🌯 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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No Job Shortage in Ad Tech…

In light of the big “day of action” by Occupy Wall Street last Tuesday, I thought it was an appropriate time to talk about a common theme of the protests: jobs. Over and over again we hear the chants of “jobs for the 99%.”However, the positions of the protesters stand…

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Collaborate and Compete: The Online Advertising Oxymoron

The online advertising industry continues to experience significant changes as we see businesses trying to take advantage of the opportunities offered by a market now worth more than £1 billion in online display alone. One emerging trend seems to be the willingness of companies to collaborate in an attempt to…

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Kiddie Soccer or Project Management: What’s Your Approach?

How does your group respond when a fastball project/request comes in and needs to be dealt with immediately? Do you take the kiddie soccer approach of everyone swarming the ball, or do you have someone on point whose role is to grab the ball (project), move it forward and get…

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Mobile Ad Ops: Connecting the Dots of Future Success

Once upon a time there was a white space, one generated by the need to connect content created, planned and bought by agencies, with online media properties. This need led to the innovation of a technology that enabled the placement of online ads, and that was the beginning of the…

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Shepherding Online Video Growth Through Updated Standards

Change is in the air. The industry standards that control how supply and demand sources connect are about to be updated.New versions of both VPAID and VAST will create more opportunities to deliver engaging advertising and ensure that online video gets more investment and continues to grow its share of…

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