🌯 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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AdMonsters Playbook: Why Publishers Need to Break Down Their First-Party Data Silos

First-party data is widely seen as an avenue for creating successful campaigns, and publishers are keen to develop their first-party offerings. Sharing data internally allows publishers to create and demonstrate highly personalized value exchanges across all channels. Now more than ever, publishers need to fully harmonize their cross-channel experiences with…

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The Ugly Truth Behind Advertising & Ad Tech’s Relationship With LGBTQ Media

For the entire month of June, we saw many brands rainbow wash their logos and packaging, but are those companies working to implement change in communities or stop bias against the LGBTQ community?

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What Are the Tradeoffs Between DMPs, MDMs and CDPs?

The rise of digital channels where consumers engage with brands — on websites, mobile apps, social platforms, etc. — drove the creation of solutions like DMPs, MDMs, and CDPs. These solutions allow marketers (and publishers) to recognize people by their different proxies and stitch them together for a single view…

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Unlock Direct-Sold Revenue With Email Newsletters and Native Ads: Q&A With LiveIntent’s Rachel Rubin

The recent surge in email newsletters can be attributed to all sorts of things from the cookie crackdown to looming privacy regulations to publishers needing to diversify their revenue. I spoke with Rachel Rubin, Vice President, Customer Success, Liveintent to dive deeper into these topics and especially focus on how…

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ICYMI: 10 Advertising & Ad Tech Highlights From Cannes

Cannes Lions International Festival is the most extensive professional gathering for the creative marketing community. For ad tech, there has been many exciting and impactful discoveries. From talks surrounding Google and Netflix to the yachts, which were back in full force this year like they never left, the festival is undoubtedly…

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