Segment Information
The Company identifies a business as an operating segment if: (i) it engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses; (ii) its operating results are regularly reviewed by the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (who is the Company’s CODM) to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance; and (iii) it has available discrete financial information.
In the third quarter of 2025, the Company revised its operating segments to align with how the CODM manages the business, and as a result, the Company has determined it has one reportable segment. The segment is evaluated regularly on a consolidated basis by the Company’s CODM in assessing performance and allocating resources. The Company’s CODM uses adjusted operating profit (loss) to allocate resources during the annual budgeting and forecasting process and to assess the Company’s performance. Adjusted operating profit is defined as operating profit before depreciation and amortization, severance, multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs and special items. Adjusted operating profit is presented below, along with a reconciliation to income before taxes. Asset information is not a measure of performance used by the Company’s CODM. Accordingly, we have not disclosed asset information.
The following table presents segment information with respect to the Company’s single operating segment for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025, December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
(In thousands)December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024(1)
December 31, 2023(1)
Revenues
Subscription$1,950,778 $1,788,207 $1,656,153 
Advertising565,993 506,311 505,206 
Affiliate, licensing and other308,147 291,401 264,793 
Total revenues
$2,824,918 $2,585,919 $2,426,152 
Less:
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)$1,389,713 $1,309,514 $1,249,061 
Sales and marketing307,084 278,425 260,227 
Product development264,347 248,198 228,804 
Adjusted general and administrative(2)
313,638 294,380 298,209 
Total adjusted operating profit
$550,136 $455,402 $389,851 
Less:
Other components of net periodic benefit costs/(income)18,557 4,158 (2,737)
Depreciation and amortization85,007 82,936 86,115 
Severance9,454 7,512 7,582 
Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs4,972 6,038 5,248 
Generative AI Litigation Costs13,321 10,800 — 
Impairment charges2,858 — 15,239 
Multiemployer pension plan liability adjustments2,967 (2,980)(605)
Add:
Gain from joint ventures — 2,477 
Interest income and other, net38,256 36,485 21,102 
Income before income taxes$451,256 $383,423 $302,588 
(1)Prior periods presented have been recast to conform to the current presentation. See Note 1 for additional information.
(2)Excludes severance and multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 27, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 27, 2025
2023Feb 20, 2024
2022Feb 28, 2023
2021Feb 23, 2022
2020Feb 25, 2021
2019Feb 27, 2020
2018Feb 26, 2019
2017Feb 27, 2018
2016Feb 22, 2017
2015Feb 24, 2016

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.