Acast AB (publ) (ACAST) Q1 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to ACAS Earnings Call for the interim report covering the period January to March 2025. Today we have our CFO and Deputy CEO Emily Villatte who will present ACAS results for the quarter. You're welcome to submit questions throughout the presentation using the form below the stream and we will raise the questions during the Q&A held after the presentation. I'd now like to start the presentation by handing over to Emily. Please Emily, the floor is yours. Hi, and thank you to everyone for listening in. I'm Emelie Willat, CFO and Deputy CEO of Acast, operating from our Stockholm office. Unfortunately, our CEO Ross Adams was not able to make it today due to illness. But I'll take you through our highlights and financial performance in the first quarter before we open up for Q&A. Now for all new investors listening in, Acast is in essence the leading independent podcast network globally and we're uniquely positioned at the center of the podcasting value chain, matchmaking advertisers with podcast creators who want to monetize their content and their highly engaged audiences. So essentially we bring together creators who produce compelling content to attract listeners using their creativity to build a loyal audience base and this high quality content attracts sizable and engaged audiences, who are highly attractive to advertisers, seeking and paying for efficient reach and engagement at scale. And we underpin this with the widest dataset in podcasting through our data company, Podchaser, allowing us to drive discovery for podcasts, matchmaking between advertisers and audiences, and creating revenues for both creators and Acast. Our competitive edge is based on the fact that we are true podcasting pioneers, being the inventors of the technology behin...