Accounts Payable, Net and Accrued Expenses

6 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]

(6)           Accounts Payable, Net and Accrued Expenses

Accounts payable, net and accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

	October 31,  2012		April 30, 2012
Publisher payables, net	$	74,090	$	75,982
Accrued expenses		2,650		3,527
Trade payables		2,900		2,042
Other		4,336		4,169
	$	83,976	$	85,720

Newsstand Distribution Services accounts payable are net of estimated magazine returns of $77,628,000 and $66,384,000 at October 31, 2012 and April 30, 2012.