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GAIN FROM SETTLEMENT:
12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2016
Gain Loss From Settlement [Abstract]  
Gain Loss From Settlement [Text Block]
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GAIN FROM SETTLEMENT:
 
During 2015, the Company and its indirect subsidiaries, Kable Distribution and Palm Coast, entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with a significant customer, Heinrich Bauer (USA) LLC (“Bauer”). Kable Distribution and Bauer were parties to an ordinary course of business contract pursuant to which Kable Distribution distributed certain magazines of Bauer in return for a commission. Palm Coast and Bauer were parties to an ordinary course of business contract pursuant to which Palm Coast provided certain fulfillment services to Bauer in return for service fees. During 2014, Kable Distribution received notice that its ordinary course of business contract with Bauer, which provided Kable Distribution with a substantial amount of negative working capital liquidity, would not be renewed upon its scheduled expiration in June 2014.
 
Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, Kable Distribution agreed to eliminate the commission paid by Bauer to Kable Distribution for distribution services through expiration of the contract period at June 30, 2014 and to amend the payment procedures with respect to amounts received by Kable Distribution from wholesalers or retailers relating to the domestic sale by Kable Distribution of Bauer magazines to such wholesalers or retailers; Palm Coast agreed to reduce certain fees charged to Bauer for fulfillment services, with Bauer agreeing to extend the term of its fulfillment agreement to at least December 31, 2018; and the Company agreed to issue to Bauer 825,000 shares of common stock of the Company, with a fair market value of $4,274,000 and which represented approximately 10.3% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company following such issuance, with Bauer agreeing to not sell or transfer such shares for a period of six months. In return for such consideration, Bauer released all claims it may have had against each of Kable Distribution, Palm Coast, the Company and its related persons, other than the obligations of Kable Distribution, Palm Coast and the Company under the Settlement Agreement, the future obligations of Kable Distribution under its distribution agreement as amended by the Settlement Agreement and the future obligations of Palm Coast under its fulfillment agreement as amended by the Settlement Agreement. In particular, the Settlement Agreement transferred to Bauer all amounts and accounts receivable owing from wholesalers to Kable Distribution relating to the domestic sale by Kable Distribution of Bauer magazines, which totaled $22,626,000, and released Kable Distribution from having to pay the accounts payable owed to Bauer relating to the domestic sale by Kable Distribution of Bauer magazines other than to the extent amounts had been received by Kable Distribution or Bauer on or after May 2014 from wholesalers or retailers relating to the domestic sale by Kable Distribution of Bauer magazines to such wholesalers or retailers, which totaled $38,214,000. After considering the value of the various components of the Settlement Agreement, Kable Distribution recorded a pretax gain of $11,155,000 during 2015. As discussed in Note 2, the results of operations of Kable Distribution are included in discontinued operations in the accompanying financial statements.