Segment Information - Segment results (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
2 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 4 Months Ended | 5 Months Ended | 7 Months Ended | 8 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||||
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Jul. 31, 2021 |
Jan. 31, 2022 |
Oct. 31, 2021 |
Apr. 30, 2020 |
Jun. 11, 2021 |
Jan. 31, 2021 |
Aug. 27, 2020 |
Jan. 31, 2022 |
Jan. 31, 2022 |
Jan. 31, 2021 |
Jan. 31, 2020 |
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| Revenues | $ 139,636 | $ 108,768 | $ 273,851 | $ 427,754 | $ 514,021 | ||||||
| Operating expenses | 176,259 | 207,940 | 603,661 | 471,022 | 917,237 | ||||||
| Operating (loss) income | $ (16,513) | $ (22,400) | $ (4,355) | (36,623) | (99,172) | (329,810) | (43,268) | (403,216) | |||
| Total non-operating (expense) income | 471 | 3,476 | 1,373 | 15,591 | (5,120) | ||||||
| Interest expense, net | (16,820) | (19,960) | (168,341) | (24,272) | (429,657) | ||||||
| Reorganization items, net | 3,329,245 | $ 3,300,000 | |||||||||
| Benefit from (provision for) income taxes | (1,915) | 617 | 6,441 | 3,708 | 21,934 | (68,455) | 5,143 | (11,212) | |||
| Net (loss) income | $ (11,854) | $ 7,903 | $ (42,855) | (49,264) | (93,722) | 2,764,012 | (46,806) | (849,205) | |||
| Depreciation expense | $ 3,572 | $ 3,604 | $ 5,864 | $ 6,556 | $ 9,716 | ||||||
| Financial Designation, Predecessor and Successor [Fixed List] | Predecessor | Predecessor | Predecessor | Predecessor | Successor | Successor | Predecessor | Predecessor | |||
| Skillsoft | |||||||||||
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| Revenues | $ 101,434 | $ 72,425 | $ 196,238 | $ 215,473 | $ 362,503 | ||||||
| Operating expenses | 137,882 | 158,671 | 398,178 | 253,286 | 637,658 | ||||||
| Operating (loss) income | (36,448) | (86,246) | (201,940) | (37,813) | (275,155) | ||||||
| Depreciation expense | 1,800 | 2,000 | 2,700 | 1,800 | 5,000 | ||||||
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| Revenues | 38,202 | 36,343 | 77,613 | 79,695 | 151,518 | ||||||
| Operating expenses | 38,377 | 49,269 | 205,483 | 68,364 | 279,579 | ||||||
| Operating (loss) income | (175) | (12,926) | (127,870) | 11,331 | (128,061) | ||||||
| Depreciation expense | $ 1,800 | $ 1,600 | $ 3,100 | 2,800 | $ 4,700 | ||||||
| SumTotal | Cross Sales of SumTotal and Skillsoft Products | |||||||||||
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| Revenues | 5,000 | ||||||||||
| Global Knowledge Segment | |||||||||||
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| Revenues | 132,586 | ||||||||||
| Operating expenses | 149,372 | ||||||||||
| Operating (loss) income | (16,786) | ||||||||||
| Depreciation expense | $ 2,000 | ||||||||||
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