Zedge To Report Second Fiscal Quarter 2025 Results
Zedge's earnings release will be filed on Form 8-K and posted on the Zedge investor relations website ( investor.zedge.net) at approximately 4:10 PM Eastern on March 12, 2025.
Management will then host an earnings conference call beginning at 4:30 PM Eastern to discuss its earnings results, outlook, and strategy, which will be followed by Q&A with investors.
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About Zedge: Zedge empowers tens of millions of consumers and creators each month with its suite of interconnected platforms that enable creativity, self-expression and e-commerce and foster community through fun competitions. Zedge's ecosystem of product offerings includes the Zedge Marketplace, a freemium marketplace offering mobile phone wallpapers, video wallpapers, ringtones, notification sounds, and pAInt, a generative AI image maker; GuruShots, 'The World's Greatest Photography Game,' a skill-based photo challenge game; and Emojipedia, the #1 trusted source for 'all things emoji.'
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