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🌯 Business Insider’s Layoffs Are a Tremor in a Bigger Media Quake
Business Insider, once the poster child for viral news and breakneck traffic growth, slashed 21% of its staff—at least 100 jobs. But this is not an anomaly.
AdMonsters Sell Side Summit Sell Side Summit Fort Lauderdale 2025
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Beyond the Browser. Into the Signal: The Next Era of the Open Web
August 17-19, 2025 | Nashville, TN
With media consumption moving off of traditional websites using AI, social media, and mobile-first behavior dominating, what does this mean for publishers and sell-side teams? Learn new strategies to increase your declining traffic and find new audiences in the AI feed. Sessions will include: ♦ Discovery is Broken: Finding Audiences in the AI Feed ♦ […]
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🌯 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?
Read More🌯 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?
Read More🌯 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?
Read More🌯 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.
Read More🌯 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.
Read More20 Top Women in Media & Ad Tech to Look Out For
It was a highly inspiring evening at this year's Top Women In Media & Ad Tech awards, where we honored 127 amazing women along with our sister brand AdExchanger. Many honorees received their flowers, from those in the earlier stages of their careers to industry OG's. While every honoree was…
Read MoreSeen and Heard: Top 6 Tweets From AdMonsters #OpsNY
So, you missed AdMonsters Ops 2022 in New York? While I won't outright call you a loser, I will say you missed some of the most intriguing discussions about where the future of ad tech and revenue operations is headed. And while what life looks like post-cookie ran throughout the…
Read MoreKeynote Kerel Cooper Spotlights Powerful Shaping Influence of Black Media
During his keynote — Diversified Teams, Tactics & Audiences: Why the Future of Media Looks Like Group Black — at AdMonsters Ops on June 7, 2022, Kerel Cooper, President of Advertising, Group Black, called on the media industry to address challenging shifts within the industry with diversification and innovation —…
Read MoreThe Rise of Publisher Data and Its Potential for Tighter Collaboration Between Brands, Agencies, and Publishers
With third-party cookie deprecation quickly becoming a reality, publishers are examining the data they have within their walls and realizing that they have unique and valuable assets to bring to the table. Their data will give rise to new opportunities for brands, agencies, and publishers to collaborate earlier on in…
Read MoreCharting the Customer Journey From End-to-End With Michael Chiang, Director, Campaign Operations, NYTimes
The NY Times is getting data out of silos to harness the power of marketing, customer, and advertising data toward a more collective, data-driven business. Michael Chiang, Director, Campaign Operations, The New York Times, is using Action IQ CDP to quickly create, deploy and evaluate campaigns. And eventually, some tools…
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