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Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Venture
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Venture

(9) Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Venture

In connection with the Company's acquisition of Thomas on December 9, 2021, the Company assumed a 50% interest in Industrial Media, LLC ("IM, LLC") with the other 50% owned by Rich Media Group, LLC. IM, LLC primarily manages content creation, advertising sales, and marketing initiatives for the Industrial Engineering News brand, certain magazines, videos, website and associated electronic media products for industrial engineers. The Company’s ownership interest in the net assets of IM, LLC approximated $5.2 million. We estimated the fair value of the net assets using market approach which considered market multiples and revenue assumptions based on historical operating results (Level 3 inputs). The Company estimated a basis difference of approximately $4.2 million which is accounted for as equity method goodwill and not subject to amortization.