Ziff Davis writes off $54.8m on health media as ad revenue drops 6%
Gaming advertiser retention fell to 81.6% from 93.7%, and revenue per technology advertiser dropped 11% to $113,267. Buyers face a thinner premium supply pool.
Gaming advertiser retention fell to 81.6% from 93.7%, and revenue per technology advertiser dropped 11% to $113,267. Buyers face a thinner premium supply pool.
Restaurant and retail ad revenue fell 10% to $102 million while other revenue nearly doubled to $33 million. Repurchases resume in 2027, with $339 million left.
Ads supplied 18% of second-quarter revenue and $48m in the first half, but management guides that share back near 15% in 2027. Does the dollar base still grow?
Advertising revenue still climbed 25% to $673 million, with third-party DSPs buying nearly three-quarters of in-stream video. Fox closes the deal in H1 2027.
Reviewer paid over $5,000 a night and was turned away at the gate by security. Creator channels now carry brand exposure that media budgets cannot buy back.
Wire crossed 36 minutes after Nielsen agreed to buy DoubleVerify for $2.15 billion. Flat pricing targets vendors paid per impression measured. Who blinks first?
Developers held on to ad revenue instead: linked-data disclosures among surviving apps rose from 10.4% to 24.1% by 2025. What do privacy rules actually change?
Coordination jumped to WhatsApp on July 27, where private groups sit outside DSA scope while Facebook remains a designated VLOP. Who polices the handover point?
IAB Tech Lab wrote programmatic guaranteed into its agentic specs in April 2026, and DataBeat found agentic buyers clearing 13.4% below conventional demand.
Emerging AI revenue nearly doubled to 15% of sales, mobile app grew over 40%, and CFO Steve Pantelick will retire. Q3 guidance now implies a sequential dip.
Revenue reached $715 million, up 3%, while CPG and autos supply a quarter of platform spend. Q3 guidance assumes no macro recovery. Where does growth restart?
Natural language, voice input and suggested prompts reach a small subset of users. Advertisers face a discovery layer they cannot yet target, buy or measure.