Accounts Payable, Net and Accrued Expenses

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

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):

	January 31,  2013		April 30, 2012
Publisher payables, net	$	71,572	$	75,982
Accrued expenses		4,398		3,527
Trade payables		1,595		2,042
Other		4,056		4,169
	$	81,621	$	85,720

Newsstand Distribution Services accounts payable are net of estimated magazine returns of $74,182,000 and $66,384,000 at January 31, 2013 and April 30, 2012.