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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.
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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?
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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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Publisher Forum Keynote: Complex Networks’ Justin Killion on Mastering Revenue Diversification
In his address, Killion detailed the rise of Complex Networks from a streetwear clothing line 20 years ago to a multimedia business with print and online magazines, video streaming, and in-person and virtual events. The evolution of the company sets a standard for publishers who are looking to broaden their…
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What Is Ad Refresh? All That a Publisher Needs to Know
The ad tech industry is packed with several solutions (such as header bidding, A/B testing, etc.) to help publishers optimize their ad revenue. One such solution is ad refresh, which is considered advantageous by a lot of publishers yet there is some skepticism around using it due to its controversial…
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AdMonsters Publisher Forum Montreal Highlights, Plus Top Tweets
Come Tuesday morning, Sharon Harris, CMO at Ascential digital, graced the stage. Harris spoke on the significance of brand marketing today and retail media spend in an ever-changing ad technology space.
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Political Ad Spend Going Up: What Publishers Should Consider Before Running Them
This country is no stranger to political controversy. However, the past couple of years has boasted an unprecedented amount of political strife with a highly controversial president, a reckoning for the country’s systematic racism, a global pandemic, and even the recent reversal of Roe v. Wade. Within the context of this…
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Mastering Change in a Post-IDFA World: Q&A with Ron Duque, WeatherBug
While ATT has improved privacy and cut down on fingerprinting, it has made it immeasurably harder for pubs (and even big tech) to monetize their apps. That's why we invited Ron Duque, Head of Advertising and Ad Tech Operations, WeatherBug, to come to PubForum Montreal on August 15, 2022, to…
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