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INTANGIBLE ASSETS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consist of the following at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

 

      6/30/13     12/31/12  
 Amortizing intangible assets:              
     Loyalty partner relationships  8 years   $ 13,800,000     $ -  
     Merchant relationships  5 years     4,570,000       -  
     Technology  3 years     1,666,399       1,666,399  
     Non-compete agreements  2 years     1,531,801       1,241,801  
     Internally developed software  4 years     550,000       -  
     Customer database  4 years     220,000       -  
        19,338,200       2,908,200  
     Accumulated amortization       (836,364 )     (155,226 )
        18,501,836       2,752,947  
 SkyMall tradename       7,170,000       -  
 Goodwill       141,568,726       -  
       $ 170,240,562      $ 2,752,974  

 

On September 24, 2012, the Company acquired certain intellectual property it intends to incorporate into its social network product.  The agreements contained various covenants by the sellers, including with respect to certain sellers, non-compete agreements.  As consideration for the intellectual property and non-compete agreements, the Company issued 727,050 of its common shares to the sellers with a deemed value of $2,908,200. Amortization of the technology asset will commence once the social network is ready for its intended use.

 

Amortization expense was $563,031 and $718,257 for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013, respectively.  No amortization expense was recorded for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012.

 

Future expected amortization expense for each of the five succeeding calendar years and thereafter is:

 

Year   Amount  
 2013   $ 1,948,192  
 2014     4,018,892  
 2015     3,463,841  
 2016     3,249,350  
 2017     2,758,271  
 Thereafter     6,413,289  
    $ 21,851,835