August 2, 2016

Amazon Posts Largest Q2 Profit Ever and Huge Growth for Cloud Services

Last week Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) posted its second quarter financials, reporting huge gains in net income, net sales and revenue from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Second quarter highlights include: Net income was $857 million, compared to $92 million for the same period last year. Net sales totaled $30.4 billion, a 31 percent increase for the same period last year. According to Yahoo Finance, analysts estimated $29.54 billion in revenue. Operating income was $1.3 billion, compared to $464 million…

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State of Ad Blocking 2016: What Publishers Need to Know

As ad blocking usage continues to grow, publishers and organizations like the Newspaper Association of America are turning up the heat, to fight against companies like Adblock Plus, Brave and Optimal who threaten their livelihood. As ad revenue declines because of ad blocking, publishers like Axel Springer are waging court battles abroad to fight against unfair competition and business practices, while in the U.S., the NAA takes their complaint to the NAA.The growth of mobile ad blocking escalates the problem, particularly for mixed revenue business models. In this report, we’ve got the latest ad blocking news with exclusive commentary from NAA and Adblock Plus.

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