Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States that owns 5 consumer brands across 2 categories, and has 4 recorded transactions.[1][2]
Ziff Davis published computer magazines from the 1980s, went through bankruptcy and several owners, and rebuilt itself as a digital media and internet services group. It now owns several of the technology sites that replaced the magazines it used to print.
Read from Ziff Davis's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
Our consolidated revenues are currently generated primarily from five reportable segments: (1) Technology & Shopping, (2) Gaming & Entertainment, (3) Health & Wellness, (collectively, our "Digital Media Businesses"), (4) Connectivity, and (5) Cybersecurity & Martech.
Headline figures from Ziff Davis's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2020–2025.
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.45bn | $183.1m | 12.6% | $47.4m | $3.66bn | $717.8m | 10-K | |
| $1.4bn | $113.6m | 8.1% | $63m | $3.7bn | $864.3m | 10-K | |
| $1.36bn | $132.6m | 9.7% | $41.5m | $3.47bn | $1bn | 10-K | |
| $1.39bn | $198.9m | 14.3% | $63.8m | $3.53bn | $999.1m | 10-K | |
| — | $167.3m | — | $496.7m | $3.77bn | $1.04bn | 10-K | |
| — | $138.3m | — | $150.7m | $3.67bn | $1.18bn | 10-K |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Ziff Davis acquired CNET from Red Ventures. CNET was among the first technology news sites, was owned by CBS for over a decade, and had drawn criticism shortly before the sale for publishing articles generated by artificial intelligence without labelling them clearly. Press reports put the price near $100 million; neither party disclosed a figure.
Ziff Davis acquired Mashable, which had been started by a nineteen-year-old in Scotland, grown into a large digital publisher, and sold in 2017 for a fraction of its peak valuation. Neither party disclosed the price.
Ziff Davis acquired Humble Bundle, which sells collections of games at a price the buyer chooses and splits the money between developers, charity and the platform. The price was not disclosed, and the charitable model has continued under the new owner.
Ziff Davis, then owned by j2 Global, acquired IGN from News Corp. IGN had been assembled from a network of console-specific sites in the 1990s, and its review scores carry enough weight to be quoted in publishers marketing. The price was not disclosed.
The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition; Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 8-K | Entry into a material agreement; Completion of an acquisition or disposal of assets | |
| 8-K | Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition; Results of a shareholder vote; Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 8-K | Entry into a material agreement | |
| 8-K | Other events | |
| 8-K | Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition; Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 8-K | Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 8-K | Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 8-K | Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report |
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Ziff Davis owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Humble Bundle, Mashable, IGN, PCMag and CNET.
Yes. Ziff Davis is headquartered in New York, New York, United States and was founded in 1927.
Ziff Davis is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as ZD on the NASDAQ.
The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is CNET on 1 October 2024.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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