- NBCU Posts 33% Higher Q2 Ad Revenues, Olympics Still On Profitable Track
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 29, 2021
The games are estimated to have pulled at least $1.3 billion in ad revenue -- a record. ...
- Spotify: Q2 Podcast Ad Revenue Up 627%, Paid Subs Hit 165M
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, July 29, 2021
Total ad revenue was up 110%, and Spotify beat analyst expectations on the top and bottom line--but weakness in MAU growth caused its stock to dip following its earnings c ...
- How LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Biz Exceeded $1 Billion For The Quarter
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 28, 2021
The company's ad business surpassed $1 billion in revenue in Q2 2021 for the first time -- up 97% year-over-year, growing three times faster than the category. ...
- Alphabet, Microsoft Post Big Q2 Earnings
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Google's Search and Other brought in $35.8 billion, up from $21.3 billion. The number reflects a comparison to 2020 at the height of the pandemic when companies pulled back ...
- Netflix Global Subscribers Up 1.5 Million, While North American Subs Dip
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 20, 2021
The company added 3.5 million in the third quarter of this year. Analysts have been anticipating 5.5 million. ...
- AMC Entertainment's Stock Spike Could Signal Movie Growth
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 3, 2021
AMC Entertainment is on a wild stock-price ride -- up nearly 100% on Wednesday, and almost 2,000% higher since the beginning of the year. ...
- DoubleVerify Comes Off Stellar Quarter, Reports Q1 Earnings, Hires SVP
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, June 2, 2021
After DoubleVerify CEO Mark Zagorski reported Q1 earnings of $67.6 million, up 32% year-over-year, the company announced the appointment of Mimi Wotring, SVP of publisher sales and client services. ...
- More Revenue Losses For Lionsgate: Starz Grows 70% With Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 28, 2021
By 2025, Lionsgate projects Starz will hit 60 million global subscribers. ...
- Nielsen Research Chief: Field Force Not Impacted By COVID, Touts 'Proximity Visits'
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, May 17, 2021
Nielsen, which recently reported $100 million in temporary cost savings related to the pandemic, says those cuts did not explicitly impact its field force, but "included voluntary pay cuts ...
- Vizio's SmartCast Platform Grows, Ad Biz Revenues Climb
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Revenues at the Vizio Platform Plus unit -- the advertising selling and data business connected to its SmartCast platform -- grew 120% to $52.2 million. ...
- Pandemic Paradox: Nielsen Saved $100M From COVID-19 Workforce Reductions
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, May 13, 2021
The pandemic created a unique benefit to Nielsen's bottom line: $100 million in cost savings. The disclosure, made during a recent earnings call with investors and Wall Street analysts, h ...
- Sports-Centric vMVPD fuboTV More Than Doubles Q1 Revenues
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The company projects total 2021 revenue of between $520 million and $530 million, with subscribers totaling between 830,000 and 850,000. ...
- Yelp Ad Business Adds Self-Serve, Copy, Tracking, Budget Options
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Yelp on Tuesday announced several features, from ad copy guidance to budget recommendations, to help businesses take greater control over their Yelp page and ads. The features also enable advertise ...
- Tegna Sees 9% Rise In Q1 Ad Revenues; Subscriber Biz Gains 16%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 10, 2021
Tegna's OTT and streaming ad service Premion grew 40% to $145 million for the 2020 year. ...
- DSP Trade Desk Reports Big Gains, Warns Of Future Declines
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 10, 2021
The Trade Desk's Q1 revenue was $220 million for the period with net income at $22.6 million -- down 6% vs. a year ago. ...
- Comscore Posts Higher Loss In Q1, Small Revenue Gain
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 7, 2021
The loss includes a $15.3-million non-cash charge related to Comscore's January recapitalization to pay down its debt. ...
- Roku's Ad Business Up Sharply, 2.4M Active Accounts Added To Total 53.6M
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 7, 2021
"Ad spending by major agency holding companies with Roku more than doubled. ... a really strong quarter for the advertising business," said Scott Rosenberg, Roku SVP and general manager, platfo ...
- ViacomCBS Adds 6M Streaming Subs In Q1, Streaming Ad Revenue Up 62% YoY
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, May 6, 2021
In addition to paid subs, number of monthly active users for free, ad-supported Pluto TV rose 15% versus Q4 2020, to 49.5 million. ...
- Sinclair Plans D2C App For Its Bally Sports-Branded RSNs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 5, 2021
The launch will come in the first half of 2022. Sinclair estimates total 2021 revenues -- advertising and distribution revenues -- between $3.1 billion to $3.3 billion ...
- Nexstar Q1: Core Ad Revenues Slip 1.4%, Distribution Revenue Up 13%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Distribution revenues, including retransmission fees, hit $621.2 million. Total digital revenues grew 18% to $66.4 million. ...
- Amazon's Ad Business Nears $7B In Quarter As It Readies Digital NewFronts Debut
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 30, 2021
Amazon is using deep-learning models based on algorithms to improve on the sponsored product ads that serve up at the top of query pages, said Brian Olsavsky, Amazon CFO, duri ...
- Facebook Digs Deeper Into Commerce To Navigate Apple's Privacy Changes
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 29, 2021
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said on the company's earnings call this week that it's important for people to realize personalized ads can be privacy-protective. Facebook wants to facilitate more sal ...
- Apple's Revenue Up 54%, Paid Subs Hit 660M
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, April 29, 2021
In Q2, another record-breaking quarter, Apple added 40 million services subscriptions. Subscriptions leaped by 145 million over the last year. ...
- Apple Drives Billions In Revenue Through Content
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 29, 2021
During its Q1 earnings call, Apple on Wednesday reported its services group generated record revenue of $16.9 billion, thanks to offerings in App Store, cloud, music, video, advertising and paym ...
- Interpublic Turns The Corner In Q1
MAD, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Like WPP, Interpublic returned to organic-growth mode for the first time since lockdowns began just over a year ago. ...
- Microsoft's LinkedIn Reports $3 Billion In Ad Revenue For Past Year
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Microsoft said Tuesday that LinkedIn Marketing Solutions generated more than $3 billion in revenue in the past 12 months. ...
- Google, Univision Partnership Example Of Accelerated, Sustainable Growth For Everything Digital
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The 8-year partnership, which includes Google Cloud, YouTube and Search, is one reason analysts expect Univision to "smash sales records" when Alphabet reports earnings today, led by trends during COVID- ...
- Snap Q1 Revenue Soars 66%, 2021 Upfront Commitments Have Tripled
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, April 23, 2021
Snapchat's active advertiser base more than doubled YoY in Q1, and its daily active users increased by 15 million, or 22%, to 280 million. ...
- 'No Truth' To Havas Rumors, States Publicis Groupe CEO Sadoun
MAD, Larissa Faw - Thursday, April 15, 2021
In an interview with MediaPost, the Publicis Groupe chief strongly denied rumors and reports of a pending merger with Vivendi's Havas Group. ...
- iHeart Shares Jump On Analyst's Bullish Advertising Outlook
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
BofA Securities media analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich raised her rating on iHeart to "buy" from "underperform," forecasting that radio and other advertising will "come roaring back" over the next f ...
