🌯 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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Kroger Precision Marketing’s In-House Ad Platform Finesses Customer Experience

Last week, Kroger's retail media operation announced the  launch of an in-house self-service ad platform. The platform was designed to ease advertisers’ ability to activate, measure and optimize their campaigns and improve their customers' overall experience. 

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Safe GenAI Chatbots, Safe Reputations: Spectrum Lab’s Ryan Treichler Talks Fine Tuning, Reinforcement Learning, and Guardrails

As publishers, we recognize the immense value of our content, and the concept of a conversational chatbot guiding users to explore and enhance their experiences with that amazing content is truly fascinating. But can publishers launch generative AI chatbots and sidestep the issues we read about daily, such as hallucinations, responses…

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Oregon Sets the Bar: Landmark Consumer Data Privacy Bill Becomes the Strongest in the Nation

Oregon. On June 22, 2023, the Oregon state legislature passed Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA) (SB 619). It is the eleventh state in the US to do so and the sixth this year. The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA) is notable because it’s the strongest bill passed to date.

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AdMonsters Publisher Forum Keynote Dr. Jon Roberts: Innovating Audience Targeting for a Cookieless World

Roberts has been with Dotdash Meredith since 2013. As Chief Innovation Officer, Roberts oversees research, data science, and open market revenue. He was previously the President, Health & Finance, overseeing strategy for Verywell, Health, Parents, Investopedia, and The Balance, and has held various senior leadership roles, including Head of Data…

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MediaMath Bankruptcy: Impact on Publishers and the Fragile AdTech Ecosystem

MediaMath filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and the ad tech community has started to mourn the once beloved DSP. As publishers face the possibility of non-payment for inventory purchased through MediaMath, industry experts emphasize the need for careful assessment, proactive communication, and a reevaluation of payment processes. While the effects of…

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