🌯 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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Celebrating AAPI Month: Don Valdez’s Parenting Styled Leadership Approach

Don Valdez head of ad tech and publisher sales at The Media Trust shares his parenting styled leadership approach and how he pays it forward. He is an inspiring professional from the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, whose journey serves as a beacon of hope for many aspiring…

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AAPI Heritage Month: 10 Digital Media and Ad Tech Professionals Setting the Standard

In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, here are 10 AAPI ad tech and digital media professionals who are setting the standard for how the advertising ecosystem will advance in the coming years. 

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Newsrooms Beware: ChatGPT Lies. Its Apologies are Lame but Insightful

I’ve read the hype; ChatGPT is supposed to be better than Google Search, right? Why go through the bother of searching, clicking on a bunch of articles, comparing multiple sources, and synthesizing what I read when ChatGPT can do that for me in one simple step? It has been a…

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Emodo SSP Survey Says Marketers Crave Innovation

The status quo for SSP protocol is no longer working. According to a new survey from Emodo, marketers crave more innovation and keener targeting and measurement skills from SSPs. 

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AdMonsters Ops Keynote Mark Sturino: Leveraging AI for Media Buying and Selling

During his keynote, “How AI is Reshaping Media Buying and Selling,” at the AdMonsters Ops Conference, Mark Sturino, VP, Data and Analytics, Good Apple will share how media agencies and publishers can best incorporate AI to solve challenges from ad effectiveness and consumer engagement to brand safety and cross-device targeting. 

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