Christiana Sciaudone

1 week ago | amediaoperator.com | Christiana Sciaudone |Jacob Donnelly

Quantum World Congress will hold its fourth event in September on the back of raising money from the newly formed Events Venture Group and trade organizer Consumer Technology Association. The event hit profitability last year for the first time, with attendance expected to surpass 1,000 in 2025 from about 600 in 2022. Some 30 countries will be participating, twice the number at the original gathering, said Stu Solomon, co-founder and CEO of QWC Events, which runs Quantum World Congress.

1 week ago | amediaoperator.com | Christiana Sciaudone |Jacob Donnelly

UK-based media company Citywire launched a new AI-powered tool, “Ask Citywire,” to drive better insights on its readership, “crucial” data points for advertisers. “We can see what questions people are asking and that just gives us another layer of knowledge about what our readers are interested in,” Richard Lander, director at Citywire, told AMO.

1 week ago | amediaoperator.com | Christiana Sciaudone |Jacob Donnelly

The Arena Group reported a second straight quarter of profit for the final period of 2024. The publishers of TheStreet and Men’s Journal saw revenue for the year dip 12% to $126 million. Some noteworthy figures include:Quarterly revenue from continuing operations was $36.2 million, up 8% sequentially compared to Q3 2024. Income from continuing operations was $7.2 million, or $0.15 per diluted share for Q4 2024, compared to $4.8 million, or $0.13 per diluted share in Q3 2024.

1 week ago | amediaoperator.com | Christiana Sciaudone |Jacob Donnelly

Informa TechTarget reported a flat year in revenue for 2024 with expectations for a “Foundation Year” in 2025—but also one with no revenue growth. It also delayed the full filing of its full year results to on or before April 29. The B2B media company re-confirmed a revenue range for 2024 of between $285 million and $295 million, with pro forma revenue expected to be $490 million to $500 million. It also expects growth in adjusted EBITDA in 2025.

1 week ago | amediaoperator.com | Christiana Sciaudone |Jacob Donnelly

John Garrett had expected good revenue growth for 2025. Given the ongoing geopolitical pandemonium, however, he’s now anticipating a flat year, which really isn’t so bad considering 90% of his sales comes from print news. Community Impact is a collection of about 40 free community newspapers distributed by U.S. mail once a month in the state of Texas.