Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

The following table presents the goodwill activity for the periods presented (in thousands):

The following table presents the detail of other intangible assets for the periods presented (dollars in thousands):



	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Weighted- Average Remaining Life ⁽¹⁾
June 30, 2016:
Customer and subscriber relationships	$	226,500	$	(81,792	)	$	144,708	2.5 years
Developed technology	173,192		(118,744		)	54,448		1.0 year
Content ⁽²⁾	98,000		(52,675		)	45,325		1.9 years
Patents	63,128		(12,884		)	50,244		8.8 years
Other intangible assets	13,434		(12,217		)	1,217		2.8 years
Total	$	574,254	$	(278,312	)	$	295,942	3.2 years
December 31, 2015:
Customer and subscriber relationships	$	226,100	$	(46,139	)	$	179,961	2.9 years
Developed technology	165,187		(88,361		)	76,826		1.4 years
Content ⁽²⁾	98,000		(30,625		)	67,375		2.4 years
Patents	56,878		(10,120		)	46,758		9.5 years
Other intangible assets	13,434		(11,267		)	2,167		1.4 years
Total	$	559,599	$	(186,512	)	$	373,087	3.2 years

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(1)	The weighted-average remaining life of other intangible assets excludes the impact of $0.8 million in indefinite-lived intangible assets, which consists of domain names, as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.


(2)	The amortization method for the content intangible asset is 50% the first year, 30% the second year, and 20% in the third year. The remaining definite-lived intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method.

Estimated amortization expense of intangible assets for future periods as of June 30, 2016, is as follows (in thousands):