Yelp halts share buybacks to pay down $100 million credit facility
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.
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Grindr ad revenue gains 44% to $25m as direct deals stay hard to win
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?
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Roku ad prices drop 12% as impressions jump 40% in Q2
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.
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Aman stays silent as Amanvari police video gains 567,000 views
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.
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FouAnalytics prices unlimited ad verification at $2 million a year
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?
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Apple ATT shifted 0.07% of apps to paid downloads, four-year study finds
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?
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Maldita.es tracked 5,600 posts in Facebook groups after 141 died at Ceuta
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?
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Trade Desk faces rivals wrapping guaranteed deals in agentic AI at 1% fees
IAB Tech Lab wrote programmatic guaranteed into its agentic specs in April 2026, and DataBeat found agentic buyers clearing 13.4% below conventional demand.
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PubMatic revenue gains 11% after three quarters of decline
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.
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Trade Desk stock drops 24% as Q3 guidance points to 12% revenue decline
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?
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Disney tests AI search on ESPN and Disney+ with limited user groups
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.
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Google Wallet balance for under-18s blocks all online and in-app payments
Prepaid Visa issued by Pathward runs in the US only, while 38 other kids Wallet markets get nothing. Can ecommerce reach money that never leaves the counter?
