🌯 LA Times Woes Signal It’s Time to Reinvent the Newsroom

The news business is on the ropes in general, but what’s been happening lately at The Los Angeles Times is particularly grim. How are publishers responding to all of this instability and disruption?

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🌯 Did Publishers Waste Time Playing in the Privacy Sandbox?

Now that Google hit pause on its grand plan to kill third-party cookies in Chrome, publishers can breathe a sigh of relief (for now). But was the time spent testing the Privacy Sandbox worth it?

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🌯 Ad Dollars and Google Antitrust Drama: 2024’s Banner Year, 2025’s Bumpy Ride

Digital ad revenue in the U.S. hit an all-time high of $259 billion in 2024—a 15% year-over-year surge and the fastest pace of growth since 2021. But was is the outlook for 2025?

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🌯 Tariff Timeout: Can Publishers Make the Most of the 90-Day Reprieve?

Trump's tariffs caused economic chaos, even after the 90 days pause, but working through change and economic uncertainty is nothing new for publishers.

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🌯 Can the EU Rein in Big Tech While Avoiding a Trade War?

The European Commission is set to issue fines against Apple and Meta for violating the DMA—its first levies under the law.

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Publisher Headaches: The System Integration Identity Crisis

Many digital publishers are experiencing an identity crisis. They’re asking themselves, ‘Am I a digital publisher, or a systems integrator?’ Unfortunately, the answer isn’t clear. As a member of a software company, I find the context of the question the most interesting.  Publishers and systems integrators are no longer mutually…

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Interview with Sorosh Tavakoli, Founder and CEO of Videoplaza

Videoplaza is sponsoring Tom Bowman's session Video Will Become Television, Television Will Become Video at the OPS Europe event Tuesday in Cologne. In advance of the event we asked Sorosh Tavakoli, Founder and CEO of Videoplaza, a few questions about video, ad operations and the state of the industry.  …

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Interview with OPS Europe Keynote Dr Mark Grether, COO, Xaxis

Sept 20, 2011, Köln in Partnership with dmexco 2011 AdMonsters OPS Europe event on Sept 20 in Cologne has an incredible lineup of speakers on the agenda, including keynote Dr. Mark Grether, Chief Operating Officer, Xaxis. AdMonsters caught up with Dr. Mark Grether to discuss his keynote address ‘A New…

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What’s so funny about innovation? Paul Valerio finds it can be laughing matter.

Recently I had the good fortune and privilege to give the keynote presentation at the AdMonsters Publisher Forum in San Diego. The topic of the presentation, “What’s So Funny About Innovation?”, focused on the parallels between stand-up comedy and the difficulties of innovating within a data-driven business culture.   Full…

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Is RTB the End of the Road for Display Advertising? 10 Things Publishers Need To Know

I’ve been threatening on twitter (@MarkMcEachran) to write a book on the things publishers need to know about Real-Time Bidding (RTB).  At the Rubicon Project, we like to talk about ‘RTB Done Right’ and how to help publishers understand what’s really going on. With a full-time day job I don’t…

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