Criteo cuts full-year guidance again as ad tech earnings split in two
Criteo cut guidance twice in three months and lost its CFO as August 5 earnings split ad tech, while a Google spam rule cost Taboola $20 million.
Criteo cut guidance twice in three months and lost its CFO as August 5 earnings split ad tech, while a Google spam rule cost Taboola $20 million.
Paying users fell 620,000 to 3.16 million while a $169.3 million writedown drove a $127.9 million net loss. Third-quarter guidance points to a thinner margin.
Constant currency ad revenue grew 0% across a $9.03 billion year while News Media ad sales fell 5%. Which publisher lines now carry the buyer relationship?
Adjusted EBITDA margin reached 37% and DV+ returned to growth at 2% after a Q1 decline. Third-quarter guidance places CTV contribution between $98m and $100m.
Revenue hit $214 million and buybacks stopped as merger terms now bind the identity vendor marketers rely on. Closing is still set for before the end of 2026.
Values marked for hashing must be hashed or encrypted before upload, and every Parquet file carries seven metadata keys. Feedback closes in early September.
World Cup streams delivered three times the ad revenue of the 2022 tournament, yet Adjusted EBITDA fell 38% to $19.1 million as Fubo lifted its guidance floor.
Revenue of $476.8 million fell $15.2 million short of the guidance floor, yet ex-TAC guidance rose $7 million at the midpoint. What did the network cleanup buy?
Adjusted EBITDA hit $1.61bn at an 84% margin, yet research spending more than doubled and cash conversion weakened. Guidance implies 46% third-quarter growth.
Opt-in creator videos will sit inside the Verts feed on Disney+, drawing on a daily pool of 6.5 million film and TV posts. Advertising terms were not disclosed.
Explorer, Expedition, Aviator and Navigator owners get 12,000 US stories via Google Play. Paid connectivity gates entry, and no ad inventory has been disclosed.
Allen Media Group now sells the publisher's inventory to brands and agencies, while commerce revenue fell 31.4%. Cost cuts have not yet landed in the results.
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Revenue hit $214 million and buybacks stopped as merger terms now bind the identity vendor marketers rely on. Closing is still set for before the end of 2026.
Values marked for hashing must be hashed or encrypted before upload, and every Parquet file carries seven metadata keys. Feedback closes in early September.
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Criteo cut guidance twice in three months and lost its CFO as August 5 earnings split ad tech, while a Google spam rule cost Taboola $20 million.
Adjusted EBITDA margin reached 37% and DV+ returned to growth at 2% after a Q1 decline. Third-quarter guidance places CTV contribution between $98m and $100m.
World Cup streams delivered three times the ad revenue of the 2022 tournament, yet Adjusted EBITDA fell 38% to $19.1 million as Fubo lifted its guidance floor.
Opt-in creator videos will sit inside the Verts feed on Disney+, drawing on a daily pool of 6.5 million film and TV posts. Advertising terms were not disclosed.
Coverage reaches every measurable CTV publisher two months after Japan's YouTube-only June launch, with offline delivery first. What happens to reporting next?
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Criteo cut guidance twice in three months and lost its CFO as August 5 earnings split ad tech, while a Google spam rule cost Taboola $20 million.
Paying users fell 620,000 to 3.16 million while a $169.3 million writedown drove a $127.9 million net loss. Third-quarter guidance points to a thinner margin.
Constant currency ad revenue grew 0% across a $9.03 billion year while News Media ad sales fell 5%. Which publisher lines now carry the buyer relationship?
Revenue of $476.8 million fell $15.2 million short of the guidance floor, yet ex-TAC guidance rose $7 million at the midpoint. What did the network cleanup buy?
Adjusted EBITDA hit $1.61bn at an 84% margin, yet research spending more than doubled and cash conversion weakened. Guidance implies 46% third-quarter growth.
Allen Media Group now sells the publisher's inventory to brands and agencies, while commerce revenue fell 31.4%. Cost cuts have not yet landed in the results.
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Criteo cut guidance twice in three months and lost its CFO as August 5 earnings split ad tech, while a Google spam rule cost Taboola $20 million.
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