🌯 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: How Clickbait Ad Scams are Devised & Impact Publishers’ Sites

How are clickbait ads getting on sites? What is the impact of such ads on the user experience? The publisher’s brand reputation? To better understand the extent of the problem, we surveyed 148 publishers about their experiences with clickbait ads on their sites. A key goal is to understand why…

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What are the Top 10 Alternative ID Solutions and How Should You Use Them?

Although Google has delayed their third-party cookie cut-off, there has to be new and effective ways to aggregate consumer data in an ethical manner. One of the more widely spread solutions are Alternative IDs. This medium involves identifiers that are privacy focused and allows publishers to access first-party data that is…

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Why Publishers Need to Keep Their Ads.txt Files up to Date

Domain spoofing is still a big problem on the open web, especially for highly-ranked sites that have done an excellent job at earning the trust of their audiences. And even though ads.txt was created to thwart bad actors from performing arbitrage, domain spoofing, clickjacking and ultimately messing with legit publishers'…

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Foundry’s Evolution: The Company’s Journey From IDG to Martech Powerhouse

To get the scoop on the new and evolved Foundry, AdMonsters spoke with the company’s President, Kumaran Ramanathan, about the process of the name changes and acquisitions, how the company can help bridge the gap between the sales and marketing teams, and his advice on how the industry should move…

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A Multicultural Strategy Is Crucial for Advertisers’ World Cup Marketing Plans

Some U.S. marketing agencies and advertisers tend to have an insular mentality, thinking that the most significant events in the country are, by default, also the biggest across the world. This substantial and grave misconception could mean millions of lost revenue. With deep emotional attachments to every corner of the…

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