- Meredith Corp Reports Q4, Fiscal 2020 Losses, Sees Uptick In Traffic
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, August 13, 2020
Q4 saw a decline of 22% in revenues for the prior-year period at $611 million. The change came as a result of ad cancellations and delays due to COVID-19 and ...
- Comscore's Q2 Saw Narrowed Losses, Positive EBITDA
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Comscore's revenue fell 8%, despite growth in TV and addressable TV, due to the pandemic's impacts. Cost cuts helped boost EBITDA. ...
- Nielsen Q2 Revenues Sink 8% Due To COVID-19 Pandemic, Slower Declines Expected
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 7, 2020
Nielsen Holdings witnessed revenues sinking 8% to $1.5 billion in Q2, in line with expectations. Nielsen expects modest declines in the coming periods -- down 2% to 4% in reven ...
- Trade Desk Q2 Revenues Sink 13%, CTV Ad Billings Grow 40%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 7, 2020
The Trade Desk continues to see strong results from CTV ad deals even as Q2 revenues declined, and after a weak Q1 has seen a 40% rise in CTV ad ...
- MDC Partners Report Organic Revenue Down 26% In Q2
MAD, Larissa Faw - Thursday, August 6, 2020
The company's revenue in Q2 was $259.7 million, down 28% from a year ago. ...
- Discovery's U.S. Ad Revenues Down 14%, Global Ad Revenue Sinks 37%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 5, 2020
David Zaslav, president-CEO of Discovery, told analysts in an earnings call the worst was over for the company. ...
- Apple Unfazed By Pandemic, Posts $59.7 Billion In Quarterly Revs
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, July 31, 2020
The strong earnings came a day after CEO Tim Cook and other tech leaders were forced to defend their businesses during a hearing hosted by the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommit ...
- Alphabet Beats Earnings Expectations, Driven By Gradual Improvements In Its Ad Business
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 30, 2020
Alphabet saw improvement in its ad business and strong growth in Google Cloud and Other Revenues, coming in with revenue at $38.30 billion for the three months ending June ...
- NBCUniversal Revenue Sinks 25% In Q2, With Big Ad Declines For Cable, Broadcast
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 30, 2020
Broadcast revenue declined 1.6% to $2.4 billion, with ad revenue down 28%. Cable network revenue overall was down 15%. ...
- Google Forecast To Report Better-Than-Expected Results From Search: Merkle
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Merkle on Tuesday will release its Q2 2020 Digital Marketing Report. Its digital marketing forecast estimates the market fared much better than most anticipated. "The big story for the quarter ...
- Suppose They Gave A Boycott And Nobody From The Long Tail Came?
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, July 27, 2020
Don't be shocked to see Facebook's advertising results expand, not contract, when it releases its Q2 earnings on Wednesday. In the middle of a pandemic. Amid an advertising boycott by ...
- Twitter Confirms Subscription Test Amid Ad Slump
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, July 23, 2020
Code-named "Gryphon," the platform is being created in close collaboration with Twitter's Payments and Twitter.com team. ...
- Analysts: Netflix Set To Report Another Strong Subscriber Quarter
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, July 16, 2020
Projections for overall subscriber adds range from 9 million to 5 million for the quarter, as the streaming surge driven by shelter-at-home continued to yield growth for Netflix around the ...
- Facebook Brand Trust Is Expensive To Rebuild
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 2, 2020
At issue is not only the brands' trust in Facebook, but consumers' trust that brands will do what is ethically and morally correct. ...
- Adobe, Yext Partner To Increase Search Knowledge
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, June 4, 2020
Yext recently became the first search technology partner to join the Adobe Exchange program as a premiere partner. This partnership brings Yext Answers to more businesses and organizations worldwide. ...
- Visa Identifies Behavioral Changes In Consumer Spending
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 1, 2020
As the cashless economy moved online in Q1, overall U.S. payments through Visa transactions fell 19%, debit fell 6% and credit fell 31% through April 28, 2020, as many expected, ...
- Rental Car Behemoth Hertz Latest To File For Bankruptcy
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, May 24, 2020
Just prior to the pandemic, Hertz launched a campaign themed the "Extra Mile," celebrating people who go the extra mile for families and friends. ...
- TV Station Groups See Massive Early Q2 Ad Declines Of 35% To 40%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 15, 2020
Major TV station groups are witnessing sharp ad declines of around 35% to 40% a month and a half into Q2 due to COVID-19, according to recent earnings calls with ...
- Meredith Corp. Delays Release Of Earnings Report Amid 'Challenging' Environment
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, May 12, 2020
In an SEC filing, the company says it has experienced "significant advertising campaign cancellations and delays, which have negatively impacted our projections of future income." ...
- ViacomCBS to Rebrand CBS All Access, Expand YouTube TV Distribution Deal
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, May 7, 2020
The company is adding a wealth of existing content from Paramount and IP from across its portfolio to All Access before a summer rebranding, followed by taking it international. YouTube ...
- Murdoch: Upfront May Not Be 'Singular' Market, Local Q2 TV Ads Down 50%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 7, 2020
The upfront ad market may come in a piecemeal fashion for TV networks, says Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch. "We don't see a virtual, singular upfront as the right thing ...
- Roku Q1 Revenue Up 55%, 'Higher Than Normal' Ad Cancellations in March
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 7, 2020
"We anticipate that our ad business will deliver substantial revenue growth on a year-over-year basis," Roku said --" albeit at a slower pace and lower gross profit than we originally ...
- Pinterest Q1 Revenues Rise, U.S. Monthly Users Increase 6%
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
For the quarter ended March 31, revenue reached $272 million, which was up 35%, year-over-year, while global monthly active users (MAUs) grew 26% to 367 million. ...
- Shopify Q1 Revenue Leaps 47%, Shows Linking Online, Offline Data Will Change Advertising
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Shopify highlighted a significant boost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscription Solutions revenue rose 34% to $187.6 million, primarily driven by monthly recurring revenue and from the increase in the ...
- AMC Networks' Q1 Ad Revenue Sinks 11%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
In somewhat better news, distribution revenues from pay TV providers were down 6% to $354 million. Streaming services posted mostly flat revenues. ...
- Disney Sees 'Significant' Decline In Q1 TV Advertising, Cancels Dividend
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Disney cancelled its dividend and saw a 90% drop in net income and a "significant" decline in TV advertising in its Q1 reporting period. Net income from continuing operations dropped ...
- Disney's Wildest Ride: The Future Of Theme Parks, Movies, Sports TV
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Of the three big businesses, Disney's biggest revenue generator is its theme parks. How does re-opening work in a COVID-19 world? What happens if if the NFL and college football ...
- MSG Networks Sports Taps Social, Content To Offset Declines Amidst NBA, NHL Pause
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, May 4, 2020
To offset declines, MSG Networks has supplemented game content with insights and interviews from key players and participants. The focus has turned to content that enables viewers to stay connected ...
- Altice USA Says 'Relief' Coming To Sports TV Subscribers, Q1 Broadband Revenues Higher
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 1, 2020
Altice says it had initial discussions with major sports networks focused not only on consumers getting relief, but on Altice getting relief in terms of the carriage fees it pays ...
- WPP Releases Mark Read's Pay
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, May 1, 2020
"Campaign" is reporting on WPP releasing details of Mark Read's salary. The holding company's boss earned GBP2.6m last year. During 2019 the company's suffered a drop in net sales of ...
