MTN Group sees revenue, subscriber growth in Q1
The Pan-African mobile operator announced its Q1 financial results today, saying it now has 297 million customers in the 16 markets in which it operates.
results
WPP’s Q1 results dip, tariffs not expected to directly impact the network
WPP’s Q1 results met expectations amid macroeconomic challenges and new business timing. CEO Mark Read expects similar conditions in Q2, with improvement in the second half, noting tariffs will affect clients and the broader economy.
Netflix Q1 results top expectations as streamer stops reporting subscriber counts
Netflix Q1 revenue rose 12.5% to $10.54B, with EPS at $6.61 and a 31.7% operating margin. The streamer will no longer report subscriber counts, shifting focus to financials and engagement.
Google claims news is worthless to its ad business after test involving 1% of search results in eight EU markets
Google has reported the results of an experiment it ran which removed news from search results for 1% of users for 2.5 months in eight* markets in Europe — claiming the results show that news is essentially worthless to Google’s ad business.
A new era for community and brand experience: Motherland OMNi partners with Kasie FM
Motherland OMNi and Kasie FM have joined forces to create impactful campaigns that deliver real results for your brand and directly benefit the vibrant communities of Ekurhuleni.
‘This is gold’: Million & Change campaign producing results
Well over 130 000 individuals (cell number based) have entered, each of them answering an average of 12 questions. That’s a total number of 1 500 000 answers to our questions, and thus over 1.5 million discrete entries that we are working with. This is staggering.
AI overviews hit publisher traffic hard, study finds
Research suggests that they are a big problem for publishers reliant on traffic from search engines, as that click-through from search results – whether paid or organic – drop sharply.
LinkedIn takes on TikTok with new vertical video features
With video uploads increasing by 36% year-over-year, the business-to-business social platform is testing a new full-screen vertical video display for users on both mobile and web, as well as video analytics tools and enhanced video search results.
Are people clicking links in ChatGPT search? Brands Say yesse
Brands report anecdotal evidence that users are clicking links in ChatGPT and Google Gemini search results, driving traffic and sales.
How generative AI’s role will evolve in 2025 as marketers probe its utility
Following a year of backlash to AI-generated ads, marketers are calling attention to back-of-house functions that are results-focused — and less subject to outcry.