---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001084048-23-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZD"
cik: "0001084048"
company_name: "ZIFF DAVIS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T23:50:05.404216+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ziff Davis appoints Kirk McDonald to board of directors, effective Nov 15, 2023

## Summary
- Kirk McDonald appointed to the Board effective November 15, 2023.
- Will serve on the ESG and Compensation Committees.
- Compensation per standard director policies described in the 2023 Proxy Statement.
- No reportable transactions under Item 404(a) between the company and McDonald.
- Expected to stand for election at the 2024 Annual Meeting in May 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001084048-23-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZD
- cik: 0001084048
- company_name: ZIFF DAVIS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000108404823000094/0001084048-23-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000108404823000094/jcom-20231115.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084048-23-000094
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084048-23-000094.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084048-23-000094.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kirk McDonald was appointed as director of the Board at ZIFF DAVIS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director of the Board
  source text: The Board of Directors of Ziff Davis, Inc. (“the Board”) has appointed Kirk McDonald to serve as director of the Board effective November 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000108404823000094/0001084048-23-000094-index.htm

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