Stankevicius Group has completed an 18-month rebuild of its media operations with the launch of BAIUM.net, an ad buying extension of its AI-driven Arcana Mace platform, according to a release distributed via NEWMEDIAWIRE. The new service allows advertisers to run image and video campaigns across a connected network of native media sites, and it marks the group's formal re-entry into the global media market after selling its original portfolio in 2025.
The strategic significance lies in consolidation. Brokerage, self-publishing, and paid advertising now sit within a single AI-enabled ecosystem, giving advertisers an end-to-end path from brokered placements to direct self-publishing to paid amplification. That positions Arcana Mace as a one-stop marketplace rather than a collection of separate services, a notable shift for a group that once operated as a traditional media developer.
The rebuild followed the 2025 sale of Stankevicius MGM, the group's marketing arm, which had built news and content platforms across business, technology, politics, global economics, and entertainment. A Middle East-based private equity firm acquired the network of 11 operational sites and one premium domain, with the deal closing in mid-July 2025 after negotiations that began in May; terms were not disclosed. Rather than rebuild as a publisher, Stankevicius Group chose an automated, AI-based media buying model.
Development of Arcana Mace began in Q4 2025, and Stankevicius Pacific Limited, the group's PR and marketing firm, finished the platform in Q1 and Q2 2026. It went live in late May 2026. The platform is a brokerage marketplace structured more like Fiverr or Freelancer than a conventional media house: buyers order from registered agencies, sellers deliver, and payment is released when the buyer accepts. It does not broker PR services directly, distinguishing it from the earlier Stankevicius MGM model.
Media on Demand, launched in Q3 2026, added a self-publishing layer connected by API to third-party media sites, letting users publish directly without prior editorial review while each outlet's terms, privacy, and security requirements still apply. BAIUM.net went live in early Q4 2026 as the ad buying platform for that network, offering pay-per-click campaigns from a $1 minimum budget and fixed daily fees from $15 per day per channel.
CEO Paulius Stankevicius said the combination gives advertisers an end-to-end path across brokered placements, direct self-publishing, and paid amplification in one platform. The group's corporate websites are stankevicius.com and stankeviciusgroup.com. For the media buying sector, the launch signals a push toward integrated, AI-driven marketplaces that could pressure traditional agencies and publishers to offer similar bundled access.
