🌯 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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International Women’s Day: Women In Ad Tech Talk About the State of Gender Equality

According to Jessica Cortapasso, SVP of People, Digital Remedy, women are “seeking meaningful and sustainable progress toward gender equality and are not afraid to seek new avenues.” Whether they transition to a more inclusive company or branch out to start their own, professional women are fighting for the next generation…

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Blazing Her Own Path in Ad Tech: Crystal Foote, CEO and Founder, Digital Culture Group and ThePartyStarter

Crystal Foote, an award-winning marketing professional and entrepreneur, learned that two decades into her career. Foote recently launched two businesses, Digital Culture Group and ThePartyStarter, to target and uplift diverse audiences within the advertising and digital media industry. After years of trying to push DEI initiatives for others, she found the…

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Privacy Experts Convene on the Need for Federal Legislation at RampUp

At RampUp 2023, "Stay on the Forefront of Privacy Legislation" was a session where Washington D.C.-based ad tech counsel and a VP at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shared their perspectives on what's happening right now and what the industry can do to streamline the process. One common denominator among…

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What Are the 3 S’s of Programmatic Podcast Advertising?

Programmatic podcast advertising is gaining market share, and more and more publishers are interested in integrating it within their monetization strategy, dramatically increasing revenue generation.  Old-school hosting platforms cannot trade programmatically, but now these efficiency features are available on the platforms that seriously invested in ad tech from the early…

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Say Hello to the Latest Brand Building Blocks; ELEVATE and the Accountability Score

ELEVATE includes an Accountability Score metric designed to assist brands in identifying new growth opportunities in media plans that drive unique audiences, minimize brand fraud and improve brand outcomes. Reach, impressions, and clicks typically define programmatic success, but with ELEVATE, brand equity and lower funnel actions are taken into play.…

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