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SECOND QUARTER 2025 RESULTS Q2 2025 quarterly revenues increased 9.8% to $352.2 million compared to $320.8 million for Q2 2024. Income from operations increased 17.2% to $33.5 million compared to $28.6 million for Q2 2024. Net income (1) decreased to $26.3 million compared to $36.9 million for Q2 2024. Net income per diluted share (1) decreased to $0.62 in Q2 2025 compared to $0.77 for Q2 2024. Adjusted EBITDA (2) for the quarter increased 11.8% to $107.7 million compared to $96.3 million for Q2 2024. Adjusted net income (2) decreased to $51.6 million compared to $53.7 million for Q2 2024. Adjusted net income per diluted share (1)(2) (or “Adjusted diluted EPS”) for the quarter increased 5.1% to $1.24 compared to $1.18 for Q2 2024. Net cash provided by operating activities was $57.1 million in Q2 2025 compared to $50.6 million in Q2 2024. Free cash flow (2) was $26.9 million in Q2 2025 compared to $25.1 million in Q2 2024. Ziff Davis deployed approximately $11.4 million for current and prior year acquisitions during the quarter and $33.9 million related to share repurchases in Q2 2025.

Ziff Davis just reported their "strongest quarterly revenue growth since 2021," up 9.8% to $352.2M, with gaming and entertainment up 7.5% YOY.

So why were 8 of our members and 23 members of @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social just laid off? bit.ly/3H0Osvb

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Currently obsessed with Grow Home 3 aka Jusant

Hops and DK Bananza have a similar nut / vine building mechanic! It’s always cool finding out we’re in a similar design space to the best teams at Nintendo.

I like that people enjoy this one. Feels nice sometimes to drop the pretense and let out my genuine wish that everyone achieve some sort of security and ability to appreciate and find joy in their idiosyncracies.

I don’t talk about video games much on the show, but I always love when I get the opportunity and this conversation with @nathangrayson.bsky.social is no exception!

It was great to get his insights on what’s happening at Microsoft and the broader troubles facing game workers.

A screenshot of the no ice in California front page bundle showing it has made $37, 630 of its $50k goal

Might be a good time to remind folks of the No ICE in California itch bundle raising funds for the immigrant defenders law center (or you can donate to them directly) itch.io/b/3110/no-ic...

I will listen to any @writnelson.bsky.social interview but this one goes especially hard!!!

Listen if your brain like a big thinky about games

anyone who got on social media after 2014 or so is under the mistaken impression that the primary goal of social media is for it to Accomplish Something while those of us who have been on since the start know the true purpose of social media is to give us a place to Post so we don't go (more) insane

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon is notorious for its poor DVD release. A year or two ago, someone sent me 4 of the home laserdiscs releases. Here's the first of four that I am uploading to the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/Teen...

The irony of ADHD at work is that they only assign ABPs / admin assistants to executives.

If I had an ABP, my reach would no longer exceed my grasp. We would chart a course to success together, lock tf in and crush every obstacle in our path

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is literally the perfect game to teach your kid 3D platforming

Still, a milestone worth celebrating. Congrats!

‼️REPOST YOUR TIKTOKS ‼️

don’t miss out on potentially finding your games audience by not repurposing your short form content on Reels and YT Shorts

gonna use my recent client @kaizengameworks.com Promise Mascot Agency as an example in the thread below ⬇️✨

**TL;DR** (2/2)

- Expect to start seeing your Shorts getting more views as early as next week (publicly and in YT Studio)

- If you use a social analytics tool that connects to your channel, the new metric won’t appear until at least April 30. For questions, contact your tool’s dev / support team

✨📈 Important YouTube data update! (1/2)

We’re changing how we count Shorts views to better align with what creators expect from other platforms. Starting March 31 we’ll count Shorts playbacks of any duration as a view, including replays/loops.

More details: support.google.com/youtube/thre...

It’s unexpectedly been one of my fave pieces of tech in years. Surprisingly fun to tinker with

40M CCU is truly wild. I am VERY curious to know how much of this is SteamOS.

Seed: 6K4H49DB

Balatro screenshot, final hand of a 4-card straight run on the ante 8 Crimson Heart blind

Balatro screenshot, game over screen, 3k short on a 100k big blind with 32 straights played

I hate this game!!

(I love this game)

First biz trip in a while this week, LA > NY! Excited to get Avowed queued up on the Steam Deck... Has anyone tried this / how does it run / any config tips?

I’ve heard that game is risky too!! Haha

I finally started playing on mobile this week and I’m in deep already. It’s concerning

YouTube video by darkwebSTREAMER darkwebSTREAMER developer livestream #2 - talk about making fresh horror games with the lead dev

darkwebSTREAMER developer livestream right meow:

gaming.youtube.com/watch?v=04ff...

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@smcmg.bsky.social

Someone make a Hardspace: Shipbreaker version of this so I can repost it

The horrors I see. Not uncommon for big studios or pubs to have multiple personal Gmails with full access. Good IT/sec depts will mandate semiannual permission audits

Nice work!

Farscape Discover Farscape, the iconic sci-fi series starring Ben Browder as John Crichton and Claudia Black as Aeryn Sun, blending live-action, digital effects, and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop puppetry. Named ...

holy shit, they're in the process of uploading all of farscape officially to YT for free. WATCH THIS SHOW, it's bonkers and fantastic!!
I cannot emphasise enough how damn good it is 😍