Jesse Schedeen

I had a chance to read an early copy of Star Trek: The Last Starship #1 and was immediately taken by it. Very much a Star Trek comic for 2025. It's also a great starting point if you've ever been curious about the Trek books but have no idea where to dive in.

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

South Park Feuds With White House After Season 27 Premiere Features Scathing Donald Trump Parody - IGN The minds behind South Park are feuding with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration after the long-running Comedy Central show aired an extended segment mocking the leader’s behavior and politic...

I love this for Paramount. I hope their merger goes down in flames because of it. www.ign.com/articles/sou...

An update: management has chosen not to recognize our Product, Engineering, and Humble Bundle colleagues as part of IGNCG, instead insisting on a time-consuming NLRB hearing, which took place last week.

Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.

Our NEW mission statement (we're growing). The image also features the IGNCG logo with rainbow coloration on dark blue textured background. Logo created by Julia Rago.

The IGNCG Mission statement exceeds the character limit of bsky's alt text. The first several paragraphs read: “IGN has a lot going on” might be the understatement of the century. At any given time, there are countless irons in countless fires as our teams continue to deliver multi-award winning original coverage of games, film and television, technology and more in both written and video spaces. This fact, as well as the awards, the prestige, and the hundreds of millions of monthly visitors, none of it exists without IGN’s incomparable staff. Together, we have navigated a pandemic, multiple entertainment strikes, massive live events seasons, surprising trailer leaks, and whatever other curveballs the multiple industries that we cover have thrown at us. Through it all we have delivered best-in-class articles, videos, guides, live-events, and more, banding together to ensure IGN remains a top player across industries. Now the IGN creative teams are banding together once more, this time to form the IGN Creators Guild. We are unionizing with the News Guild alongside our colleagues at the Ziff Davis Creators Guild, as well as other leaders in the online media space like the L.A. Times, The New Yorker, Vice, and Time. Of our many goals, we first and foremost want to see IGN grow and thrive as digital media continues to become more and more tumultuous. We have been an institution for over 25 years, and the creators of IGN want to see it continue for 25 more and beyond. But to do so, we need support. We need fair and competitive pay for all, including those who are asked to live and work in some of the most expensive cities in the United States; affordable health insurance; and better diversity, equity, and inclusion across the board. We need protection against layoffs amid a hectic media landscape, guarantees of reasonable compensation when those layoffs cannot be avoided, as well as protections against generative AI and similar technologies.

Our little union is getting a bit bigger!

Today, we proposed the addition of our product, engineering, and Humble Bundle folks into our unit.

Join us in welcoming our peers and asking IGN Entertainment Inc. management to voluntarily recognize their addition into our union!

Congrats!

About damned time.

I can already tell NIN's Tron: Ares score is probably going to be my album of the year.

The price/availability of a Switch 2 is the least of my concerns in 2025, but at least it's getting the right people upset. Some of them are still bending over backwards to make Nintendo the villain. Hopefully for others this is the wakeup call they desperately need.

I enjoyed talking with @ssnyder1835.bsky.social and @nickdragotta.bsky.social about all things Absolute Batman, which is easily my favorite DC series at the moment.

Following today's vet appointment, my dog is officially down to zero teeth. Coincidentally, I'm now down to zero money.

Ugh. I've never been more ashamed to be an American than I am right now. Just utterly pathetic.

Tom Brady Wears $740,000 Watch as He Makes His Super Bowl Announcing Debut Tom Brady arrived for his commentary debut at the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday, Feb. 9 with a major piece of bling on his wrist.

Celebrities have the absolute worst taste in watches. people.com/tom-brady-we...

Thanks for the heads-up.

At what point does it become possible to arrest him for this? Because it sure feels like he's crossed a threshold by now.

This is the difference between Trump 1 and Trump 2. First time around, all his cronies were named stuff like Joey Macaroni and wanted to commit tax fraud and go on Dancing With The Stars. This time, they have names like John Hitlerfuhrer and have spent the last 15 years blogging about phrenology.

Text graphic: What can I, a concerned ally, do to help trans people? A list of actionable allyship. Turn your good vibes into good praxis. Adapted from a piece posted on shardsofblue.com/blog on Dec. 12, 2024. Watermark: @ShardsOfBlue

"I'm a Concerned Ally™, what can I do to help trans people?"

A thread of actionable allyship (now in both graphic and article form) ⬇️

Marvel's New Star Wars Series to Explore the New Republic Era - IGN Marvel Comics will relaunch its flagship Star Wars series in May 2025, with the book exploring how Luke, Han, and Leia fought to establish the New Republic after the events of Return of the Jedi.

The book I've been wanting them to announce for years finally exists! www.ign.com/articles/mar...

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I said it eight years ago and I’ll say it again. #NotMyPresident

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File this under "horrifying but necessary read."

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