Bumble cuts first-half marketing spend 39% to $56 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.
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Advertising drops to 15% of News Corp revenue as digital reaches 61%
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?
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Magnite lifts 2026 growth guidance to 13-14% as CTV gains 36%
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.
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LiveRamp faces August 17 vote on Publicis buyout at $38.50 a share
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.
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IAB Tech Lab sets September 4 deadline for comment on clean room data rules
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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Fubo ad revenue drops to $108.9 million in its World Cup quarter
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.
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Google policy cuts $20 million from Taboola's second-half profit
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?
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AppLovin revenue growth slows to 53% as Q3 margin guidance drops to 83%
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.
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TikTok creators gain Disney film assets in Disney+ content-sharing deal
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.
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Autio gains dashboard placement in five Ford and Lincoln models
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.
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BuzzFeed loses $11.8 million as ad revenue falls 23% in Q2
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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Nielsen ONE Ads gains all measurable CTV inventory in Japan
Coverage reaches every measurable CTV publisher two months after Japan's YouTube-only June launch, with offline delivery first. What happens to reporting next?
