CuriosityStream Inc. Segments Disclosure
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 51,134 | $ | 56,889 | |||||||
Less: | |||||||||||
| Content amortization | 19,130 | 22,905 | |||||||||
| Other cost of revenues | 6,233 | 12,648 | |||||||||
| Advertising and marketing | 14,434 | 17,390 | |||||||||
| Payroll and related | 10,515 | 12,186 | |||||||||
| Other general and administrative | 14,155 | 17,261 | |||||||||
| Impairment of content assets | — | 18,970 | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 64,467 | 101,360 | |||||||||
| Operating loss | (13,333) | (44,471) | |||||||||
| Other segment items* | $ | 524.00 | $ | (3,919.00) | |||||||
| Loss before income taxes | $ | (12,809) | $ | (48,390) | |||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | 132 | $ | 506 | |||||||
| Net loss | $ | (12,941) | $ | (48,896) | |||||||
* Other segment items include changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities, interest and other income, and equity method investment loss. See the consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the Company’s operating segment. | |||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | $ | 33,457 | 65 | % | $ | 31,978 | 56 | % | |||||||||||||||
| International | 17,677 | 35 | % | 24,911 | 44 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 51,134 | 100 | % | $ | 56,889 | 100 | % | |||||||||||||||
About Segments Disclosures
Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.
Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.