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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?
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 More6 Ways We Predict Digital Media & Ad Tech Will Continue to Change in 2022
With digital media and ad tech constantly changing at the speed of light, it's hard to know what's happening next, or in some cases even what's happening now. We spoke with seven leaders from academia, advertising operations, data practices, and media and creative agencies, to learn how they believe the…
Read MoreWhat Is Google Topics API?
Late last month, in a move that shocked no one, Google announced Topics, a Privacy Sandbox initiative it thinks can power interest-based targeting in Chrome when third-party cookies are phased out. Google calls Topics an evolution of their previous proposal for interest-based targeting which was called FLoC.Â
Read MoreMinority Report Podcast: Lashawnda Goffin, CEO at Colossus SSP Is Building an Equitable Marketplace
"It's hard to reach niche audiences at scale," says Lashawnda Goffin, CEO at Colossus SSP. "And that could be because of their lack of resources or know-how when it comes to the programmatic space." Colossus SSP is a minority-owned ad tech company focused on building an inclusive marketplace and empowering…
Read MoreCall For Entries: 2022 Top Women in Media and Ad Tech
AdExchanger and AdMonsters have come together to evolve the annual Top Women in Media Awards into the Top Women in Media and Ad Tech Awards to recognize, celebrate, inspire and bring together the women who are making an impact in the greater digital media and advertising technology community.
Read MoreProtect Ya’ Rep: Take Our Publisher’s Brand Suitability Survey
Now that digital advertising is entering its third decade, AdMonsters is keen to assess the state of advertising. We’d like to understand the risks publishers face, whether advertising can serve as a strategic differentiator, and whether or not publishers can support their brand suitability goals in programmatic channels.
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