amounts grouped as Interest and other in the accompanying statements of operations. Corporate revenue is net of an intercompany revenue elimination.

(b)	Interest expense (income), net for Newsstand Distribution Services and Corporate and Other principally includes inter-segment interest income that is eliminated in consolidation.

(c)	The Company uses EBITDA (which the Company defines as income before net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and non-cash impairment charges) in addition to net income (loss) as a key measure of profit or loss for segment performance and evaluation purposes.

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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