Note 12 - Operating Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Notes Tables

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

	Reportable Segments
	Traditional Business			Journal Technologies			Corporate income and expenses			Total
Three m onths ended December 31, 2017
Revenues
Advertising	$	2,116,000		$	---		$	---		$	2,116,000
Circulation		1,363,000			---			---			1,363,000
Advertising service fees and other		602,000			---			---			602,000
Licensing and maintenance fees		---			4,350,000			---			4,350,000
Consulting fees		---			995,000			---			995,000
Other public service fees		---			826,000			---			826,000
Operating expenses		4,314,000			9,383,000			---			13,697,000
Loss from operations		(233,000	)		(3,212,000	)		---			(3,445,000	)
Dividends and interest income		---			---			1,483,000			1,483,000
Gain on sale of capital asset		---			---			2,000			2,000
Other income		---			---			9,000			9,000
Interest expenses on note payable  collateralized by real estate		(24,000	)		---			---			(24,000	)
Interest expenses on margin loans		---			---			(136,000	)		(136,000	)
Pretax (loss) income		(257,000	)		(3,212,000	)		1,358,000			(2,111,000	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		(680,000	)		(2,185,000	)		19,715,000			16,850,000
Net income (loss)		(937,000	)		(5,397,000	)		21,073,000			14,739,000
Total assets		18,188,000			26,768,000			244,934,000			289,890,000
Capital expenditures		34,000			---			---			34,000
Amortization of intangible assets		---			1,062,000			---			1,062,000

	Reportable Segments
	Traditional Business			Journal Technologies			Corporate income and expenses			Total
Three months ended December 31, 2016
Revenues
Advertising	$	2,310,000		$	---		$	---		$	2,310,000
Circulation		1,449,000			---			---			1,449,000
Advertising service fees and other		638,000			---			---			638,000
Licensing and maintenance fees		---			3,966,000			---			3,966,000
Consulting fees		---			848,000			---			848,000
Other public service fees		---			779,000			---			779,000
Operating expenses		4,400,000			8,443,000			---			12,843,000
Loss from operations		(3,000	)		(2,850,000	)		---			(2,853,000	)
Dividends and interest income		---			---			1,171,000			1,171,000
Other income		15,000			---			---			15,000
Interest e xpenses on note payable  collateralized by real estate		(26,000	)		---			---			(26,000	)
Interest expenses on margin loans		---			---			(79,000	)		(79,000	)
Interest expense accrued for uncertain and unrec ognized tax benefits		---			(9,000	)		---			(9,000	)
Pretax income (loss)		(14,000	)		(2,859,000	)		1,092,000			(1,781,000	)
Income tax (expense) benefit		---			775,000			(465,000	)		310,000
Net income (l oss)		(14,000	)		(2,084,000	)		627,000			(1,471,000	)
Total assets		14,294,000			37,981,000			196,486,000			248,761,000
Capital expenditures		160,000			27,000			---			187,000
Amortization of intangible assets		---			1,224,000			---			1,224,000

Deferred Revenue, by Arrangement, Disclosure [Table Text Block]

	Beginning Bal ance		Addition		Recognized			Ending Balance
Deferred subscriptions	$	3,284,000	$	1,214,000	$	(1,363,000	)	$	3,135,000
Deferred installation contracts		5,072,000		530,000		(1,238,000	)		4,364,000
Deferred maintenance agreements and others		9,442,000		4,705,000		(4,107,000	)		10,040,000