Alma Media had a good year in 2025, even if it was not quite a great one. Revenue reached €327.1 million, up 4.6% on 2024, and the company’s preferred measure of profitability, adjusted operating profit, grew by 6.8% to €82.1 million, representing 25.1% of revenue. Earnings per share rose by 5.9% to €0.67, and the…
Grupo Televisa posted its second consecutive year of net losses in 2025, with a net loss attributable to stockholders of 8.8 billion Mexican pesos (approximately US$440m), against 8.3 billion pesos in 2024. Total revenues fell 5.4% to 58.9 billion pesos, driven almost entirely by the accelerating collapse of its satellite pay-television business. Yet the operational…
After three consecutive years of losses and a bruising write-down cycle, Vocento returned to net profit in 2025 with a result attributable to the parent of €6.7m, compared to a restated net loss of €98.9m in 2024, a figure heavily distorted by goodwill impairments and restructuring charges. Revenue reached €337.4m, a modest 1.1% increase on…
Note on figures: All financials are reported in Argentine pesos under NIC 29 (hyperinflationary economy accounting), inflation-adjusted to December 2025 values. Argentina’s annual inflation rate was 31.5% in 2025, down from 117.8% in 2024. Year-on-year comparisons must be read with caution. After two consecutive years of losses, Grupo Clarín returned to profitability in 2025 with…
Financial Performance in 2025 Lagardère posted its strongest financial results in years in 2025. Group revenue reached €9.35 billion, up 4.6% on a reported basis and 3.8% on a like-for-like basis, stripping out currency effects and acquisitions. Recurring EBIT, the group’s headline profit measure, hit a record €641 million, an 8.1% increase year-on-year. Profit attributable…
ITV’s full-year 2025 results tell the story of a broadcaster in managed decline on its traditional revenue lines but with genuine momentum on the digital side, a balance the company frames as transformation rather than contraction. Group total external revenue rose by a modest 1% to £3.51 billion, while total group revenue was flat at…
Spanish media and education group PRISA closed 2025 with broadly stable revenues but declining profitability, reflecting currency pressures, restructuring costs and the continued structural challenges facing the media sector. Group operating revenues reached €904 million in 2025, down slightly from €920 million in 2024 (–2%). Adjusted for exchange-rate effects, however, revenues actually increased by about 3%, highlighting the strong…
Sanoma’s 2025 results illustrate a company navigating two very different markets at once: a mature national media business facing structural advertising pressure and a pan-European educational publishing division benefiting from rising margins and cyclical curriculum demand. Group net sales fell 3% to €1,302.5 million, with both operating segments declining modestly. The decrease reflects a combination of…
Auddia Inc., a small Colorado-based audio technology company, ended 2025 in a position that illustrates both the promise and the fragility of emerging platforms attempting to disrupt the digital audio ecosystem. The company reported another year of substantial losses, continued reliance on external financing, and a strategic shift in its core business model, all while…
Warner Bros. Discovery entered 2025 facing the central dilemma of the modern media conglomerate: its traditional television business remains highly profitable but is shrinking quickly, while its long-term future increasingly depends on streaming and digital distribution. The company reported $37.3 billion in total revenue in 2025, down from $39.3 billion in 2024, reflecting continued contraction across the…