Goodwill and Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of acquired businesses over the estimated fair value of the tangible and identifiable intangible net assets acquired. The evaluation of goodwill is performed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 350, which requires an annual assessment of potential goodwill impairment at the reporting segment level. A reporting segment can be an operating segment or a business if discrete financial information is prepared and reviewed by management. The Company has three reporting segments: Research, Consulting, and Events.

The following table presents changes to the carrying amount of goodwill by reporting unit during the three months ended March 31, 2014 (in thousands):



	Research			Consulting			Events			Total
Balance, December 31, 2013 (1)	$	376,568		$	100,677		$	41,958		$	519,203
Addition due to acquisition (2)	70,936			—			—			70,936
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(306		)	(35		)	(12		)	(353		)
Balance, March 31, 2014	$	447,198		$	100,642		$	41,946		$	589,786


(1)	The Company does not have any accumulated goodwill impairment losses.


(2)	The goodwill resulted from the acquisition of Software Advice (see Note 1 for additional discussion). All of the recorded goodwill from the Software Advice acquisition has been included in the Research segment.

Amortizable Intangible Assets

The following tables present reconciliations of the carrying amounts of amortizable intangible assets as of the dates indicated (in thousands):



March 31, 2014	Trade Name			Customer Relationships			Content			Software			Non-Compete			Total
Gross cost, December 31, 2013	$	6,023		10,146			3,496			2,143			$	—		21,808
Additions due to acquisition (1)	875			17,065			—			800			10,950			29,690
Foreign currency translation adjustments	—			39			—			—			—			39
Gross cost	6,898			27,250			3,496			2,943			10,950			51,537
Accumulated amortization (2)	(5,153		)	(8,719		)	(1,607		)	(1,320		)	(201		)	(17,000		)
Balance, March 31, 2014	$	1,745		$	18,531		$	1,889		$	1,623		$	10,749		$	34,537



December 31, 2013	Trade Name			Customer Relationships			Content			Software			Total
Gross cost	$	6,023		$	10,146		$	3,496		$	2,143		$	21,808
Accumulated amortization (2)	(4,817		)	(8,372		)	(1,388		)	(1,124		)	(15,701		)
Balance, December 31, 2013	$	1,206		$	1,774		$	2,108		$	1,019		$	6,107


(1)	The additions are due to the acquisition of Software Advice (see Note 1 for additional discussion).


(2)	Intangible assets are being amortized against earnings over the following periods: Trade name—2 to 5 years; Customer relationships—4 to 7 years; Content—4 years; Software—3 years; Non-compete—5 years.

Aggregate amortization expense related to intangible assets was $1.3 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

The estimated future amortization expense by year from amortizable intangibles is as follows (in thousands):



2014 (remaining nine months)	$	6,420
2015	7,036
2016	5,783
2017	4,896
2018	4,668
After 2018	5,734
	$	34,537

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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