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Segment Information
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information
NOTE 12. SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company manages and reports its businesses in the following five segments:
 
News and Information Services
—The News and Information Services segment includes the Company’s global print, digital and broadcast radio media platforms. These product offerings include the global print and digital versions of
 The Wall Street Journal
 and Barron’s Group, which includes
 Barron’s
 and MarketWatch, the Company’s suite of professional information products, including Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires, and its live journalism events. The Company also owns, among other publications,
 The Australian
,
 The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Courier Mail
 and
 The Advertiser
 in Australia,
 The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun
 and
 The Sun on Sunday
 in the U.K. and the
 New York Post
 in the U.S. This segment also includes News America Marketing, a leading provider of in-store marketing products and services, home-delivered shopper media and digital marketing solutions, including Checkout 51’s mobile app, as well as Wireless Group, operator of talkSPORT, the leading sports radio network in the U.K., and Storyful, a social media content agency.
 
Subscription Video Services
—The Company’s Subscription
Video Services segment provides video sports, entertainment and news services to
 pay-TV
 subscribers and other commercial licensees, primarily via cable, satellite and internet distribution, and consists of (i) the Company’s 65% interest in Foxtel (with the remaining 35% interest in Foxtel held by Telstra, an ASX
-
listed telecommunications company) and (ii) Australian News Channel (“ANC”). Foxtel is the largest
 pay-TV
 provider in Australia, with nearly 200 channels covering sports, general entertainment, movies, documentaries, music, children’s programming and news. Foxtel offers the leading sports programming content in Australia, with broadcast rights to live sporting events including: National Rugby League, Australian Football League, Cricket Australia, the domestic football league, the Australian Rugby Union and various motorsports programming. Foxtel also operates Foxtel Now, an
 over-the-top,
 or OTT, service and Kayo, a sports-only OTT service.
ANC operates the SKY NEWS network, Australia’s
 24-hour
 multi-channel, multi-platform news service. ANC channels are distributed throughout Australia and New Zealand and available on Foxtel and Sky Network Television NZ. ANC also owns and operates the international Australia Channel IPTV service and offers content across a variety of digital media platforms, including mobile, podcasts and social media websites.
 
 
 
 
Book Publishing
—The Book Publishing segment consists of HarperCollins, the second largest consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 17 countries and particular strengths in general fiction, nonfiction, children’s and religious publishing. HarperCollins owns more than 120 branded publishing imprints, including Harper, William Morrow, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Avon, Harlequin and Christian publishers Zondervan and Thomas Nelson, and publishes works by well-known authors such as Harper Lee, Chip and Joanna Gaines, Rick Warren, Sarah Young and Agatha Christie and popular titles such as
 The Hobbit, Goodnight Moon, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jesus Calling
and
Hillbilly Elegy
.
 
 
Digital Real Estate Services
—The Digital Real Estate Services segment consists of the Company’s 61.6% interest in REA Group and 80% interest in Move. The remaining 20% interest in Move is held by REA Group. REA Group is a market-leading digital media business specializing in property and is listed on the ASX (ASX: REA). REA Group advertises property and property-related services on its websites and mobile apps across Australia and Asia, including Australia’s leading residential, commercial and share property websites, realestate.com.au, realcommercial.com.au, Flatmates.com.au and spacely.com.au, and property portals in Asia. In addition, REA Group provides property-related data to the financial sector and financial services through an end-to-end digital property search and financing experience and a mortgage broking offering.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Move is a leading provider of online real estate services in the U.S. and primarily operates realtor.com
®
, a premier real estate information and services marketplace. Move offers real estate advertising solutions to agents and brokers, including its Connections
SM
 Plus and Advantage
SM
 Pro products as well as its Opcity performance and subscription-based services. Move also offers a number of professional software and services products, including Top Producer
®
and ListHub
TM
.
 
Other
—The Other segment consists primarily of general corporate overhead expenses, the corporate Strategy Group and costs related to the U.K. Newspaper Matters. The Company’s Strategy Group identifies new products and services across its businesses to increase revenues and profitability and targets and assesses potential acquisitions, investments and dispositions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment EBITDA is defined as revenues less operating expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses. Segment EBITDA does not include: depreciation and amortization, impairment and restructuring charges, equity losses of affiliates, interest (expense) income, net, other, net and income tax (expense) benefit. Segment EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies, since companies and investors may differ as to what items should be included in the calculation of Segment EBITDA.
Segment EBITDA is the primary measure used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker to evaluate the performance of and allocate resources within the Company’s businesses. Segment EBITDA provides management, investors and equity analysts with a measure to analyze the operating performance of each of the Company’s business segments and its enterprise value against historical data and competitors’ data, although historical results may not be indicative of future results (as operating performance is highly contingent on many factors, including customer tastes and preferences).
 
Segment information is summarized as follows:
                                 
 
For the three months
ended
December 31,
   
For the six months
ended
December 31,
 
 
2019
 
 
2018
 
 
2019
 
 
2018
 
 
(in millions)
 
Revenues:
   
     
     
     
 
News and Information Services
  $
1,241
    $
1,257
    $
2,390
    $
2,505
 
Subscription Video Services
   
501
     
562
     
1,015
     
1,127
 
Book Publishing
   
442
     
496
     
847
     
914
 
Digital Real Estate Services
   
294
     
311
     
566
     
604
 
Other
   
1
     
1
     
1
     
1
 
                                 
Total revenues
  $
2,479
    $
2,627
    $
4,819
    $
5,151
 
                                 
Segment EBITDA:
   
     
     
     
 
News and Information Services
  $
142
    $
112
    $
198
    $
221
 
Subscription Video Services
   
70
     
84
     
151
     
197
 
Book Publishing
   
63
     
88
     
112
     
156
 
Digital Real Estate Services
   
118
     
121
     
200
     
226
 
Other
   
(38
)    
(35
)    
(85
)    
(72
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
(162
)    
(163
)    
(324
)    
(326
)
Impairment and restructuring charges
   
(29
)    
(19
)    
(326
)    
(37
)
Equity losses of affiliates
   
(3
)    
(6
)    
(5
)    
(9
)
Interest expense, net
   
(8
   
(15
)    
(4
   
(31
)
Other, net
   
2
     
7
     
6
     
27
 
                                 
Income (loss) before income tax expense
   
155
     
174
     
(77
)    
352
 
Income tax expense
   
(52
   
(55
)    
(31
   
(105
)
                                 
Net income (loss)
  $
103
    $
119
    $
(108
)   $
247
 
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                 
 
As of 
December 31
, 2019
 
 
As of
June 30
, 2019
 
 
(in millions)
 
Total assets:
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
News and Information Services
  $
5,638
    $
5,482
 
Subscription Video Services
   
4,683
     
4,406
 
Book Publishing
   
2,214
     
2,074
 
Digital Real Estate Services
   
2,257
     
2,229
 
Other
(a)
   
1,165
     
1,185
 
Investments
   
325
     
335
 
Total assets
  $
16,282
    $
15,711
 
                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a)
The Other segment primarily includes Cash and cash equivalents.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                 
 
As of
December 31, 2019
 
 
As of
June 30, 2019
 
 
(in millions)
 
Goodwill and intangible assets, net:
   
     
 
News and Information Services
  $
2,338
    $
2,617
 
Subscription Video Services
   
2,552
     
2,595
 
Book Publishing
   
767
     
772
 
Digital Real Estate Services
   
1,576
     
1,589
 
                 
Total Goodwill and intangible assets, net
  $
7,233
    $
7,573