🌯 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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What Is a Bot Market and How Can Publishers Fight Against Them?

The battle for brand safety is on because bad actors are more creative than ever with their ad fraud tactics. It's time for clean sweeps of your sites because ad fraud and malvertising schemes are amiss. They are setting traps to sell your consumers' data, ultimately affecting your credibility as…

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5 Podcast Predictions Shaping the Future of Digital Audio in 2023

Audio advertising is really taking off in the US. Podcast ad spend will surpass $2 billion in 2023, according to the IAB. Currently, podcasts account for nearly one-third of digital audio ad spend, and that projection will increase over time.  We spoke with some ad tech professionals in the podcasting…

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Here’s What I Learned at CES: 2023 Will Be All About Hybrid AdTech Domains. Here Are the Top Three.

For the most part, folks seem to be done thinking about adtech as a standalone landscape; an arcane little island, if you will, disconnected from the broader tech world. Myles Younger, Head of Innovation and Insights, U of Digital, thinks this is great, if for no other reason than it’s…

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How Is Real-time Optimization Transforming Retail Media?

With the average person encountering thousands of ads daily, consumers cannot possibly process the volume of messages they receive. Brands and advertisers must invest in the most effective advertising channels available to cut through the clutter.  High purchase propensities environments such as grocery stores, drug stores, convenience stores, and big…

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7 Ad Tech Pros Predict CTV, TV, and Video Trends for 2023

When it comes to CTV (and media in general), 2022 was not only about the re-emergence of life post-pandemic but also about figuring out where audiences will migrate and how to reach them. It was all about subscriber growth, total reach, and big numbers. Now the conversation is shifting because…

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