Arena Group Holdings, Inc.

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1. Organization and Basis of Presentation

Organization

The Arena Holdings Group, Inc. (“The Arena Group” or the “Company”), was incorporated in Delaware on October 1, 1990. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries consist of The Arena Platform, Inc. (“The Arena Platform”), The Arena Media Brands, LLC (“Arena Media”) (formerly known as Maven Media Brands, LLC formed during 2019 as a wholly owned subsidiary of The Arena Group), TheStreet, Inc. (“TheStreet” acquired by the Company in a merger during 2019), College Spun Media Incorporated (“The Spun” acquired by the Company in a merger during 2022), Athlon Holdings, Inc. (“Parade” acquired by the Company in a merger during 2023), Athlon Sports Communications, Inc., and TravelHost, LLC ("TravelHost" acquired by the Company in 2025).

Unless the context indicates otherwise, The Arena Group, The Arena Platform, TheStreet, The Spun and Parade, are together hereinafter referred to as the “Company.”

Business Operations

The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (“Arena Group,” “we,” or “our”) is a brand, data and IP company that builds, acquires, and scales high-performing digital assets. We combine technology, storytelling, and entrepreneurship to create deep content verticals that engage passionate audiences across sports & leisure, lifestyle, and finance.

We utilize a proprietary entrepreneurial publishing model designed to scale digital content with high efficiency and minimal capital intensity. Central to this strategy is the alignment of editorial incentives with audience engagement. Our entrepreneurial publishing framework replaces traditional fixed labor costs with a performance-based, variable cost structure where individual creators contributing content to our owned and operated sites ("Expert Contributors") earn a share of revenue generated by their specific channels.

Our platform empowers creators and entrepreneurs to build thriving digital businesses leveraging our infrastructure, audience development expertise, and monetization engine to accelerate growth. Through our portfolio of owned and operated brands, including TheStreet, Parade, Men’s Journal, Athlon Sports, the Adventure Network (which includes Surfer, Powder, and Bike among other brands), and others, we deliver trusted content and meaningful experiences to millions of users each month.

Our model blends the agility of entrepreneurship with the scale of a media network, driving growth for our partners, advertisers, and audiences alike.

Seasonality

The Company experiences seasonality in its business as a result of typical seasonal spending trends in the advertising industry due to consumer behavior and market activity throughout the year. These seasonal trends are driven by calendar or commercial events that happen annually including holidays, weather, school terms, sports seasons and major sporting events. Seasonality can be viewed between the Company’s fiscal quarters. The first quarter of the calendar year is notably the Company’s most challenging quarter for revenue performance. During this quarter, advertisers are planning their budgets and current year spend and consumer spending declines after the holidays. During the second quarter of the calendar year, the Company typically see advertisers starting to spend their budgets more actively, which results in revenue starting to recover. Summer is traditionally a quiet season, as people spend more time outdoors and less time online resulting in lower revenue in the third quarter. Advertisers usually readjust their budgets during this time and devise new strategies for the remainder of the year. Naturally, the Company sees the highest dip in July, after which revenue gradually start to increase. The fourth quarter of the calendar year often represents our strongest period as advertising demand typically peaks during the holiday season. This trend is magnified by professional sports and college football calendars as related coverage accounts for a significant portion of our advertising revenue during that period of the year. Other sporting events such as the Super Bowl, the Winter and Summer Olympics, soccer’s World Cup, and major golf, tennis and cycling events create increased revenue at the time of these respective events.

Liquidity and Going Concern

The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company’s consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if it is unable to continue as a going concern.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company generated income from continuing operations of$28,608, compared with loss from continuing operations of$7,667 for the year ended December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had cash on hand of$10,338 and a working capital surplus of $18,627. Management has evaluated the Company’s income from continuing operations, positive working capital position, the extension of the maturity of its outstanding debt (see FN 17, Term Debt), and the resolution of the$90,000 liability related to ABG (see FN 3, Discontinued Operations) in determining whether the significance of those conditions or events would limit its ability to meet its obligations when due, including under the Loan Documents and Simplify Loan (See Note 16, Simplify Loan). In the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company disclosed that substantial doubt existed regarding its ability to continue as a going concern due to recurring losses, a working capital deficit, and limited liquidity. The working capital deficit existed due to the Company's classification of its outstanding debt as a current liability and the accrual of several liabilities from discontinued operations. The Company continues to improve financial performance through revenue growth and reduction of costs and monthly cash requirements, and to maintain compliance with the terms of all outstanding debt agreements, and has taken actions to resolve current and potential future liabilities, such as resolving pending litigation. These improvements are demonstrated by consecutive profitable results in all quarters of 2025.

As a result of these developments, management has concluded that the conditions that previously raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern no longer exist. Accordingly, management has determined that there is no longer substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for at least one year from the date the financial statements are issued.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and include the financial statements of The Arena Group and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Arena Media, Arena Platform, TheStreet, The Spun and Parade. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported results of operations during the reporting period. Significant estimates include: allowance for credit losses; capitalization of platform development and associated useful lives; goodwill and other acquired intangible assets and associated useful lives; assumptions used in accruals for potential liabilities; stock-based compensation and the determination of the fair value; valuation allowances for deferred tax assets and uncertain tax positions; accounting for business combinations; the determination of the incremental borrowing rate; and assumptions used to calculate contingent liabilities. These estimates are based on information available as of the date of the consolidated financial statements; therefore, actual results could differ from management’s estimates.

Risks and Uncertainties

The Company’s business and operations are sensitive to general business and economic conditions in the United States and worldwide. These conditions include short-term and long-term interest rates, inflation, fluctuations in debt and equity capital markets and the general condition of the United States and world economy. A host of factors beyond the Company’s control could cause fluctuations in these conditions. Adverse developments in these general business and economic conditions could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and the results of its operations.

In addition, the Company will compete with many companies that currently have extensive and well-funded projects, marketing and sales operations as well as extensive human capital. The Company may be unable to compete successfully against these companies. The Company’s industry is characterized by rapid changes in technology and market demands. As a result, the Company’s products, services, or expertise may become obsolete or unmarketable. The Company’s future success will depend on its ability to adapt to technological advances, anticipate customer and market demands, and enhance its current technology under development.

Uncertainty in the global economy presents significant risks to the Company’s business. Increases in inflation, instability in the global banking system, tariffs, geopolitical factors, including the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and in the Middle East and the responses thereto may have an adverse effect on the Company’s business. While the Company is closely monitoring the impact of the current macroeconomic conditions on all aspects of its business, the ultimate extent of the impact on its business remains highly uncertain and will depend on future developments and factors that continue to evolve. Most of these developments and factors are outside of the Company’s control and could exist for an extended period of time. As a result, the Company is subject to continuing risks and uncertainties.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in stockholders’ deficit during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. Comprehensive income (loss) includes net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss), which consists of certain gains and losses that are excluded from net income (loss). The Company has not had any items of other comprehensive income (loss); therefore, comprehensive income (loss) equals net income (loss) for the periods presented.

Segment Reporting

The Company operates within the media industry, providing digital content across four primary verticals (as further described in Note 25, Segment Reporting) through its publishing platform. The Company leverages its Platform to build content verticals powered by anchor brands. The Company’s strategy is to focus on key subject matter verticals where audiences are passionate about a topic category where it can leverage the strength of its core brands to grow its audience and monetize editorially focused online content through various display and video advertisements that are viewed by internet users of the content. The Company hasfour reportable segments: Sports & Leisure, Finance, Lifestyle, and Platform & Other. The Company’s reportable segments are organized in subject matter verticals that offer content on the respective topic.

The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) is the Chief Executive Officer. The CODM evaluates performance and allocates resources for all of its reportable segments based on segment gross profit. This segment profit measure is defined as segment revenue less segment cost of revenue, consisting of those costs and expenses directly attributable to the segment. The segment profit measure is used by the CODM to assess the performance of each segment by comparing the results of each segment with one another (see Note 25).

Revenue Recognition

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, revenues are recognized when control of the promised goods or services are transferred to the customer in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The Company generates all revenue from contracts with customers. The Company has determined it is generally the principal in transactions with customers and therefore accounts for the majority of revenue on a gross as compared to a net basis, in its statement of operations. The Company has made this determination based on its control of the advertising inventory and the ability to monetize the advertising inventory or publications and determine price before transfer to the customer and because it is also the primary obligor responsible for providing the services to the customer. Significant costs of revenue are presented as a separate line item on the consolidated statements of operations.

The following is a description of the principal activities from which the Company generates revenue.

Advertising Revenue

Digital Advertising– The Company recognizes revenue from digital advertisements at the point when each ad is viewed. The Company enters into contracts with advertising networks to serve display or video advertisements on the digital media pages associated with its various channels. The quantity of advertisements, the impression bid prices, and revenue are reported on a real-time basis to its partners. Although reported advertising transactions are subject to adjustment by the advertising network partners, any such adjustments are known within a few days of month end. The Company owes its independent third parties producing and publishing content on their own domains ("Publisher Partners") and certain Expert Contributors a revenue share of the advertising revenue earned for their services, which is recorded as service costs in the same period in which the associated advertising revenue is recognized.

Advertising revenue is comprised of fees charged for the placement of advertising on the Company’s websites that the Company owns and operates and is recognized as the advertising or sponsorship is displayed, provided that collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.

Performance Marketing

The Company recognizes revenue from numerous affiliate networks, which facilitate partnerships with merchants. The Company creates editorial and sponsored content recommending products and services to our readers, and the Company is paid a commission when a user clicks from our websites to a merchant and makes a transaction. The affiliate networks manage the attribution of clicks from our websites and transactions with the merchants. The commission rates are variable based on merchant, product category, seasonality, among other factors.

Subscription Revenue

Digital Subscriptions– the Company enters into contracts with internet users that subscribe to premium content on its owned and operated media channels and facilitates such contracts between internet users and its Publisher Partners. These contracts provide internet users with a membership subscription to access the premium content. For subscription revenue generated by its independent Publisher Partners’ content, the Company owes its Publisher Partners a revenue share of the membership subscription revenue earned, which is initially deferred and recorded as deferred contract costs. The Company recognizes deferred contract costs over the membership subscription term in the same pattern that the associated membership subscription revenue is recognized.

Digital subscription revenue generated from websites that the Company owns and operate are charged to customers’ credit cards or are directly billed to corporate subscribers and are generally billed in advance on a monthly, quarterly, or annual, or other basis. The Company calculates net subscription revenue by deducting from gross revenue an estimate of potential refunds from cancelled subscriptions as well as chargebacks of disputed credit card charges. Net subscription revenue is recognized ratably over the subscription periods. Unearned revenue relates to payments for subscription fees for which revenue has not been recognized because services have not yet been provided.

Newsstand

Includes single copy sales at newsstands recognized on the publication’s on-sale date, net of provisions for estimated returns. The Company bases its estimates for returns on historical experience and current marketplace conditions.

Licensing and Publisher Revenue

Content licensing-based revenues and publisher revenues are sales-based or usage-based royalties promised in exchange for a license of intellectual property which are typically exclusive and accrued monthly or quarterly based on the specific mechanisms of each contract. Revenues are generally sales-based or usage-based royalties provided as consideration for providing customers with new content on a recurring basis or in exchange for a license of intellectual property. For contracts to provide content as a recurring service, the Company recognizes the sales-based or usage-based royalty over time using the as-invoiced practical expedient. For contracts to provide one or more functional content licenses, the Company recognizes revenue at the point in time when the license is delivered and records the variable consideration in the contract as the subsequent sale or usage occurs. Guaranteed minimums represent fixed consideration and are recognized over time or at a point in time depending on the contract type.

Performance Obligations

At contract inception, the Company assesses the obligations promised in its contracts with customers and identifies a performance obligation for each promise to transfer a good or service or bundle that is distinct. To identify the performance obligations, the Company considers all the promises in the contract, whether explicitly stated or implied based on customary business practices. For a contract that has more than one performance obligation, the Company allocates the total contract consideration to each distinct performance obligation. Revenue is recognized when, or as, the performance obligations are satisfied, and control is transferred to the customer.

Digital Advertising – The Company sells digital advertising inventory on its websites directly to advertisers or through advertising agencies. The Company’s performance obligations related to digital advertising are generally satisfied when the advertisement is run on the Company’s platform.

Digital Subscriptions – The Company recognizes revenue from each membership subscription to access the premium content as a series of distinct services representing a single performance obligation that is satisfied over time based on a daily calculation of revenue during the reporting period, which is generally one year. Subscriber payments are initially recorded as unearned revenue on the balance sheet. The requirement of the Company is to provide the subscription service (it is the primary service sold to customers), which is substantially the same each day of the term, although the underlying activities it performs to provide the subscription service may vary from day to day.

Performance Marketing– Performance Marketing transactions involve the promotion of other companies’ products and services over the internet through digital advertising platforms. The Company includes links to products and services in its display content on the Platform. When a consumer clicks on the links and completes a purchase of a product or performs a specific action, such as signing up for a service, the Company earns commissions by promoting products and services through affiliate links. The promise to integrate links in its display content on the Platform is delivered when a consumer clicks on the links and completes a purchase.

An individual click is capable of being distinct since the customer can benefit from it on its own or together with readily available resources. An individual click is distinct in the context of the contract since each click is not dependent on any other click – the clicks are not highly affected or highly interrelated with other promises in the contract. Each click is distinct in the context of the contract. Therefore, a click on the link making a purchase is a single performance obligation.

Newsstand – The Company sells single copy magazines, or bundles of single copy magazines, to wholesalers for ultimate resale on newsstands, primarily at major retailers and grocery/drug stores, and in digital form on tablets and other electronic devices. Publications sold to magazine wholesalers are sold with the right to receive credit from the Company for magazines returned to the wholesaler by retailers.

Licensing and Publisher Revenues – The Company has entered into various licensing and syndication agreements that provide third-party partners with the right to utilize the Company’s content. Publisher Revenue is generated from the transfer of digital content on the Platform through republishing that content on third-party websites through the granting of a non-exclusive, non-transferable license. The Company is entitled to monthly fees based on the number of page views, which may include a monthly minimum guarantee of page views.

Determining the Transaction Price

Digital Advertising– The contractual transaction price in digital advertising contracts can vary. For direct digital advertising, the transaction price is determined by individual clicks on an ad (cost per click) or individual number of ad impressions, or delivering a specified number of ad impressions, regardless of whether the ad is clicked (i.e. count of display of ads to users - cost per thousand of impressions – CPM), delivering a certain number of clicks on an ad (cost per click), a cumulative guaranteed viewership across an entire ad campaign and fixed flat fee.

For programmatic digital advertising, specific pricing is not defined in the individual Sell-Side Platform (“SSP”) contract since the pricing is based on winning bids from real-time auctions, less any fees charged from the SSP. Programmatic pricing involves an automated bidding on ad inventory in real-time, often through ad exchanges. The Company’s ad operations department works with the SSP by providing pricing parameters, such as a floor price that the Company is willing to accept.

Performance Marketing– The transaction price for Performance Marketing transactions is determined by specific outcomes such as sign-ups, purchases, or other actions initiated by users after interacting with the ad. The transaction price is calculated as a percentage of the retail price of the goods or services sold and delivered. Generally, the Company receives approximately 90 days following the end of each calendar month, payment for referral fees earned on qualifying products that were shipped during that month. If a customer returns a product that generated a referral fee, a deduction for the corresponding referral fee is taken from the next monthly payment. The Company records a liability for potential returns in the amount expected to be returned to the customer. The Company continuously updates its estimate of expected returns based on available information, such as historical returns and current market conditions.

Publisher Revenue–Publisher Revenue is generated from the transfer of digital content on the Platform through republishing that content on third-party websites through the granting of a non-exclusive, non-transferable license. The Company is entitled to monthly fees based on the number of page views, which may include a monthly minimum guarantee of page views.

In exchange for providing the license, the Company will only receive as consideration a percentage of the gross revenue generated from the page views, essentially impressions (that is, usage-based consideration, which is considered a form of variable consideration). The transaction price is typically stated as a percentage of gross revenue generated from page views.

Digital Subscriptions– The transaction price is fixed upon the inception of the contract and includes the quantity and price of each subscription purchased and does not typically include any type of variable consideration.

Timing of Satisfaction of Performance Obligations

Point-in-Time Performance Obligations – For performance obligations related to certain digital advertising space and sales of print advertisements, the Company determines that the customer can direct the use of and obtain substantially all the benefits from the advertising products as the digital impressions are served or on the issue’s on-sale date. For sales of single copy magazines on newsstands, revenue is recognized on the issue’s on-sale date, as the date aligns most closely with the date that control is transferred to the customer, net of estimated returns. Revenues from functional licenses and syndication arrangements are recognized as a usage-based royalty when the subsequent usage occurs.

Revenue from performance marketing transactions is recognized at the point in time when an individual clicks the link and makes a purchase, net of an estimate for potential returns.

Over-Time Performance Obligations – For performance obligations related to sales of certain digital advertising space, the Company transfers control and recognizes revenue over time by measuring progress towards complete satisfaction using the most appropriate method.

For performance obligations related to digital advertising, the Company satisfies its performance obligations on some flat-fee digital advertising placements over time using a time-elapsed output method.

Determining a measure of progress requires management to make judgments that affect the timing of revenue recognized. The Company has determined that the above methods provide a faithful depiction of the transfer of goods or services to the customer. For performance obligations recognized using a time-elapsed output method, the Company’s efforts are expended evenly throughout the period.

Performance obligations related to subscriptions to premium content on the digital media channels provide access for a given period of time, which is generally one year. The Company recognizes revenue from each membership subscription over time based on a daily calculation of revenue during the reporting period.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table provides information about disaggregated revenue by category, geographical market and timing of revenue recognition:

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue represents the cost of providing the Company’s digital media channels and advertising and membership services. The cost of revenue that the Company has incurred in the periods presented primarily include: internal and external cost of content; amortization of developed technology and platform development; royalty fees; hosting and bandwidth and software license fees; printing and distribution costs; payroll and related expenses for customer support, technology maintenance; fees paid for data analytics and to other outside service providers; and stock-based compensation of related personnel (as described in Note 20).

Contract Balances

The timing of the Company’s performance under its various contracts often differs from the timing of the customer’s payment, which results in the recognition of a contract asset or a contract liability. A contract asset is recognized when a good or service is transferred to a customer and the Company does not have the contractual right to bill for the related performance obligations. An asset is recognized when certain costs incurred to obtain a contract meet the capitalization criteria (further details are provided under the heading Subscription Acquisition Costs). A contract liability is recognized for unearned revenue when consideration is received from the customer prior to the transfer of goods or services.

The following table provides information about contract balances:

Unearned Revenue – unearned revenue, also referred to as contract liabilities, include payments received in advance of performance under certain contracts and are recognized as revenue over time. The Company records contract liabilities as unearned revenue on the consolidated balance sheets. Digital revenue of $6,187 and $16,892 was recognized during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, from unearned revenue at the beginning of the year.

Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash

The Company maintains cash and cash equivalents at banks where amounts on deposit may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limit during the year. Cash and cash equivalents represent cash and highly liquid investments with an original contractual maturity at the date of purchase of three months. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, cash and cash equivalents of $10,338 and $4,362, respectively, consisted primarily of checking, savings deposits and money market accounts. These deposits exceeded federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to significant credit risk regarding its cash and cash equivalents.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses

The Company receives payments from advertising customers based upon contractual payment terms; accounts receivable is recorded when the right to consideration becomes unconditional and are generally collected within 90 days. The Company generally receives payments from digital and print subscription customers at the time of sign up for each subscription; accounts receivable from merchant credit card processors are recorded when the right to consideration becomes unconditional and are generally collected weekly. Accounts receivable have been reduced by an allowance for credit losses. The Company maintains the allowance for estimated losses resulting from the inability of the Company’s customers to make required payments. The allowance represents the current estimate of lifetime expected credit losses over the remaining duration of existing accounts receivable considering current market conditions and supportable forecasts when appropriate. The estimate is a result of the Company’s ongoing evaluation of collectability, customer creditworthiness, historical levels of credit losses, and future expectations. Accounts receivable are written off when deemed uncollectible and collection of the receivable is no longer being actively pursued.

The following table summarizes the allowance for credit losses activity:

Subscription Acquisition Costs

Subscription acquisition costs include the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer, paid to external parties, if the Company expects to recover those costs. The Company has determined that sales commissions paid on all third-party agent sales of subscriptions are direct and incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer and, therefore, meet the capitalization criteria. The Company has elected to apply the practical expedient to amortize these costs at the portfolio level. The sales commissions paid to third party agents are amortized as the magazines are sent to the subscriber on an issue-by-issue basis. The Company determined that commissions paid for subscriber renewal contracts to all third-party agents are not from a specifically anticipated future contract, therefore, the commissions paid on renewals are amortized as the magazines are sent to the subscriber over the renewal term on an issue-by-issue basis. Direct mail costs for renewal subscriptions are expensed as incurred since they do not meet the capitalization criteria.

Concentrations

Significant Customers – Concentration of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable is limited to customers to whom the Company makes significant sales. While a reserve for the potential write-off of accounts receivable is maintained, the Company has not written off any material accounts to date. To control credit risk, the Company performs regular credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, one customer accounted for 11.5% of the Company’s total revenue, and such revenue was attributable to the Company’s Digital Advertising segment. No customer accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Significant accounts receivable balances as a percentage of the Company’s total accounts receivable balances represented 19.1% from one customer as of December 31, 2025. There were no significant accounts receivable balances as a percentage of the Company’s total accounts receivable from customers as of December 31, 2024.

Significant Vendors – Concentrations of risk with respect to third party vendors who provide products and services to the Company are limited. If not limited, such concentrations could impact profitability if a vendor failed to fulfill their obligations or if a significant vendor was unable to renew an existing contract and the Company was not able to replace the related product or service at the same cost.

As of December 31, 2025, three vendors accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total accounts payable, representing 14.5%,12.9%, and 11.0%, respectively. No vendor accounted for 10% or more of the Company's total accounts payable as of December 31, 2024.

Leases

The Company has lease arrangements for its offices. Leases are recorded as an operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets and recognized upon commencement of the lease based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheets. At inception, the Company determines whether an arrangement that provides control over the use of an asset is a lease. When it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the renewal period, the Company includes the impact of the renewal in the lease term for purposes of determining total future lease payments. Rent expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company does not have any finance leases.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Gains and losses from disposition of property and equipment are included on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) when realized. Depreciation and amortization are provided using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

Platform Development

The Company capitalizes platform development costs for internal use when planning and design efforts are successfully completed, and development is ready to commence. The Company places capitalized platform development assets into service and commences amortization when the applicable project or asset is substantially complete and ready for its intended use. Once placed into service, the Company capitalizes qualifying costs of specified upgrades or enhancements to capitalized platform development assets when the upgrade or enhancement will result in new or additional functionality.

The Company capitalizes internal labor costs, including payroll-based and stock-based compensation, benefits and payroll taxes, that are incurred for certain capitalized platform development projects related to the Platform.

Platform development costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over three years, which is the estimated useful life of the related asset and is recorded in cost of revenue on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). Amortization period may be accelerated if the useful life of the related asset is shortened.

Business Combinations

The Company accounts for business combinations using the acquisition method of accounting. The acquisition method of accounting requires that the purchase price consideration, including the fair value of contingent consideration, of the acquisition be allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed using the estimated fair values determined by management as of the acquisition date. Goodwill is measured as the excess of consideration transferred and the net fair values of the assets acquired, and the liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition. While the Company uses its best estimates and assumptions as part of the purchase price allocation process to accurately value assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, the Company’s estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, the Company records adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill to the extent the Company identifies adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocation. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). Additionally, the Company identifies acquisition-related contingent payments and determines their respective fair values as of the acquisition date, which are recorded as accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. Subsequent changes in fair value of contingent payments are recorded on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The Company expenses transaction costs related to the acquisition as incurred.

Long-Lived and Definite-Lived Intangible Assets

Long-lived assets and definite-lived intangible assets, consisting of developed technology, customer relationships, and trade names, are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated economic life of the assets. Long-lived and definite-lived intangible assets are tested for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. For long-lived and definite-lived intangible assets, an impairment loss is indicated when the undiscounted future cash flows estimated to be generated by the asset group are not sufficient to recover the carrying value of the asset group. Determination of recoverability is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the primary asset in the group.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets of businesses acquired in a business combination. Goodwill is not amortized but rather is tested for impairment at least annually on October 31, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. Recoverability of goodwill is determined by comparing the fair value of the reporting units to the carrying value of the underlying net assets in the reporting units. If the fair value of a reporting unit is determined to be less than the carrying value of its net assets, goodwill is deemed impaired, and an impairment loss is recognized to the extent that the amount the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. The Company determined its operating segments are its reportable units for goodwill impairment testing, See Note 11, Goodwill in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The Company determines the fair value of its reporting units by utilizing the discounted cash flow method of an income approach and the value indicated by the market approach, comparing transaction prices or stock prices of comparable guideline companies to our market value. The income and the market approach are equally weighted when determining fair value of the reportable unit. These analyses require significant assumptions and judgments. These assumptions and judgments include estimation of future cash flows, projections of revenue growth and margins, which is dependent on internal forecasts, estimation of the long-term rates of growth of the business, estimation of the useful life over which cash flows will occur, determination of the discount rate and the selection of comparable companies and the interpretation of their data as well as a control premium determined by utilizing publicly available data from studies for similar transactions of public companies. No impairment charges were recorded during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.

Debt Costs

Debt costs consist of cash and noncash consideration paid to lenders and third parties with respect to debt and other financing transactions, including legal fees and placement fees. Such costs are deferred and amortized over the term of the related debt. Additional consideration in the form of warrants and other derivative financial instruments issued to lenders are accounted for at fair value utilizing information determined through consultation with the Company’s independent valuation firm. The fair value of warrants and derivatives are recorded as a reduction to the carrying amount of the related debt and amortized to interest expense over the term of such debt, with the initial offsetting entries recorded as a liability on the balance sheet. Upon the settlement of the debt the pro rata portion of any related unamortized debt cost is charged to operations.

Liquidated Damages

The Company incurred and may continue to incur liquidated damages when: (i) a registration rights agreement provided for damages if the Company did not register the shares of the Company’s common stock within the requisite time frame (the “Registration Rights Damages”), which, in general, provided for a cash payment equal to 1.0% per month of the amount invested, on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month, as partial liquidated damages per month, upon the occurrence of certain events, up to a maximum amount of 6.0% of the aggregate amount invested, subject to interest at the rate of 1.0% per month until paid in full; and (ii) a securities purchase agreement provided for damages if the Company failed for any reason to satisfy a public information requirement within the requisite time frame with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (the “Public Information Failure Damages”), which, in general, provided for a cash payment equal to 1.0% of the aggregate amount invested for each 30-day period, or pro rata portion thereof, as partial liquidated damages per month, up to a maximum of 6 months, subject to interest at the rate of 1.0% per month until paid in full. Collectively, the Registration Rights Damages and the Public Information Failure Damages are referred to as the “Liquidated Damages” on the consolidated balance sheets.

Selling and Marketing

Selling and marketing expenses consist of compensation, employee benefits and stock-based compensation of selling and marketing, account management support teams, as well as commissions, travel, trade show sponsorships and events, conferences and advertising costs. The Company’s advertising expenses are expensed when an advertisement takes place. During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company incurred advertising expenses of $703 and $2,156, respectively, which are included within selling and marketing on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of payroll for executive personnel, technology personnel incurred in developing conceptual formulation and determination of existence of needed technology, and administrative personnel along with any related payroll costs; professional services, including accounting, legal and insurance; facilities costs; conferences; other general corporate expenses; and stock-based compensation of related personnel.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company accounts for freestanding contracts that are settleable in the Company’s equity securities, including the put option on the Company’s common stock, to be designated as an equity instrument, as a liability. A contract so designated is carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets, with any changes in fair value recorded as a gain or loss on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), with no impact on cash flows.

At the date of settlement of a freestanding equity contract, the pro rata fair value of the related liability is transferred to additional paid-in capital.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The authoritative guidance with respect to fair value established a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels and requires that assets and liabilities carried at fair value be classified and disclosed in one of three categories, as presented below. Disclosure as to transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2, and activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, is also required.

Level 1. Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for an identical asset or liability that the Company has the ability to access as of the measurement date. Financial assets and liabilities utilizing Level 1 inputs include active-exchange traded securities and exchange-based derivatives.

Level 2. Inputs, other than quoted prices included within Level 1, which are directly observable for the asset or liability or indirectly observable through corroboration with observable market data. Financial assets and liabilities utilizing Level 2 inputs include fixed income securities.

Level 3. Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data for the asset or liability which requires the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions. Financial assets and liabilities utilizing Level 3 inputs include infrequently traded non-exchange-based derivatives and commingled investment funds and are measured using present value pricing models.

The Company determines the level in the fair value hierarchy within which each fair value measurement falls in its entirety, based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. In determining the appropriate levels, the Company performs an analysis of the assets and liabilities at each reporting period end.

The carrying amount of the Company’s financial instruments comprising of cash, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses and other approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company provides stock-based compensation in the form of (a) stock awards to employees and directors, comprised of restricted stock awards and restricted stock units, (b) stock option grants to employees, directors and consultants, (c) common stock warrants to Publisher Partners (no warrants were issued during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024) (further details are provided under the headings Publisher Partner Warrants and New Publisher Partner Warrants in Note 20), and (d) common stock warrants to ABG (further details are provided under the heading ABG Warrants in Note 20).

The Company accounts for stock awards and stock option grants to employees, directors and consultants, and non-employee awards to certain directors and consultants by measuring the cost of services received in exchange for the stock-based payments as compensation expense in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Stock awards and stock option grants to employees and non-employees which are time-vested, are measured at fair value on the grant date, and charged to operations ratably over the vesting period. Stock awards and stock option grants to employees and non-employees which are performance-vested, are measured at fair value on the grant date and charged to operations when the performance condition is satisfied or over the service period.

The fair value measurement of stock awards and grants used for stock-based compensation is as follows: (1) restricted stock awards and restricted stock units which are time-vested, are determined using the quoted market price of the Company’s common stock at the grant date; (2) stock option grants which are time-vested and performance-vested, are determined utilizing the Black-Scholes option-pricing model at the grant date; (3) restricted stock units and stock option grants which provide for market-based vesting with a time-vesting overlay, are determined through consultation with the Company’s independent valuation firm using the Monte Carlo model at the grant date; (4) Publisher Partner Warrants were determined utilizing the Black-Scholes option-pricing model; and (5) ABG warrants are determined utilizing the Monte Carlo model (further details are provided in Note 20).

The Company has elected to recognize forfeitures as they occur and to recognize stock-based compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the total requisite service period for awards with graded vesting. The Company classifies stock-based compensation cost on its consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) in the same manner in which the award recipient’s cash compensation cost is classified.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to operating loss carryforwards and temporary differences between financial statement bases of existing assets and liabilities and their respective income tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted income tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of a change in the income tax rates on deferred tax asset and liability balances is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date of such rate change. A valuation allowance is recorded for loss carryforwards and other deferred tax assets when it is determined that it is more likely than not that such loss carryforwards and deferred tax assets will not be realized.

The Company follows accounting guidance that sets forth a threshold for financial statement recognition, measurement, and disclosure of a tax position taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. Such guidance requires the Company to determine whether a tax position of the Company is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the applicable taxing authority, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on technical merits of the position. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to income tax matters as income tax expense.

Discontinued Operations

When a component such as a reportable segment or an operating segment, a reporting unit, or an asset group is classified as held for sale or disposed of, representing a strategic shift that will have a major effect on the Company’s financial results, the component is classified as a discontinued operation. See Note 3, Discontinued Operations.

Income (Loss) per Common Share

Basic net income (loss) per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding adjusted to include the potentially dilutive effect of stock awards. All restricted stock awards are considered outstanding but are included in the computation of basic net income (loss) per share of common stock only when the restrictions expire, the shares are no longer forfeitable, and are thus vested. Contingently issuable shares are included in basic net income (loss) per common share only when there are no circumstances under which those shares would not be issued.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock attributable to the Company’s stockholders (in thousands, except share and per share data):

The Company excluded the outstanding securities summarized below (capitalized terms are described herein), which entitle the holders thereof to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock, from its calculation of net loss per share of common stock, as their effect would have been anti-dilutive. Common stock equivalent shares are excluded from the diluted calculations when a net loss is incurred or if the exercise price (if applicable) exceeds the average share price for the period as they would be anti-dilutive.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This ASU requires the Company to disclose specified additional information in its income tax rate reconciliation and provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold. ASU 2023-09 also requires the Company to disaggregate its income taxes paid disclosure by federal, state, and foreign taxes, with further disaggregation required for significant individual jurisdictions. The provisions of ASU 2023-09 are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 on a prospective basis in 2025. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements, but it resulted in expanded disclosures related to 2025 (Note 21, Income Taxes).

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU aims to enhance the transparency of financial reporting by requiring public business entities (PBEs) to provide detailed disclosures about the components of significant expense captions presented in the income statement. The Company will be required to disclose, in a tabular format, the amounts recognized within each relevant expense caption in the income statement. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026; early adoption is permitted using either a prospective or retrospective transition method. The Company is not planning to early adopt. The Company expects ASU 2024-03 to require additional tabular disclosures in the notes to its consolidated financial statements.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, authoritative guidance, if currently adopted, would have a material impact on the Company’s financial statement presentation or disclosures.

3. Discontinued Operations

On March 18, 2024, the Company discontinued the Sports Illustrated media business (the “SI Business”) that was operated under the Licensing Agreement with ABG-SI, LLC (“ABG”) dated June 14, 2019 (as amended to date, the “Licensing Agreement”). This discontinuation of the SI Business (i.e., discontinued operations) followed the termination of the Licensing Agreement by ABG on January 18, 2024. The last date of any obligation of the Company to perform under the Licensing Agreement was March 18, 2024. In connection with the termination, certain ABG Warrants vested.

On April 29, 2025, the ABG Group Legal Matters (as further described in Note 18) were resolved through a confidential settlement with outstanding liabilities being released by all sides. In connection with the settlement, all ABG Warrants were forfeited.

The table below sets forth the loss from discontinued operations:

(1)Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025 includes the derecognition of SI business related liabilities of $45,107 for which the Company has no remaining obligations.

(2)Cost of revenue and selling and marking expenses for the year ended December 31, 2025, include adjustments to previously reported accounts payable that were settled for a reduced amount.

(3)General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2025, include the derecognition of SI business related liabilities, including a $45,000 termination fee liability, a $3,750 royalty fee liability and $221 of previously reported accounts payable that was settled for a reduced amount. General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2024, include a $45,000 termination fee liability.

(4)Loss on impairment of assets for the year ended December 31, 2024 of $39,391, includes $8,601 for the impairment of intangible assets and $30,790 for the impairment of subscription acquisition costs.

The table below sets forth the major classes of assets and liabilities of the discontinued operations:

(1)Further details related to the alleged and disputed royalty fee liability of $3,750 and termination fee liability of $45,000 are described under the heading ABG Group Legal Matters in Note 24.

The table below sets forth the cash flows of the discontinued operations:

Further details regarding legal matters in connection with the discontinued operations are provided under the heading ABG Group Legal Matters in Note 24, Commitments and Contingencies.

4. Acquisitions

The Company uses the acquisition method of accounting, which is based on ASC, Business Combinations (Topic 805), and uses the fair value concepts which requires, among other things, that most assets acquired, and liabilities assumed be recognized at their fair values as of the acquisition date.

On May 12, 2025, the Company entered into a Membership Purchase Agreement to purchase 100% of the membership interests of TravelHost LLC from Simplify Inventions LLC ("Simplify"), a related party as further described in Note 23, Related Party Transactions, for a purchase price of$1,000. Because TravelHost is an affiliate of the Company under common control of Simplify, the Company accounted for the transaction as a common control transfer of assets and recorded the acquired intangible assets at the seller’s carry over basis within intangible assets, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

On October 1, 2025, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement to acquire certain digital intangible and intellectual property assets related to the Lindy’s Sports business from DMD Publications, LLC (d/b/a “Lindy’s Sports Annuals” and “Lindy’s Sports”) for total consideration of $1,000. The acquisition related solely to seller’s digital operations, and the seller retained its print business. The Company accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition as the acquired assets did not meet the definition of a business under ASC 805, Business Combinations. Substantially all of the purchase price was allocated to the intangible asset brand names.

On October 7, 2025, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement to acquire certain assets from IV Media LLC, a related party, related to its ShopHQ business ("ShopHQ", a related party (see Note 23)). The purchase price for the assets was $1,000. The acquisition included the transfer of the ShopHQ brand and related intellectual property. Because ShopHQ is an affiliate of the Company under common control of Simplify Inventions, the Company accounted for the transaction as a common control transfer of assets and recorded the acquired intangible assets at the seller’s carry over basis within intangible assets, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

5. Prepayments and Other Current Assets

Prepayments and other current assets are summarized as follows:

Under the provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) and the subsequent extensions of the CARES Act, the Company was eligible for a refundable employee retention credit subject to certain criteria. The Company determined that it qualifies for the tax credit under the CARES Act. In connection with the CARES Act, the Company adopted a policy to recognize the employee retention credit when earned and to offset the credit against the related expenditure. As of the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company has employee retention credits of $1,294 and $2,468, respectively, recorded in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets for the respective periods.

6. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are summarized as follows:

Depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $92 and $234, respectively. No impairment charges for property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2025 or 2024 have been recorded on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

7. Leases

The Company has a real estate lease for the use of office space.

The table below presents information related to the operating leases:

The Company generally utilizes its incremental borrowing rates on a collateralized basis, reflecting the Company’s credit quality and the term of the lease at the commencement of the lease in determining the present value of future payments since the implicit rate for the Company’s leases is not readily determinable.

Variable lease expense includes rental increases that are not fixed, such as those based on amounts paid to the lessor based on cost or consumption, such as maintenance and utilities.

The components of operating lease costs were as follows:

Maturities of the operating lease liability as of December 31, 2025 are summarized as follows:

Sublease Agreement – The Company entered into agreements to sublease certain space that it does not occupy, through the duration of the lease terms, with one sublease that expired in September 2024 and two other subleases (these operating leases were recorded as an assumed lease liability in connection with the acquisition of Men’s Journal) that expired in March 2025.

Lease Termination – Effective September 30, 2021, the Company terminated a certain lease arrangement for office space. In connection with the termination, the Company agreed to pay the landlord cash payments and credits for market rate advertising, where $4,000 of cash payments were paid during the year ended December 31, 2024, and market rate advertising of $800 recognized during the year ended December 31, 2024, leaving no further obligations related to the lease termination. No amounts were paid or recognized during the year ended December 31, 2025, and there are no remaining obligations related to the lease termination as of December 31, 2025.

8. Platform Development

Platform development costs are summarized as follows:

A summary of platform development cost activity is as follows:

Amortization expense for platform development for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $5,418 and $5,988, respectively. Amortization expense for platform development is included in cost of revenue on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). No impairment charges for platform development for the years ended

December 31, 2025 or 2024, have been recorded on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

9. Intangible Assets

Intangible assets subject to amortization consisted of the following:

Intangible assets subject to amortization were recorded as part of the Company’s business acquisitions. Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $3,377 and $3,470, respectively.

No impairment charges from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2025 were recorded for intangible assets. Impairment charges for the year ended December 31, 2024 of $1,198 was recorded as a result of the disposition of Fexy Studios intangible assets, including the advertiser relationships of $608 and brand names of $590, on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). No impairment charges from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 was recorded for intangible assets.

Estimated total amortization expense for the next five years and thereafter related to the Company’s intangible assets subject to amortization as of December 31, 2025 is as follows:

10. Other Long-Term Assets

Other assets are summarized as follows:

11. Goodwill

The changes in carrying value of goodwill are as follows:

The Company performs an annual goodwill impairment test, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable. Resulting from a change in reportable segments in 2024 (see Note 25, Segment Reporting) the Company reassessed its goodwill reporting unit level and determined its goodwill reporting units had changed and goodwill was assigned to the new goodwill reporting units based on the relative fair value of each reporting unit. There were no changes to the reporting units in 2025.

The goodwill impairment test was conducted at the reporting unit level, which consists offour reporting units: Sports & Leisure, Finance, Lifestyle, and Platform & Other. Our reporting units are consistent with our operating segments in Note 25.

For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company bypassed the qualitative test known as Step Zero and proceeded directly to the quantitative impairment test. The fair value of each reporting unit was estimated using a combination of the income and market approaches. The income approach utilized a discounted cash flow analysis, incorporating management’s projections of revenue growth, operating margins, and discount rates that reflect the risk-adjusted cost of capital. The market approach considered valuation multiples derived from comparable publicly traded companies.

Based on the results of the quantitative impairment tests performed for the year ended December 31, 2025, the fair values of allfour reporting units exceeded their respective carrying amounts of Sports & Leisure ($16,627), Finance ($10,925), Lifestyle ($11,030), and Platform & Other ($3,993). No goodwill impairment losses have been recognized to date on any of our reporting units.

12. Accrued Expenses and Other

Accrued expenses and other are summarized as follows:

13. Line of Credit

Line of Credit – In connection with the term debt default (See Note 17, Term Debt), there was a cross-default under the SLR Digital Finance LLC (“SLR” and the “SLR Default”) financing and security agreement for a line of credit (the “Line of Credit”), where the Line of Credit, as amended, was terminated, on December 29, 2023. In connection with the termination, the Company paid SLR $3,448 with the proceeds from the Simplify Loan as described in Note 16, Simplify Loan, representing the amount due on the outstanding loan balance, accrued interest, certain fees and contingency reserves other fees in connection with the termination. In connection with the SLR Default, SLR no longer provided funding under the Line of Credit while paying down the Line of Credit with payments received from the Company’s customers in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

The Company refinanced the Line of Credit with a new credit facility with Simplify, a related party, on August 19, 2024, as further described in Note 16.

Information for the year ended December 31, 2024, with respect to interest expense related to the Line of Credit is provided under the heading Interest Expense in Note 17, Term Debt.

14. Liquidated Damages Payable

During the year ended December 31, 2023, liquidated damages were recorded as a result of the following: (i) certain registration rights agreements that provide for damages if the Company does not register certain shares of the Company’s common stock within the requisite time frame (the “Registration Rights Damages”); and (ii) certain securities purchase agreements that provide for damages if the Company does not maintain its periodic filings with the SEC within the requisite time frame (the “Public Information Failure Damages”).

Obligations with respect to the liquidated damages payable are summarized as follows:

(1)Consists of shares of common stock issuable to MDB Capital Group, LLC (“MDB”).

(2)Represents previously issued and converted debt or equity securities.

(1)Shares of common stock issuable to MDB.

(2)Represents previously issued and converted debt or equity securities.

During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded accrued interest on the liquidated damages payable of $305 and $306, respectively.

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the short-term liquidated damages payable was $3,535 and $3,230, respectively. The Company will continue to accrue interest on the liquidated damages payable balance at 1.0% per month based on the balance outstanding as of December 31, 2025, or $3,535, until paid. There is no scheduled date when the unpaid liquidated damages become due. The Series K convertible preferred stock remains subject to Registration Rights Damages and Public Information Failure Damages, which will accrue in certain circumstances, limited to 6% of the aggregate amount invested.

15. Fair Value Measurement

The Company’s financial instruments may consist of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 valuations. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company’s cash equivalents of $4,241 and cash and cash equivalents of $4,362, respectively, were Level 1 assets and included savings deposits, overnight investments, and other liquid funds with financial institutions.

The Company’s Term Debt (as described below) is carried at amortized cost, with a carrying value of $97,578 and $110,436 as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The carrying value of the Company's long-term debt with fixed interest rates approximates fair value based on instruments with similar terms (Level 2), as of December 31, 2025. The Simplify Loan (as described below in note 16) was carried at amortized cost in 2024, and had a carrying value of $10,651 as of December 31, 2024.

Fexy Put Option –The Company accounted for certain common stock issued in connection with the acquisition of Fexy Studios on January 11, 2023 that was subject to a put option (which provided for a cash payment to the sellers on the first anniversary date of the closing (or January 11, 2024) in the event the common stock trading price on such date was less than the common stock trading price on the day immediately preceding the acquisition date, or $8.10 per share), as a derivative liability.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company paid the Fexy Put Option and recorded the repurchase of 274,692 shares of the Company’s common stock issued in connection with the acquisition, resulting in a loss of $379 as reflected on the consolidated statement of stockholders’ deficiency.

16. Simplify Loan

On August 19, 2024, the Company entered into an amended and restated promissory note (the “Amended Promissory Note”), in connection with the amendment to the March 13, 2024 working capital loan agreement with Simplify, a related party as further described in Note 23 (the “Simplify Loan”), pursuant to which the Company had available up to $50,000 (originally $25,000) at 10.0% interest rate per annum (the “Applicable Interest Rate”). The Simplify Loan is secured by certain assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, which are also guarantors of the obligations.

In connection with the closing of the Simplify Loan, for the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company borrowed $3,448 to repay the outstanding loan balance, accrued interest, certain fees and contingency reserves under the Line of Credit.

In connection with the Amended Promissory Note, on August 19, 2024, the Company and Simplify also entered into a common stock purchase agreement (the “Common Stock Purchase Agreement”), whereby $15,000 of outstanding indebtedness under the Simplify Loan was exchanged for shares of the Company’s common stock, as further described under the heading Common Stock Purchase Agreementand Simplify Loan Exchange for Common Stock in Note 23. In the event of a default, including but not limited to the failure to pay any amounts when due, the interest will accrue at the Applicable Interest Rate plus five percent and the Simplify Loan will be payable upon demand by Simplify.

On December 31, 2025, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to Loan Documents with Simplify, which reduced the maximum principal amount available under the Simplify Loan to $25,000 and extended the maturity date to December 1, 2027. All other material terms and conditions of the Simplify Loan, as previously disclosed, remain unchanged. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the balance outstanding on the Simplify Loan was $0 and $10,651, respectively.

Information for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, with respect to interest expense related to the Simplify Loan is provided under the heading Interest Expense in Note 17.

17. Term Debt

The Company entered in a Note Purchase Agreement with Renew Group Private Limited ("Renew"), a related party (see Note 23, Related Party Transactions). Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, as amended from time-to time, leading to the Third Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated December 15, 2022 (the “Third Amended and Restated Notes”) (as further described under the heading Former Principal Stockholder in Note 23), as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company has notes outstanding referred to as the senior secured notes (the “Senior Secured Notes”), the delayed draw term notes (the “Delayed Draw Term Notes”), the 2022 bridge notes (the “2022 Bridge Notes”) and the 2023 notes (the “2023 Notes”), as further described below and collectively referred to as the “Term Debt”.

On December 31, 2025, the Company entered into Amendment No. 4 to the Third Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement (“Renew Amendment No. 4”). Amendment No. 4 amended the definition of “Maturity Date” to the earlier of (i) December 31, 2027 or (ii) acceleration upon an event of default pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the agreement. In addition, as a condition to effectiveness, the Company made a curtailment payment of $13,000, which was applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Notes.

Senior Secured Notes

The terms of the Senior Secured Notes, as amended, provide for:

•a provision for the Company to enter into Delayed Draw Term Notes (as described below);

•a provision where the Company added $13,852 to the principal balance of the notes for interest payable prior to January 1, 2022 as payable in-kind;

•a provision where the paid in-kind interest can be paid in shares of the Company’s common stock based upon the conversion rate specified in the Certificate of Designation for the Series K convertible preferred stock, subject to certain adjustments;

•an interest rate of 10.0% per annum, subject to adjustment in the event of default, with a provision that within one (1) business day after receipt of cash proceeds from any issuance of equity interests, unless waived, the Company will prepay certain obligations in an amount equal to such cash proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions;

•interest on the notes payable after February 15, 2022, at the agent’s sole discretion, either (a) in cash quarterly in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter or (b) by continuing to add such interest due on such payment dates to the principal amount of the notes;

•a maturity date of December 31, 2027, subject to certain acceleration conditions; and

•the Company to enter into the 2022 Bridge Notes for $36,000 (as further described below).

Delayed Draw Term Notes

The terms of the Delayed Draw Term Notes, as amended, provide for:

•an interest rate of 10.0% per annum, subject to adjustment in the event of default;

•interest on the notes payable after February 15, 2022, at the agent’s sole discretion, either (a) in cash quarterly in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter or (b) by continuing to add such interest due on such payment dates to the principal amount of the notes; and

•a maturity date on December 31, 2027, subject to certain acceleration terms.

2022 Bridge Notes

The terms of the 2022 Bridge Notes, as amended, provide for:

•an interest rate fixed at 10.0% per annum (as amended from interest that was payable in cash at an interest rate of 12% per annum quarterly; with interest rate increases of 1.5% per annum on March 1, 2023, May 1, 2023, and July 1, 2023, pursuant to the First Amendment), (as further described below);

•a maturity date of December 31, 2027, subject to certain mandatory prepayment requirements, including, but not limited to, a requirement that the Company apply the net proceeds from certain debt incurrences or equity offerings to repay the notes; and

•an election to prepay the notes, at any time, in whole or in part with no premium or penalty.

2023 Notes

In connection with the Third Amended and Restated Notes (as further described under the heading Former Principal Stockholder in Note 23), on August 31, 2023 pursuant to Amendment No. 1 under the Third Amended and Restated Notes dated August 14, 2023, the Company issued $5,000 aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes (the “2023 Notes” and collectively the 2022 Bridge Notes and 2023 Notes are referred to as the “Bridge Notes”). The provisions of Amendment No. 1 also permit certain incremental borrowings in the amount up to $3,000 at the sole discretion of the purchaser (the “Incremental 2023 Notes”), subject to a minimum amount of $1,000 and other conditions. On September 29, 2023, the Company issued $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Incremental 2023 Notes. On November 27, 2023, the Company issued $2,000 aggregate principal amount of Incremental 2023 Notes.

The terms of 2023 Notes, as amended, provide for:

•an interest rate fixed at 10.0% per annum;

•a maturity date of December 31, 2027; and

•an election to prepay the notes, at any time, at 100% of the principal amount due with no premium or penalty.

The following table summarizes the Company's related-party Term Debt:

The debt issuance costs incurred, as amended based on certain debt modifications, are being amortized over the applicable term of the Term Debt.

On December 29, 2023, the Company failed to make the interest payment due on the Term Debt resulting in an event of default with subsequent agreement to a forbearance period that was extended to September 30, 2024. On July 12, 2024, the Company entered into a third amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Notes dated as of December 15, 2022 (“Amendment No. 3”) which further deferred the accrued interest due date to December 31, 2024 (refer to the heading Principal Stockholder in Note 23). On November 6, 2024, the Company received a letter from Renew (as described in Note 23, Related Party Transactions) confirming the Company was not then in default under the Term Debt (collectively all of the Term Debt is also referred to as “Loan Documents”) due to the cure of the default identified in the forbearance letter (as updated from time-to-time the “forbearance letter”), and all interest was paid as of December 31, 2024 (see Note 23).

As of December 31, 2025, following the $13,000 curtailment payment made pursuant to Amendment No. 4, the Term Debt principal balance of $97,691 is due on December 31, 2027.

Information for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 with respect to interest expense related to the Term Debt is provided below.

Interest Expense

The following table represents interest expense:

(1) During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company paid cash interest of $3,824 that was accrued at December 31, 2023.

18. Preferred Stock

The Company has the authority to issue 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share. As of December 31, 2024,168 shares of Series G Convertible Preferred Stock were outstanding. On December 9, 2025, the outstanding 168 shares of Series G Convertible Preferred Stock were converted to common stock. As a result, no convertible preferred shares are outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

19. Stockholders’ Deficiency

Common Stock

Common Stock Purchase Agreement – On August 19, 2024, in connection with the Amended Promissory Note, the Company and Simplify entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement, where $15,000 of outstanding indebtedness under the Simplify Loan was exchanged for 17,797,817 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of approximately $0.84 per share, based on a 60-day volume weighted-average price of the Company’s common stock, which approximated the trading price on August 19, 2024, as reflected on the consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficiency. Further information is provided in Note 23.

Common Stock Private Placement – On February 14, 2024, the Company entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with Simplify, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to Simplify in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) an aggregate of 5,555,555 shares (the “Private Placement Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, at a purchase price of $2.16 per share, a price equal to the 60-day volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock. The Private Placement closed on February 14, 2024 and the Company received proceeds from the Private Placement of $12,000 which were reflected in the consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficiency for the year ended December 31, 2024. The proceeds were used for working capital and general corporate purposes. Further information is provided in Note 23.

Common Stock Withheld – The Company recorded the repurchase of vested restricted common stock of 6,901 shares for the payment for taxes of $29, and 330,982 shares for the payment for taxes of $534, during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, as reflected on the consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficiency.

Restricted Stock Awards

Unless otherwise stated, the fair value of a restricted stock award is determined based on the number of shares granted and the quoted price of the Company’s common stock on the date issued. The estimated fair value of these shares is being recognized as compensation expense over the vesting period of the award(see Note 19).

Common Stock to be Issued

In connection with a closing of a private placement on January 4, 2018, MDB, as the placement agent, was entitled to receive 2,701 shares of the Company’s common stock (subject to liquidated damages, see Note 14), which have not been issued as of December 31, 2025, as reflected on the consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficiency as common stock to be issued (see Note 14).

Common Stock Warrants

Warrants were issued to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock in connection with various financings, all of which have expired.

As of December 31, 2025, the Company hadno outstanding warrants to purchase shares of common stock. Warrants to purchase 39,774 shares of common stock that were outstanding as of December 31, 2024 (weighted-average exercise price of $7.26 per share) expired on October 20, 2025.

AllHipHop Warrants – On October 26, 2020, the Company granted AllHipHop, LLC an aggregate of 5,682 warrants exercisable for shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $14.30 (the “AllHipHop Warrants”). The AllHipHop Warrants are exercisable for a period offive years, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. The warrants expired in 2025 and were not outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

ABG Warrants – On June 14, 2019, the Company issued 999,540 warrants to acquire the Company’s common stock to ABG (the “ABG Warrants”) in connection with the Sports Illustrated Licensing Agreement, expiring inten years. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the ABG Warrants were forfeited as part of the ABG settlement.

20. Stock–Based Compensation

The Company issued stock-based compensation awards under several plans as follows:

•2016 Plan – On December 19, 2016, the Board adopted the 2016 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) that allowed the Company to grant restricted stock awards and statutory and non-statutory common stock options to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock to employees, directors and consultants, with vesting variable vesting provisions consisting of time-based and performance-based. The Company is no longer issuing awards under the 2016 Plan.

•2019 Plan – On April 4, 2019, the Board adopted the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) that allowed awards of stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, unrestricted stock awards, and stock appreciation rights, with variable vesting provisions consisting of time-based, performance-based, or market-based. The Company is no longer issuing option awards under the 2019 Plan.

•Outside Options – The Company granted stock options outside the 2016 Plan and 2019 Plan (the “Outside Options”) that allowed the Company to grant statutory and non-statutory common stock options, with variable vesting provisions consisting time-based, performance-based targets and certain performance achievements. The Company is no longer issuing Outside Options.

•2022 Plan – On April 18, 2022, the Board adopted the 2022 Stock and Equity Compensation Plan (the “2022 Plan”) that was approved by the Company’s stockholders on June 2, 2022 with a maximum number of shares authorized to be issued under the plan of 1,800,000. The purpose of the 2022 Plan is to foster the growth and success of the Company by providing a means to attract, motivate and retain officers, directors, key employees, and consultants through awards of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, unrestricted stock awards and restricted stock units. Shares subject to an award that have been canceled, expired, settled in cash, or not issued or forfeited for any reason will not reduce the aggregate number of shares that may be subject to or delivered under the 2022 Plan and will be available for future awards granted under the 2022 Plan. Common stock options issued under the 2022 Plan may have a term of up toten years and may have variable vesting provisions based on time and performance. The issuance of awards under the 2022 Plan is administered by the Board or any committee of directors designated by the Board.

Restricted Stock Units

During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company issued restricted stock units to various employees and members of the board subject to continued service. Upon vesting of the award, subject to certain conditions for release of the award, the Company issues the underlying common stock of the Company.

The fair value of a restricted stock unit was determined based on the number of shares granted and the quoted price of the Company’s common stock on the date issued during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.

A summary of the restricted stock unit activity during the year ended December 31, 2025 is as follows:

The aggregate grant date fair value of restricted stock units that vested during the year ended December 31, 2025 was $173.

The Company’s policy is to repurchase the number of shares of its common stock at the fair market value at the time of issuance of new shares of its common stock upon conversion of a restricted stock unit to cover the tax obligations.

The total intrinsic value of shares of the Company’s common stock issued for restricted stock units that were released during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 were $112 and $454, respectively.

Common Stock Options

During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company issued common stock options under the 2022 Plan, consisting of primarily of incentive stock options with a term of up toten years with time-based vesting provisions over three years.

The fair value of common stock option awards granted during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was calculated using a Black-Scholes options-pricing model. The assumptions utilized are as follows:

A summary of the common stock option activity during the year ended December 31, 2025 is as follows:

(1)Common stock available for future issuance under the 2022 Plan represent 1,800,000 of authorized shares; less 727,110 common stock options outstanding and 15,723 restricted stock units outstanding.

The aggregate grant date fair value of common stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $300 and $4, respectively. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of common stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 were $0.75 and $0.18, respectively.

The total intrinsic value of common stock options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 were $24 and $0, respectively. The total fair value of common stock options vested during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 were $72 and $2,412, respectively.

The unvested common stock options for which the vesting is expected based on achievement of a performance condition as of December 31, 2025 were with a weighted average remaining contractual term of 3.25 years.

The Company’s policy is to repurchase the number of shares of its common stock at the fair market value at the time of issuance of its common stock upon exercise of common stock options to cover the tax obligations and any cashless exercise.

As of December 31, 2025, there wasno intrinsic value of exercisable, in-the-money common stock option awards and no aggregate intrinsic value of all outstanding, in-the-money options, including both exercisable and unvested options, based on the fair market value of the Company’s common stock trading price at December 31, 2025 of $4.00 per share.

Modification of Awards – On February 28, 2023, the Company modified certain equity awards as a result of the resignation of a senior executive employee where 38,026 restricted stock units with time-based vesting that were unvested were vested and 21,117 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock with time-based vesting that were unvested were vested, each subject to compliance with applicable securities laws and certain other provisions. In connection with the modification of these equity awards, the Company agreed to purchase a total of 45,632 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (including previously vested options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock of 24,515) as of the resignation date of the employee at a price of $10.29 per share, reduced by the exercise price and required tax withholdings, subject to certain conditions. The modification of the equity awards resulted in the unamortized costs being recognized at the modification date. The cash price of $10.29 per option less the strike price of $8.82 per option resulted in incremental cost of $68 being recognized at the modification date. The modification resulted in liability classification of the equity awards, with $68 paid during the year ended December 31, 2024.

ABG Warrants

In connection with the Licensing Agreement and issuance of the ABG Warrants to purchase up to 999,540 shares of the Company’s common stock, the Company recorded the issuance of the warrants as stock-based compensation with the fair value of the warrants measured at the time of issuance and expensed over the requisite service period.

On April 29, 2025, the ABG Group Legal Matters were resolved through a confidential settlement with outstanding liabilities being released by all sides. In connection with the settlement, all ABG Warrants were forfeited. There wereno ABG Warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

A summary of the ABG Warrant activity during the year ended December 31, 2025 is as follows:

Publisher Partner Warrants

Publisher Partner Warrants – As of December 31, 2025, the Company hadno Publisher Partner Warrants outstanding or exercisable. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had 9,800 Publisher Partner Warrants outstanding. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company cancelled these warrants in accordance with the terms of the applicable warrant agreements.

A summary of the Publisher Partner Warrants activity during the year ended December 31, 2025 is as follows:

There wasno intrinsic value of exercisable but unexercised in-the-money Publisher Partner Warrants since the fair market value of $1.34 per share of the Company’s common stock was lower than the exercise prices on December 31, 2024.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock–based compensation and equity-based expense charged to operations or capitalized during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 are summarized as follows:

Unrecognized compensation expense related to the stock-based compensation awards and equity-based awards as of December 31, 2025 was as follows:

21. Income Taxes

The following table summarizes income (loss) before income taxes and the income tax provision (benefit), by continuing and discontinued operations, and reconciles to net income (loss):

The income (loss) before income taxes from continuing operations, by jurisdiction, consists of the following:

The following table summarizes the components of income tax provision (benefit) from continuing operations, including current and deferred income taxes:

The income tax provision (benefit) for continuing operations on the statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to loss before the benefit for income taxes after the adoption of ASU 2023-09, as follows:

(1) In 2025, state taxes in California made up the majority of the state and local income taxes, net of federal effect category.

The income tax provision (benefit) for continuing operations on the statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to loss before the benefit for income taxes before the adoption of ASU 2023-09, as follows:

The components of deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

The following table summarizes activity related to the Company's valuation allowance:

The Company must make judgments as to the realization of deferred tax assets that are dependent upon a variety of factors, including the generation of future taxable income, the reversal of deferred tax liabilities, and tax planning strategies. To the extent that the Company believes that recovery is not likely, it must establish a valuation allowance. A valuation allowance has been established for deferred tax assets which the Company does not believe meet the “more likely than not” criteria. The Company’s judgments regarding future taxable income may change due to changes in market conditions, changes in tax laws, tax planning strategies or other factors. If the Company’s assumptions and consequently its estimates change in the future, the valuation allowances it has established may be increased or decreased, resulting in a respective increase or decrease in income tax expense. Based upon the Company’s historical operating losses and the uncertainty of future taxable income, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance primarily against its deferred tax assets up to the deferred tax liabilities, except for deferred tax liabilities on indefinite lived intangible assets, as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. Certain deferred tax liabilities related to indefinite-lived intangible assets are considered a source of future taxable income for certain deferred tax assets with indefinite carryforward periods and therefore reduce the amount of deferred tax assets requiring a valuation allowance.

As of December 31, 2025, the Company had federal, state, and local net operating loss carryforwards available of $193,532, $143,193 and $46,044 respectively, to offset future taxable income. Net operating losses for U.S. federal tax purposes of $184,048 do not expire (limited to 80% of taxable income in a given year) and $9,484 will expire, if not utilized, through 2037 in various amounts. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had federal, state, and local net operating loss carryforwards available of $210,633, $161,471 and $59,138, respectively, to offset future taxable income.

Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code imposes restrictions on the use of a corporation’s net operating losses, as well as certain recognized built-in losses and other carryforwards, after an ownership change occurs. A section 382 ownership change occurs if one or more stockholders or groups of stockholders who own at least 5% of the Company’s common stock increase their ownership by more than 50 percentage points over their lowest ownership percentage within a rolling three-year period. Future issuances or sales of the Company’s common stock (including certain transactions involving the Company’s common stock that are outside of the Company’s control) could also result in an ownership change under section 382. If an ownership change occurs, Section 382 would impose an annual limit on the amount of pre-change net operating losses and other losses the Company can use to reduce its taxable income generally equal to the product of the total value of the Company’s outstanding equity immediately prior to the ownership change (subject to certain adjustments) and the long-term tax exempt interest rate for the month of the ownership change.

The Company’s ability to utilize certain net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards is subject to limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code as a result of prior equity transactions. These limitations restrict the amount of carryforwards that may be utilized in future periods, and management expects that a portion will not be realized. Accordingly, deferred tax assets related to these carryforwards have not been recorded or are recorded net of anticipated limitations. The Company’s conclusions regarding the realizability of deferred tax assets consider these limitations, among other factors. The federal, state, and local net operating loss carryforwards are stated net of any such anticipated limitations as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. In addition, the Company evaluated the impact of Public Law 119-21, commonly referred to as One Big Beautiful Bill Act, on its income tax provision and determined that it did not have a material impact for the year ended December 31, 2025.

The Company didnot recognize any uncertain tax position, or any accrued interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. The Company files tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and New York, California, and other states. The Company is generally subject to examination by income tax authorities for three years from the filing of a tax return, therefore, the federal and certain state returns from 2021 forward and the California returns from 2020 forward are subject to examination.

Income taxes paid consist of:

22. Employee Benefit Plans

The Company has a qualified 401(k) defined contribution plan that allows eligible employees of the Company to participate in the plan, subject to limitations. The plan allows for discretionary matching contributions by the Company, up to 4% of eligible annual compensation made by participants of the plan. The Company contributions to the plan were $911 and $1,295 for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

23. Related Party Transactions

Principal Stockholders

Loan Documents – On January 5, 2024, as part of negotiations with Renew, an affiliated entity of Simplify Inventions, LLC (“Simplify”), in connection with the Company’s failure on December 29, 2023 to make the interest payment due on the Loan Documents, dated December 15, 2022 held by Renew in the amount of $2,797, that resulted in an event of default under the Loan Documents, Renew agreed in writing to a forbearance period through March 29, 2024 (subsequently extended to September 30, 2024), that was originally subject to the Company retaining a chief restructuring officer acceptable to Renew, while reserving its rights and remedies. In connection with the forbearance, the Company had an engagement with FTI Consulting Inc., a global business advisory firm (“FTI”) from January 5, 2024 through April 26, 2024, to assist the Company with its turnaround plans and forge an expedited path to sustainable positive cash flow and earnings to create shareholder value (the “FTI Engagement”). In connection with the FTI Engagement, Jason Frankl, a senior managing director of FTI, was appointed as the Company’s Chief Business Transformation Officer. He was later appointed as the interim Co-President. Upon completion of their work under the FTI Engagement satisfactory to Renew and the Company, the FTI Engagement was terminated as of April 26, 2024 and Mr. Frankl resigned as Co-President and Chief Business Transformation Officer.

On July 12, 2024, as described above, the Company entered into Amendment No. 3, pursuant to which interest that was, or will be, due on December 31, 2023, March 31, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024 was due on or before December 31, 2024, as well as the interest otherwise due on December 31, 2024 (all of which was paid before December 31, 2024). The deferral was contingent on, among other things, no events of default occurring under the Loan Documents during the deferral period. On November 6, 2024, the Company received a letter from Renew confirming the Company is not currently in default under the Loan Documents due to the cure of the default identified in the forbearance letter (see Note 17).

The Company's Term Debt (see Note 17, Term Debt) is with Renew.

Simplify Loan Exchange for Common Stock – On August 19, 2024, in connection with the Common Stock Purchase Agreement, $15,000 of outstanding indebtedness under the Simplify Loan was exchanged for 17,797,817 shares of the Company’s common stock.

Simplify Revenue– For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 , the Company recognized digital advertising revenue from transactions with Living Essentials, LLC (“Living Essentials”), an affiliated entity of Simplify, totaling $3,069 and $5,120, respectively. The outstanding accounts receivable due from Living Essentials was $193 and $3,465 as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Simplify Expenses – Agency 5, LLC (“Agency 5”) is an affiliated entity of Simplify and is considered a related party. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company entered into transactions with Agency 5. and recorded a reduction of expenses of $140 related to these transactions. Accounts receivable due from Agency 5 was $70 as of December 31, 2025. There wereno related-party transactions with Agency 5 during the year ended December 31, 2024, andno amounts due to or from Agency 5 as of December 31, 2024.

Common Stock Private Placement – As a result of the issuance of the Private Placement Shares to Simplify, as of December 31, 2025, and based on the Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on December 27, 2024, Simplify owns approximately 71.15% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. As a result, Simplify has the ability to determine the outcome of any issue submitted to the Company’s stockholders for approval, including the election of directors. Prior to the consummation of the Private Placement, the Company’s public stockholders held a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.

Business Combination – Effective August 19, 2024, the Business Combination Agreement, dated November 5, 2023, as amended (the “Business Combination Agreement”), among the Company, Simplify, Bridge Media Networks, LLC, New Arena Holdco, Inc., Energy Merger Sub I, LLC and Energy Merger Sub II, LLC was terminated by mutual agreement. The Company incurred no penalties as a result of the early termination of the Business Combination Agreement.

Asset Acquisitions –The acquisitions of TravelHost and ShopHQ are described in Note 4, Acquisitions and Dispositions. The acquisitions were related party transactions. TravelHost was acquired from Simplify and also included an assignment of certain contracts from Bridge Media Networks, LLC, an affiliate of Simplify. ShopHQ is an affiliate of the Company under common control of Simplify.

24. Commitments and Contingencies

Claims and Litigation – From time to time, the Company may be subject to claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. The outcome of any litigation is inherently uncertain. Based on the Company’s current knowledge it believes that the final outcome of the matters discussed below will not likely, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows; however, in light of the uncertainties involved in such matters, there can be no assurance that the outcome of each case or the costs of litigation, regardless of outcome, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business.

On January 30, 2024, the former President, Media filed an action against the Company and Manoj Bhargava, the former interim CEO and a principal stockholder, alleging claims for breach of contract, failure to pay wages and defamation, among other things, in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, seeking damages in an unspecified amount. On November 15, 2024, the Company has executed a confidential settlement agreement with the former President, Media which fully resolved the matter to the satisfaction of the parties to the litigation.

On March 21, 2024, the former CEO and Chairman of the board of directors filed an action against the Company, members of its board of directors and Simplify, alleging claims for retaliation, breach of contract, wrongful termination and age discrimination, among other things, in the Superior Court of the State of California seeking damages in an amount of $20,000. The Company and board member Carlo Zola filed a Cross Complaint and Answer on June 20, 2024. Apart from Mr. Zola, the remaining individual board member defendants successfully filed a Motion to Quash Service of Summons based on lack of jurisdiction, and they have been dismissed from the case. Simplify was also dismissed from the case. On September 13, 2024, the former CEO and Chairman filed an Answer to the Company’s Cross Complaint.

On May 15, 2025, the former CEO and Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors filed a First Amended Complaint, which adds a new cause of action for alleged breach of contract based upon the Company’s refusal to advance certain attorneys’ fees to him. On May 28, 2025, the Company filed an Answer to the First Amended Complaint. The Company intends to vigorously defend itself against the allegations made in this lawsuit.

ABG Group Legal Matters

On April 1, 2024, Authentic Brands Group, LLC, ABG-SI, LLC, and ABG Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC (collectively referred to as the “ABG Group”) filed an action against the Company and Manoj Bhargava, the former interim CEO of the Company and a principal stockholder, alleging, among other things, breach of contract in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York seeking damages in the amount of $48,750 (the alleged and disputed $3,750 royalty fee liability and $45,000 termination fee liability as reflected in current liabilities from discontinued operations).

On June 7, 2024, the Company filed a response denying ABG Group’s alleged breach of contract action and filed a counterclaim against ABG Group and Minute Media, Inc. alleging, among other things, unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, unjust enrichment, breach of contract and tortious interference with contract. On August 2, 2024, ABG Group filed an amended complaint which the Company responded to on August 22, 2024 and subsequently filed counterclaims against ABG Group and Sportority, Inc. d/b/a Minute Media (“Minute Media”). A settlement conference was held on December 4, 2024. On March 4, 2025, ABG Group filed a Second Amended Complaint adding allegations and additional claims against Mr. Bhargava. The allegations and claims asserted against the Company remained substantially the same as those in ABG Group’s original complaint filed April 1, 2024. On August 30, 2024, each of ABG, Minute Media, and Mr. Bhargava filed respective motions to dismiss, which motions were fully briefed as of November 1, 2024. On April 29, 2025, all outstanding legal matters with the ABG Group and Minute Media were resolved through a confidential settlement. As a result, the Company has released the previously accrued liability related to the ABG Group dispute, with no further obligations remaining under the terminated licensing agreement. The ABG Warrants were also forfeited as part of the settlement. The impact of the settlement is reflected in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025.

25. Segment Reporting

The Company leverages its Platform to build content verticals powered by anchor brands. The Company’s strategy is to focus on key subject matter verticals where audiences are passionate about a topic category where it can leverage the strength of its core brands to grow its audience and monetize editorially focused online content through various display and video advertisements that are viewed by internet users of the content.

The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) is the Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s reportable segments are organized in the subject matter verticals that offer content on the respective topics by brand. The Company hasfour reportable segments: Sports & Leisure, Finance, Lifestyle, and Platform & Other. Segment profit measure is segment gross profit defined as segment revenue less segment cost of revenue, consisting of costs and expenses directly attributable to the segment. The brand Men's Journal is organized under the subject matter vertical of Sports & Leisure for the year ending December 31, 2025. Accordingly, segment‑level year‑over‑year comparisons reflect this reclassification, with prior periods recast to conform to the current‑period presentation.

Each of the reportable segments derives its revenue from digital advertising, digital subscriptions, performance marketing, publisher revenue, and licensing and publisher revenues as described above in Note 2.

The following tables summarize key financial information by segment:

(1)The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker.

(2)Other segment items are primarily comprised of inventory procurement and shipping fulfillment costs.

(1)The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker.

(2)Other segment items primarily consist of sponsored content costs.

The Company’s long-lived assets, consisting of property and equipment, and operating leases, are located in the United States. No asset information is provided to the CODM.