Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. (Nasdaq: DJT) ("TMTG" or the
"Company"), operator of the social media platform Truth Social, the
video streaming service Truth+, and the financial services and
FinTech brand Truth.Fi, announced its financial results for the
full year ending on December 31, 2024. These results are included
in TMTG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") today.
TMTG closed 2024 with a strong balance sheet comprised of $776.8
million in cash and short-term investments, strongly positioning
the Company to advance its immediate goal of enhancing and
expanding all its platforms—Truth Social, Truth+, and Truth.Fi.
TMTG has achieved this result after launching its first product
less than three years ago, amid severe repression of free speech
across social media platforms, with the mission of opening up the
Internet and giving people their voices back. Now, the Company has
established a strong cash position to pursue further expansions and
acquisitions, has opened up new frontiers for an iconic brand and
has attracted approximately 650,000, largely retail, shareholders,
as of October 15, 2024.
TMTG began with the launch of the free speech social media
platform Truth Social, designed to provide an outlet for users,
including President Trump, who were being subject to onerous
political censorship on other platforms. In 2024, the Company
continued its consistent efforts to enhance and refine the
platform, including by introducing:
- live TV
- a personalized “For you” feed
- video ads on Truth Social apps
- an increased character count of
3,000 characters
- bookmarks
In 2024, the Company successfully rolled out the Truth+ video
streaming service. Featuring news, entertainment, faith-based
programming, and other family-friendly content, Truth+ is now
nearing completion of beta testing and transitioning to a full
launch. The introduction of Truth+ in 2024 entailed:
- creating a proprietary, multi-site
content delivery network that is designed to be uncancellable
- launching streaming on the Web and
through native apps for iOS, Android, and connected TVs
- offering an expanding streaming
catalogue of live TV and video on demand
- providing ultra-fast TV streaming
and cutting-edge features including live TV rewind with visual
thumbnails, catch-up TV for up to seven days, network DVR, and a
Spanish language interface option
Subsequent to 2024, TMTG announced the rollout of its financial
services and financial technology strategy, including the launch of
the Truth.Fi brand encompassing financial services and FinTech. To
introduce the new brand, the Company has:
- reached an agreement to obtain
secure payment processing capabilities to help monetize TMTG’s
platforms through subscription services on Truth+ and various forms
of e-commerce on Truth Social
- licensed the Truth.Fi brand to an
investment adviser who has commenced preparations to launch a set
of separately managed accounts (“SMAs”) in cooperation with Charles
Schwab, as well as a slate of exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) that
will reflect America First principles; in connection with these
efforts, TMTG has applied to trademark Truth.Fi Made in America
ETF, Truth.Fi Made in America SMA, Truth.Fi U.S. Energy
Independence ETF, Truth.Fi U.S. Energy Independence SMA, Truth.Fi
Bitcoin Plus ETF, and Truth.Fi Bitcoin Plus SMA.
“After going public and listing on NASDAQ less than a year ago,
TMTG developed quickly in 2024, and this year we aim to continue
growing all our platforms,” said TMTG CEO and Chairman Devin Nunes.
“We will continue to explore opportunities to partner, merge with,
and acquire other entities that are able to function effectively if
TMTG evolves into a holding company with subsidiaries
spanning several industries. Americans proved in 2024 that they’re
looking for an alternative to cancel culture—they want to conduct
their business and commerce free from debanking, political
retaliation, and obnoxious corporate messaging that violates their
values. TMTG aims to fill this demand and to expand throughout the
Patriot Economy, combining with companies that complement our
technology, brand and America First principles.”
For the full year of 2024, TMTG had cash used in operating
activities of $61.0 million, approximately half of which comprised
legal expenses including costs related to the Company’s March 2024
merger with a special purpose acquisition company. Partly as a
result of obstruction by the Biden-era Securities and Exchange
Commission, which turned the process into one of the longest SPAC
mergers in history, TMTG incurred significant legal expenses
related to its merger and has brought litigation seeking to recoup
its damages. Additionally, the company had non-cash losses, mostly
in the first quarter—including $107.4 million in stock-based
compensation expense and a further $225.9 million recorded as an
accounting loss due to changes in the fair value of derivative
liabilities.
The Company believes its balance sheet, having risen from $2.6
million in cash and short-term investments at the end of 2023 to
$776.8 million at the end of 2024, strongly positions TMTG for the
future relative to its current operating costs.
TMTG had $3.6 million in net sales for the year, in addition to
$11.6 million in net interest income, such revenue largely
resulting from incipient advertising initiatives and tests of other
monetization projects with various partners. In 2024 the Company
focused on building out its ecosystem, improving the Truth Social
platform, and expanding its range of services, such as constructing
its own content delivery network to create the Truth+ video
streaming platform. TMTG believes its robust and uncancellable
infrastructure, expanding range of services and recent agreement to
secure payment processing services will advance its monetization
initiatives and open new avenues for generating revenue in 2025 and
beyond.
Cautionary Statement About Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements
regarding, among other things, the plans, strategies, and
prospects, both business and financial, of TMTG. We have based
these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and
projections about future events, including potential merger &
acquisition activity, the rollout of products and features, the
future plans, timing and potential success of the streaming
services and the launch and success of our financial services and
FinTech platform. Although we believe that our plans, intentions,
and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking
statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will
achieve or realize these plans, intentions, or expectations.
Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks,
uncertainties, and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not
historical facts, including statements concerning possible or
assumed future actions, business strategies, events, or results of
operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be
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“should,” “seeks,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “anticipates,” “soon,”
“goal,” “intends,” or similar expressions. Forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance, and involve
risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause our actual
results to differ materially from the expectations that we describe
in our forward-looking statements. There may be events in the
future that we are not accurately able to predict, or over which we
have no control.
About TMTG
The mission of TMTG is to end Big Tech’s assault on free speech
by opening up the Internet and giving people their voices back.
TMTG operates Truth Social, a social media platform established as
a safe harbor for free expression amid increasingly harsh
censorship by Big Tech corporations, as well as Truth+, a TV
streaming platform focusing on family-friendly live TV channels and
on-demand content. TMTG is also launching Truth.Fi, a financial
services and FinTech brand incorporating America First investment
vehicles.
Investor Relations Contact
Shannon Devine (MZ Group | Managing Director - MZ North
America)
Email: shannon.devine@mzgroup.us
Media Contact
press@tmtgcorp.com
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