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Ziff Davis issues updates as a vertically focused digital media and internet company with brands across technology, shopping, gaming and entertainment, health and wellness, cybersecurity, martech, and connectivity intelligence. Company news commonly covers operating results, investor conference activity, portfolio strategy, and financial presentation across continuing and discontinued operations.
Recurring brand-level developments include IPVanish and VIPRE consumer security products, RetailMeNot savings and cash-back programs, Everyday Health Group and Castle Connolly health information and provider-recognition programs, and Ookla connectivity intelligence brands such as Speedtest, Downdetector, Ekahau, and RootMetrics.
Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) reported Q1 2026 results: total revenues $267.6M (down 1.9% YoY) and operating income $2.9M (down 79.7% YoY). The company classified its Connectivity business as discontinued and entered a definitive agreement to sell it.
Key metrics: Adjusted EBITDA $63.4M, adjusted diluted EPS $0.73, net cash from operations $30.0M, and $51.6M of share repurchases; fiscal 2026 guidance is deferred.
Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) will participate in the J.P. Morgan 54th Annual Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference on May 18, 2026 at 8:25 am ET at The Westin Boston Seaport District.
The company will offer a webcast accessible via the event link provided for investors and analysts.
Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) will release First Quarter 2026 earnings on May 7, 2026 at 6:00PM ET and host a live audio webcast for the earnings call on May 8, 2026 at 8:30AM ET with CEO Vivek Shah and CFO Bret Richter.
Materials and an archived recording will be posted at ziffdavis.com. The company said it will classify its Connectivity division results as discontinued operations beginning Q1 2026 following a definitive agreement to sell that division to Accenture.
IPVanish (ZD) launched Threat Protection Pro on March 30, 2026, adding always-on, multi-layered threat defense for Windows and macOS.
Powered by VIPRE technology with 25+ years of threat intelligence, features include real-time page/file analysis, malicious download quarantine, ad/tracker blocking, network threat monitoring (Windows), and continuous protection even when VPN is off.
RetailMeNot (NYSE:ZD) launches its fourth annual Spring Savecation travel event from March 5-9, 2026, offering curated travel deals and stackable cash back from major brands.
Highlights include a new Guaranteed Cash Back program available at over 4,000 retailers plus partner offers (Expedia, Gap, Puma, Ray-Ban, Ulta, Samsonite, VRBO and more). Deals are accessible via RetailMeNot.com/travel, the mobile app, or browser extension while supplies last.
Castle Connolly released its 2026 Top Hospitals list on March 4, 2026, recognizing 1,663 hospitals for overall excellence and strong performance across six specialties and 19 procedures.
Thirty-eight hospitals earned Gold Standard Top Hospitals status, placing them among the top 1% nationwide. The methodology combines recent all‑payor outcomes data with Castle Connolly's Top Doctors evaluations.
Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) entered a definitive agreement to sell its Connectivity division to Accenture for $1.2 billion in cash, subject to closing adjustments and taxes. Connectivity generated $231 million in 2025 revenue, about 16% of Ziff Davis total revenue.
Transaction is expected to close in the coming months pending customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals; Connectivity results will be reported as discontinued operations beginning Q1 fiscal 2026.
Fidium (ZD) reported more than 250 top performance rankings in Ookla Speedtest Intelligence® for Q3–Q4 2025, with wins across 10 states. Key metrics include 215 lowest median multi-server latency, 171 fastest upload, 28 markets with first place in download, upload and latency, and 41 markets delivering single-digit median latency.
The company says it has invested $1.9 billion since 2020 and that nearly 70% of its footprint is served by fiber in 2026; multi-gig tiers up to 8 Gig begin rolling out in April in select markets.
RetailMeNot (ZD) launched a Guaranteed Cash Back program on Feb. 25, 2026, offering a minimum 1% cash back at more than 4,000 retailers and maintaining live offers from over 10,000 merchants. The program allows cash back to be stacked with active promo codes, and newly added merchants are funded directly by the company as part of the firm's 20th anniversary expansion.
The initiative aims to provide consistent, always-on savings and reduce checkout unpredictability by creating a dependable baseline reward across categories where cash back was previously limited.
Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) reported Q4 and full-year 2025 results: FY revenue $1.45B (+3.5%), Adjusted EBITDA $495.1M (+0.3%), and free cash flow $287.9M. Q4 net income fell to $0.4M due to a $58.0M pre-tax loss on sale and equity-method losses. The company repurchased $173.8M of stock in 2025 and will defer fiscal 2026 guidance while exploring strategic divestitures.