Stankevicius Group has completed its 18-month rebuild of its media operations with the launch of BAIUM.net, an ad buying extension of its AI-driven global media buying and brokerage platform, Arcana Mace. The new service allows advertisers to run image and video campaigns across a connected network of native media sites, marking the group's full re-entry into the global media market after selling its original media portfolio in 2025.
The strategic shift is significant. Stankevicius MGM, the group's marketing arm, began as a media developer building news and content platforms across business, technology, politics, global economics, and entertainment. In mid-2025, it sold that portfolio—comprising 11 operational sites and one premium domain—to a Middle East-based private equity firm, with terms undisclosed. Rather than rebuilding as a publisher, Stankevicius Group started from scratch to create an automated, AI-based media buying platform. Development of Arcana Mace began in Q4 2025, and the platform went live in late May 2026. It operates as a brokerage marketplace, structured more like Fiverr or Freelancer than a conventional media house, where buyers order from registered agencies, sellers deliver, and payment is released upon acceptance.
The launch of BAIUM.net in early Q4 2026 adds paid distribution to the ecosystem, which already includes Media on Demand, a self-publishing layer launched in Q3 2026 that connects to third-party media sites via API. Advertisers can now place campaigns on either a pay-per-click model starting from a minimum budget of $1 or a fixed daily fee starting from $15 per day per channel. This integration gives advertisers an end-to-end path from brokered placements to direct self-publishing to paid amplification, all within a single platform. As CEO Paulius Stankevicius stated, "Bringing BAIUM.net together with Media on Demand and Arcana Mace's core marketplace gives advertisers an end-to-end path from brokered placements to direct self-publishing to paid amplification, all in one platform." The move positions Stankevicius Group as a comprehensive media technology provider, leveraging AI to streamline media buying and distribution for a global client base.
The implications for the media buying industry are notable. By combining brokerage, self-publishing, and programmatic ad buying into one AI-driven platform, Stankevicius Group offers a unified solution that could simplify workflows for advertisers and agencies alike. The low minimum spends lower barriers to entry, potentially attracting smaller advertisers. The completion of the rebuild signals the group's resilience and adaptability, transforming from a media developer into a media marketplace. For more details, the original release is available on www.newmediawire.com.
