LiveOne Inc
For the period ended Sep 30, 2024. Filed Nov 14, 2024.
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Sep 30, 2024 · Filed Nov 14, 2024
What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2024-06-30; filed 2024-08-13.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2024-09-30; filed 2024-11-14.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Current report
On October 1, 2024, we announced an amended relationship with our largest OEM customer. Effective December 1, 2024, the OEM customer will no longer subsidize our products to some of its customers, however, we will offer all OEM customer vehicles in North America the opportunity to convert to become direct subscribers of our LiveOne music app. The direct subscription to our LiveOne app will allow such users for the first time to access their LiveOne music and LiveOne’s other service offerings directly across all of their devices. Our LiveOne music streaming button/icon, which allows users to directly connect their subscription to LiveOne, is expected to remain in the OEM customer’s music streaming services dashboard in perpetuity. The OEM customer will continue to pay us monthly for grandfathered vehicles for the term of the OEM license agreement.
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On October 1, 2024, we announced an amended relationship with our largest OEM customer. Effective December 1, 2024, the OEM customer will no longer subsidize our products to some of its customers, however, we will offer all OEM customer vehicles in North America the opportunity to convert to become direct subscribers of our LiveOne music app. The direct subscription to our LiveOne app will allow such users for the first time to access their LiveOne music and LiveOne’s other service offerings directly across all of their devices. Our LiveOne music streaming button/icon, which allows users to directly connect their subscription to LiveOne, is expected to remain in the OEM customer’s music streaming services dashboard in perpetuity. As a result, we believe that we now have a unique opportunity to convert as many of such OEM’s drivers as possible to a higher priced LiveOne subscription service creating a meaningful upside opportunity for us, and we are working in good faith with such OEM customer to convert as many of these drivers as possible. The OEM customer will continue to pay us monthly for grandfathered vehicles for the term of the OEM license agreement.
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Advertising cost of sales increased by $2.1 million, or 23%, to $11.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $9.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase was primarily attributable to growth in our barter expense of $2.5 million offset by a decrease in revenue share expense of $0.4 million for the period.
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Production cost of sales increased by $0.9 million, or 95%, to $47,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease can be attributed to the decrease in events year over year.
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Merchandising cost of sales increased by $1.0 million, or 368%, to $0.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to a credit of $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 due to the company purchasing merchandise in the current year for advertising.
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Revenue increased $1.6 million, or 16%, during the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to increased advertising.
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Six Months Ended September 30, 2024, as compared to Six Months Ended September 30, 2023
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Revenue
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Membership Revenue
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Membership revenue increased $6.7 million, or 21%, to $38.3 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $31.6 million for the months ended September 30, 2023. The increase was primarily as a result of member growth with our largest OEM customer.
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Advertising revenue increased $3.9 million, or 18%, to $25.4 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $21.5 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023, which is primarily attributable to growth in barter revenue of $4.3 million offset by non-barter advertising revenue of $0.5 million at PodcastOne year-over-year.
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Merchandising revenue decreased $1.0 million, or 35%, to $2.0 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $3.0 million the six months ended September 30, 2023, which is due to a reduction in demand from both retail partners and our direct to consumer merchandising business.
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Sponsorship and Licensing
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Ticket/Event
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Cost of Sales
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Membership
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Membership cost of sales increased by $4.3 million, or 21%, to $24.6 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $20.2 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023. The increase was in line with the higher membership revenues noted above.
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Advertising
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Production and Ticketing
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Production and ticketing cost of sales decreased by $1.5 million, or 67%, to $0.8 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $2.3 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023. The Company started to reduce the number of events held beginning with the six months ended September 30, 2023.
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Other Operating Expenses
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Sales and Marketing Expenses
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Sales and Marketing expenses decreased by $1.3 million, or 30%, to $2.9 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $4.2 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023, primarily driven by reduced payroll costs.
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Product Development
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Product development expenses decreased by $0.4 million, or 17%, to $2.2 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $2.7 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023, which was driven by a decrease in employees as compared to the prior year.
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General and Administrative
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General and administrative expenses increased by $30,000, or 0%, to $11.8 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $11.8 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023, largely due to an increase in share-based compensation of $1.2 million offset by a $1.2 million decrease in cost attributed to accounting, license and payroll.
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Amortization of Intangible Assets
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Total Other Income (Expense)
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Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests for the six months ended September 30, 2024 was $0.9 million, compared to $0.4 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023, which resulted from the Spin-Out of PodcastOne.
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Business Segment Results
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Six Months Ended September 30, 2024, as compared to Six Months Ended September 30, 2023
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Audio Group - PodcastOne Operations
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Revenue increased $4.2 million, or 20%, during the six months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to increased advertising.
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Adjusted EBITDA* decreased by $1.5 million, or 194%, to $(0.7) million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $0.8 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023. This was largely due to an increase in general and administrative cost associated with operating as a public company.
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Audio Group - Slacker Operations
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Operating Income
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Adjusted EBITDA* increased by $1.8 million, or 19%, to $11.2 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $9.4 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023. This was largely due to additional Contribution Margin in the current period.
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Media Group Operations
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Revenue decreased $1.6 million, or 43%, to $2.1 million during the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $3.6 million for the six months September 30, 2023, primarily due to decrease in merchandising revenue due to a reduction in demand from both retail partners and our direct to consumer business.
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Advertising Revenue
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Merchandising
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Production cost of sales increased by $0.3 million, or 131%, to $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to a credit of $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The Company was able to negotiate credits with some vendors on amounts previously owed during the three months ended June 30, 2023.
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Merchandising
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Revenue increased $2.5 million, or 24%, during the three months ended June 30, 2024, primarily due to increased advertising.
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Operating Income (Loss)
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Previous wording
As used herein,“LiveOne,”* the*“Company,”* “we,” “our” or*“us”* and similar terms include LiveOne, Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. The following discussion and analysis of our business and results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and our financial conditions at that date, should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this*“Quarterly Report”).
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As used herein,“LiveOne,”* the*“Company,”* “we,” “our” or*“us”* and similar terms include LiveOne, Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. The following discussion and analysis of our business and results of operations for the three and six months ended September 30, 2024, and our financial conditions at that date, should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this*“Quarterly Report”).
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Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report that are not statements of historical fact constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, notwithstanding that such statements are not specifically identified. These forward-looking statements relate to expectations or forecasts for future events, including without limitation our earnings, revenues, expenses or other future financial or business performance or strategies, or the impact of legal or regulatory matters on our business, results of operations or financial condition. These statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “will likely result,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “continue,” “target” or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are based on information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report and on our current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements herein due to a variety of factors, including: our reliance on one key customer for a substantial percentage of our revenue; our ability to consummate any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, special dividend, distribution or transaction, including the proposed special dividend and spin-out of our pay-per-view business, the timing of the consummation of such proposed event, including the risks that a condition to consummation of such proposed event would not be satisfied within the expected timeframe or at all or that the consummation of any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, special dividend, distribution or transaction, the timing of the consummation of such proposed event will not occur; our ability to continue as a going concern; our reliance on one key customer for a substantial percentage of our revenue; if and when required, our ability to obtain additional capital, including to fund our current debt obligations and to fund potential acquisitions and capital expenditures; our ability to attract, maintain and increase the number of our users and paid members; our ability to identify, acquire, secure and develop content; our ability to successfully implement our growth strategy, our ability to acquire and integrate our acquired businesses, the ability of the combined business to grow, including through acquisitions which we are able to successfully integrate, and the ability of our executive officers to manage growth profitably; uncertain and unfavorable outcome(s) of any legal proceedings pending or that may be instituted against us, our subsidiaries, or third parties to whom we owe indemnification obligations; changes in laws or regulations that apply …
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Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report that are not statements of historical fact constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, notwithstanding that such statements are not specifically identified. These forward-looking statements relate to expectations or forecasts for future events, including without limitation our earnings, revenues, expenses or other future financial or business performance or strategies, or the impact of legal or regulatory matters on our business, results of operations or financial condition. These statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “will likely result,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “continue,” “target” or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are based on information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report and on our current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements herein due to a variety of factors, including: our reliance on our largest OEM customer for a substantial percentage of our revenue; our ability to consummate any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, special dividend, distribution or transaction, including the proposed special dividend and spin-out of our pay-per-view business, the timing of the consummation of such proposed event, including the risks that a condition to consummation of such proposed event would not be satisfied within the expected timeframe or at all or that the consummation of any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, special dividend, distribution or transaction, the timing of the consummation of such proposed event will not occur; our ability to continue as a going concern; our reliance on one key customer for a substantial percentage of our revenue; if and when required, our ability to obtain additional capital, including to fund our current debt obligations and to fund potential acquisitions and capital expenditures; our ability to attract, maintain and increase the number of our users and paid members; our ability to identify, acquire, secure and develop content; our ability to successfully implement our growth strategy, our ability to acquire and integrate our acquired businesses, the ability of the combined business to grow, including through acquisitions which we are able to successfully integrate, and the ability of our executive officers to manage growth profitably; uncertain and unfavorable outcome(s) of any legal proceedings pending or that may be instituted against us, our subsidiaries, or third parties to whom we owe indemnification obligations; changes in laws or regulations tha…
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Previous wording
For the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, we reported revenue of $33.1 million and $27.8 million, respectively. We have one customer that accounted for more than 10% of its revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. The customer is an original equipment manufacturer (the “OEM”) who provides premium Slacker service in all of their new vehicles. In the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, total revenue from the OEM was $17.5 million and $13.3 million, respectively.
Current wording
For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, we reported revenue of $32.6 million and $28.5 million, respectively. We have one customer that accounted for more than 10% of its revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. The customer is an original equipment manufacturer (the “OEM”) who provides premium Slacker service in all of their new vehicles. In the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, total revenue from the OEM was $18.5 million and $14.8 million, respectively.
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We ended the June 30, 2024 quarter with approximately 2,900,000 paid members on our music platform, up from approximately 2,300,000 at June 30, 2023, representing 44% annual growth. Included in the total number of paid members for the reported periods are certain members which are the subject of a contractual dispute. We are currently not recognizing revenue related to these members.
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We ended the September 30, 2024 quarter with approximately 3,100,000 paid members on our music platform, up from approximately 2,400,000 at September 30, 2023, representing 27% annual growth. Included in the total number of paid members for the reported periods are certain members which are the subject of a contractual dispute. We are currently not recognizing revenue related to these members.
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As our music platform continues to evolve, we believe there are opportunities to expand our services by adding more content in a greater variety of formats such as podcasts and video podcasts, extending our distribution to include pay television, OTT and social channels, deploying new services for our members, artist merchandise and live music event ticket sales, and licensing user data across our platform. Our acquisitions of PodcastOne, CPS and Gramophone are reflective of our flywheel operating model. Conversely, the evolution of technology presents an inherent risk to our business. Today, we see large opportunities to expand our music services within North America and other parts of the world where we will need to make substantial investments to improve our current service offerings. As a result, and during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, we will continue to invest in product and engineering to further develop our future music apps and services, and we expect to continue making significant product development investments to our existing technology solutions over the next 12 to 24 months to address these opportunities.
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As our music platform continues to evolve, we believe there are opportunities to expand our services by adding more content in a greater variety of formats such as podcasts and video podcasts, extending our distribution to include pay television, OTT and social channels, deploying new services for our members, artist merchandise and live music event ticket sales, and licensing user data across our platform. Our acquisitions of PodcastOne and CPS are reflective of our flywheel operating model. Conversely, the evolution of technology presents an inherent risk to our business. Today, we see large opportunities to expand our music services within North America and other parts of the world where we will need to make substantial investments to improve our current service offerings. As a result, and during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, we will continue to invest in product and engineering to further develop our future music apps and services, and we expect to continue making significant product development investments to our existing technology solutions over the next 12 to 24 months to address these opportunities.
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Growth in our music services is also dependent upon the number of customers that use and pay for our services, the attractiveness of our music platform to sponsors and advertisers and our ability to negotiate favorable economic terms with music labels, publishers, artists and/or festival owners, and the number of consumers who use our services. Growth in our margins is heavily dependent on our ability to grow the membership base in a cost-efficient manner, coupled with the managing the costs associated with implementing and operating our services, including the costs of licensing music with the music labels, producing, streaming and distributing video and audio content and sourcing and distributing personalized products and gifts. Our ability to attract and retain new and existing customers will be highly dependent on our abilities to implement and continually improve upon our technology and services on a timely basis and continually improve our network and operations as technology changes and as we experience increased network capacity constraints as we continue to grow.
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Growth in our music services is also dependent upon our ability to convert as many of the OEM drivers as possible to become direct subscribers of our LiveOne app, the number of customers that use and pay for our services, the attractiveness of our music platform to sponsors and advertisers and our ability to negotiate favorable economic terms with music labels, publishers, artists and/or festival owners, and the number of consumers who use our services. Growth in our margins is heavily dependent on our ability to convert as many of the OEM drivers as possible to become direct subscribers of our LiveOne app and to otherwise grow our membership base in a cost-efficient manner, coupled with the managing the costs associated with implementing and operating our services, including the costs of licensing music with the music labels, producing, streaming and distributing video and audio content and sourcing and distributing personalized products and gifts. Our ability to attract and retain new and existing customers will be highly dependent on our ability to convert as many of the OEM drivers as possible to become direct subscribers of our LiveOne app and to implement and continually improve upon our technology and services on a timely basis and continually improve our network and operations as technology changes and as we experience increased network capacity constraints as we continue to grow.
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For the quarter ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, all material amounts of our revenue were derived from customers located in the United States and moreover, one of our customers accounted for 49% and 42% of our consolidated revenue, respectively. This significant concentration of revenue from one customer poses risks to our operating results, and any change in the means this customer utilizes our services beyond June 30, 2024 could cause our revenue to fluctuate significantly.
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For the quarter ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, all material amounts of our revenue were derived from customers located in the United States and moreover, our largest OEM customer accounted for 57% and 51% of our consolidated revenue, respectively. This significant concentration of revenue from one customer poses risks to our operating results, and any change in the means this customer utilizes our services beyond September 30, 2024 could cause our revenue to fluctuate significantly.
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Membership revenue increased $3.6 million, or 24%, to $18.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $15.2 million for the months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was primarily as a result of member growth with our largest OEM customer.
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Membership revenue increased $3.0 million, or 19%, to $19.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $16.4 million for the months ended September 30, 2023. The increase was primarily as a result of member growth with our largest OEM customer.
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Advertising revenue increased $2.3 million, or 21%, to $13.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $10.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, which is primarily attributable to growth in advertising at PodcastOne year-over-year.
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Advertising revenue increased $1.6 million, or 15%, to $12.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $10.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, which is primarily attributable to growth in our barter revenue of $2.4 million offset by a decrease in non-barter advertising revenue of $0.8 million at PodcastOne year-over-year.
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Merchandising revenue decreased $0.6 million, or 34%, to $1.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $1.7 million the three months ended June 30, 2023, which is due to a reduction in demand from both retail partners and our direct to consumer merchandising business.
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Merchandising revenue decreased $0.5 million, or 36%, to 0.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $1.3 million the three months ended September 30, 2023, which is due to a reduction in demand from both retail partners and our direct to consumer merchandising business.
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Sponsorship and licensing revenue decreased by $29,000, or 100%, to none for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $29,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to no significant events occurring for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
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Sponsorship and licensing revenue decreased by $97,000, or 100%, to none for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $97,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to no significant events occurring for the three months ended September 30, 2024.
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Ticket/Event revenue decreased by $3,000, or 100%, to none for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $3,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2023, driven by the lack of any in-person events during the current year period.
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Ticket/Event revenue decreased by $12,000, or 100%, to none for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $12,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2023, driven by the lack of any in-person events during the current year period.
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Membership cost of sales increased by $2.8 million, or 30%, to $12.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $9.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was in line with the higher membership revenues noted above.
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Membership cost of sales increased by $1.8 million, or 17%, to $12.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $10.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase was in line with the higher membership revenues noted above.
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Sales and Marketing expenses decreased by $0.5 million, or 25%, to $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $1.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, primarily driven by reduced payroll costs.
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Sales and Marketing expenses decreased by $0.8 million, or 34%, to $1.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $2.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, primarily driven by reduced payroll costs.
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Product development expenses decreased by $0.2 million, or 14%, to $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $1.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, which was driven by a decrease in employees as compared to the prior year.
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Product development expenses decreased by $0.3 million, or 19%, to $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $1.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, which was driven by a decrease in employees as compared to the prior year.
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General and administrative expenses increased by $0.4 million, or 9%, to $5.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $5.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, largely due to an increase in share-based compensation of $0.7 million offset by a $0.3 million decrease in cost attributed to accounting, license and payroll.
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General and administrative expenses decreased by $0.1 million, or 1%, to $6.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $6.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, largely due to an increase in share-based compensation of $0.5 million offset by a $0.6 million decrease in cost attributed to accounting, license and payroll.
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Amortization of intangible assets increased by $0.4 million, or 141%, to $0.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase can be attributed to the addition of intangibles attributed to acquired podcast at PodcastOne.
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Amortization of intangible assets increased by $0.1 million, or 20%, to $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase can be attributed to the addition of intangibles attributed to acquired podcast at PodcastOne.
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Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was $0.4 million, which resulted from the Spin-Out of PodcastOne.
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Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was $0.5 million compared to $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, which resulted from the Spin-Out of PodcastOne.
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Operating loss increased by $1.6 million or 808%, for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as the increase in revenue was lower than the increase in operating expenses due to growing the business.
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Operating loss increased by $0.1 million or 5%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as the increase in revenue was lower than the increase in operating expenses due to growing the business.
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Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $0.7 million, or 187%, to $(0.3) million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $0.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This was largely due to an increase in general and administrative cost associated with operating as a public company.
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Adjusted EBITDA* decreased by $0.5 million, or 529%, to $(0.4) million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. This was largely due to an increase in general and administrative cost associated with operating as a public company.
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Revenue increased $3.6 million, or 24%, during the three months ended June 30, 2024, primarily due to increased membership revenue as a result of increased membership growth with our largest OEM customer.
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Revenue increased $3.2 million, or 19%, during the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to increased membership revenue as a result of increased membership growth with our largest OEM customer.
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Operating income increased by $0.9 million or 26%, for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as the increase in revenue was higher than the increase in operating expenses as no significant increases in cost were noted.
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Operating income increased by $2.1 million or 79%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as the increase in revenue was higher than the increase in operating expenses as no significant increases in cost were noted.
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Adjusted EBITDA increased by $0.9 million, or 20%, to $5.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $4.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This was largely due to additional Contribution Margin in the current period.
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Adjusted EBITDA* increased by $0.8 million, or 15%, to $5.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $5.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. This was largely due to additional Contribution Margin in the current period.
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Revenue decreased $0.8 million, or 41%, to $1.2 million during the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $2.1 million for the three months June 30, 2023, primarily due to decrease in merchandising revenue due to a reduction in demand from both retail partners and our direct to consumer business.
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Revenue decreased $0.7 million, or 45%, to $0.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $1.6 million for the three months September 30, 2023, primarily due to decrease in merchandising revenue due to a reduction in demand from both retail partners and our direct to consumer business.
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Operating loss decreased by $0.4 million, or 26%, to $1.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 from $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, as a result of a decrease in Contribution Margin coupled with the increase in expenses due to an increase in general and administrative expenses.
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Operating loss increased by $0.5 million, or 45%, to $1.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 from $1.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, as a result of a decrease in Contribution Margin coupled with the increase in expenses due to an increase in general and administrative expenses.
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Adjusted EBITDA loss decreased by $0.6 million, or 47%, to a $(0.6) million loss for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to a $(1.2) million loss for the three months June 30, 2023. This was largely due to the decrease in operating loss compared to the prior year.
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Adjusted EBITDA* loss increased by $0.3 million, or 50%, to a $(0.8) million loss for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to a $(0.6) million loss for the three months September 30, 2023. This was largely due to the decrease in revenues compared to the prior year.
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Operating loss increased by $0.2 million, or 12%, to $2.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $2.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, largely due to an increase in legal and accounting costs.
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Operating loss increased by $0.3 million, or 14%, to $2.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $2.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, largely due to an increase in legal and accounting costs.
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Corporate Adjusted EBITDA loss decreased $0.1 million, or 6%, to $(1.6) million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to $(1.5) million for the year ended June 30, 2023. The increase was largely due to the increase in costs noted above.
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Corporate Adjusted EBITDA* loss decreased $0.1 million, or 6%, to $(1.7) million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to $(1.8) million for the year ended September 30, 2023. The increase was largely due to the increase in costs noted above.
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Advertising cost of sales increased by $2.8 million, or 31%, to $11.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $9.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was primarily due to an increase in revenue share expense compared to the prior year period and is line with the increase in revenue for the period.
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Advertising cost of sales increased by $5.6 million, or 31%, to $23.2 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $17.7 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023. The increase was primarily attributable to growth in our barter expense of $5.5 million and an increase in revenue share expense of $0.1 million year-over-year.
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Merchandising cost of sales decreased by $0.4 million, or 28%, to $1.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 due to lower merchandising revenues noted above.
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Merchandising cost of sales increased by $1.5 million, or 319%, to $1.1 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $0.5 million credit for the six months ended September 30, 2023 due to lower merchandising revenues noted above and a write off of merchandise during the six months ended September 30, 2023.
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Impairment of intangible assets increased $0.2 million, or 100%, to $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to none for the three months ended June 30, 2023, which is attributed to the impairment of intangible assets of PodcastOne, see Note 5 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets to our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
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Impairment of intangible assets increased $0.2 million, or 100%, to $0.2 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to none for the six months ended September 30, 2023, which is attributed to the impairment of intangible assets of PodcastOne, see Note 5 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets to our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
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Total other income (expense) increased by $0.5 million, or 300%, to $0.7 million of expense for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to $0.2 million of expense for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase is primarily driven by a reduction of the gain from changes in derivative liabilities of $1.1 million in the prior year period offset by a decrease in interest expense of $0.6 million due to the conversion of the Bridge Loan.
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Total other income (expense) decreased by $4.0 million, or 71%, to $1.6 million of expense for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $5.6 million of expense for the six months ended September 30, 2023. The increase is primarily driven by a reduction of the gain from changes in derivative liabilities of $3.0 million in the prior year period offset by a decrease in interest expense of $1.0 million due to the conversion of the Bridge Loan.
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The following table sets forth the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net loss, the most comparable GAAP financial measure for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):
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The following table sets forth the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net loss, the most comparable GAAP financial measure for the three and six months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):
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As of June 30, 2024, our principal sources of liquidity were our cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash balances in the amount of $6.3 million, which primarily are invested in cash in banking institutions in the U.S. The vast majority of our cash proceeds were received as a result of our operations, incurrence of debt, the issuance of convertible notes and public offerings of our common shares. As of June 30, 2024, we have a senior secured line of credit of $7.0 million, the Capchase Loan (as defined below) of $1.2 million and an SBA loan balance of $0.1 million.
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As of September 30, 2024, our principal sources of liquidity were our cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash balances in the amount of $11.1 million, which primarily are invested in cash in banking institutions in the U.S. The vast majority of our cash proceeds were received as a result of our operations, incurrence of debt, the issuance of convertible notes and public offerings of our common shares. As of September 30, 2024, we have a senior secured line of credit of $7.0 million, the Capchase Loan (as defined below) of $1.0 million and an SBA loan balance of $0.1 million.
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As reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, we have a history of losses and incurred a net loss of $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and cash provided by operating activities of $1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and had a working capital deficiency of $22.5 million as of June 30, 2024. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the date that the financial statements are issued. Our condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to execute our strategy and on our ability to raise additional funds through the sale of equity and/or debt securities via public and/or private offerings.
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As reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, we have a history of losses and incurred a net loss of $3.4 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, and cash provided by operating activities of $7.1 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024 and had a working capital deficiency of $22.3 million as of September 30, 2024. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the date that the financial statements are issued. Our condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to execute our strategy and on our ability to raise additional funds through the sale of equity and/or debt securities via public and/or private offerings.
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The following table provides information regarding our cash flows for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):
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The following table provides information regarding our cash flows for the six months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):
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Net cash provided by operating activities of $1.3 million primarily resulted from our net loss during the period of $1.6 million, which included non-cash charges of $2.5 million largely comprised of depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of derivatives and impairment of intangibles. The remainder of our sources of cash used in operating activities of $0.4 million was from changes in our working capital, primarily from timing of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, accrued royalties, and deferred revenue.
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Net cash provided by operating activities of $7.1 million primarily resulted from our net loss during the period of $3.9 million, which included non-cash charges of $5.6 million largely comprised of depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of derivatives and impairment of intangibles. The remainder of our sources of cash used in operating activities of $5.4 million was from changes in our working capital, primarily from timing of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, accrued royalties, and deferred revenue.
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Net cash provided by operating activities of $1.2 million primarily resulted from our net loss during the period of $0.5 million, which included non-cash charges of $2.1 million largely comprised of depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of derivatives and amortization of debt discount. The remainder of our sources of cash used in operating activities of $(0.4) million was from changes in our working capital, primarily from timing of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, accrued royalties and deferred revenue.
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Net cash used in operating activities of $0.1 million primarily resulted from our net loss during the period of $8.4 million, which included non-cash charges of $11.6 million largely comprised of depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of derivatives and amortization of debt discount. The remainder of our sources of cash used in operating activities of $(3.2) million was from changes in our working capital, primarily from timing of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, accrued royalties and deferred revenue.
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Net cash used in investing activities of $0.7 million was primarily due to the purchase of equipment during the three months ended June 30, 2024.
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Net cash used in investing activities of $1.3 million was primarily due to the purchase of equipment during the six months ended September 30, 2024.
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Net cash used in investing activities of $0.6 million was due to the purchase of equipment during the three months ended June 30, 2023.
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Net cash used in investing activities of $1.8 million was due to the purchase of equipment of $1.3 million and the purchase of intangibles of $0.5 million during the six months ended September 30, 2023.
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Total other expense decreased by $4.5 million, or 83%, to $1.0 million of expense for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $5.4 million of expense for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase is primarily driven by a reduction of the gain from changes in derivative liabilities of $4.2 million in the prior year period.
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The following tables set forth our results of operations for the periods presented. The period-to-period comparison of financial results is not necessarily indicative of future results (in thousands):
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The following table sets forth the depreciation expense included in the above line items (in thousands):
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The following table sets forth the stock-based compensation expense included in the above line items (in thousands):
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The following table sets forth our results of operations, as a percentage of revenue, for the periods presented:
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Revenue was as follows (in thousands):
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Sponsorship and licensing revenue decreased by $0.1 million, or 100%, to none for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $0.1 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to no significant events occurring for the six months ended September 30, 2024.
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Ticket/Event revenue decreased by $14,000, or 100%, to none for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $14,000 for the six months ended September 30, 2023, driven by the lack of any in-person events during the current year period.
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Cost of sales was as follows (in thousands):
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Other operating expenses were as follows (in thousands):
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Amortization of intangible assets increased by $0.4 million, or 62%, to $1.1 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $0.7 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023. The increase can be attributed to the addition of intangibles attributed to acquired podcast at PodcastOne.
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Total other income (expense) was as follows (in thousands):
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Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Non-Controlling Interests
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Our Audio Group Operations, which include our PodcastOne operating results were, and discussions of significant variances are, as follows (in thousands):
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Operating loss increased by $1.6 million or 154%, for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as the increase in revenue was lower than the increase in operating expenses due to growing the business.
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Our Audio Group Operations, which include our Slacker operating results were, and discussions of significant variances are, as follows (in thousands):
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Revenue increased $6.8 million, or 21%, during the six months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to increased membership revenue as a result of increased membership growth with our largest OEM customer.
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Operating income increased by $3.5 million or 60%, for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as the increase in revenue was higher than the increase in operating expenses as no significant increases in cost were noted.
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Our Media Group Operations which consist of all of our other operating subsidiaries outside of PodcastOne and Slacker operating results were, and discussions of significant variances are, as follows (in thousands):
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Our Corporate operating results and discussions of significant variances are, as follows (in thousands):