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šÆ Business Insiderās 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 staffāat least 100 jobs. But this is not an anomaly.
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šÆ LA Times Woes Signal Itās Time to Reinvent the Newsroom
The news business is on the ropes in general, but whatās 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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šÆ 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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šÆ Ad Dollars and Google Antitrust Drama: 2024ās Banner Year, 2025ās Bumpy Ride
Digital ad revenue in the U.S. hit an all-time high of $259 billion in 2024āa 15% year-over-year surge and the fastest pace of growth since 2021. But was is the outlook for 2025?
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šÆ 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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šÆ 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 DMAāits first levies under the law.
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Best of AdMonsters 2019: The Top Stories in Digital Media and Advertising
It's that time of year again. The time of year when we at AdMonsters take a moment to reflect on everything that's happened in the past year in the world of digital media and advertising. What's that saying again, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it?"…
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SSP and DSP Value Is in the Eye of the Publisher
As the main feeder exchanges settles at threeāGAM, Amazon's Transparent Ad Marketplace (TAM), and Prebidāthereās a great deal more murkiness in the middle; even more cross-pollination as SSPs pine for advertiser spend and DSPs tighten their bonds with premium publishers. The question of āhow many intermediaries are actually necessary?ā is…
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PubForum Scottsdale: A Pictorial Retrospective
Ops is sexy. Ops is people. Ops is community. If you ever attended an AdMonsters Publisher Forum, you know exactly what I'm talking about. If you haven'tāsorry for ya š¢. The 3.5 days brings together a small select group of publishers, data professionals and other digital media stars (the unsung…
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Ready Player Legends: Let’s Make Ad Ops a Lot More Fun
Why arenāt the systems we use in ad ops a lot more like video games? Wouldnāt that make ad ops fun? As smart as we are in this industry, why do we settle for the same data entry screens that someone in banking or insurance might use? Here are some…
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What Problems Does the IABās CCPA Compliance Framework Solve?
The IABās CCPA Compliance Framework provides a much-needed industry-standard to pass along crucial information about a consumerās sold PI and the consumerās journey with respect to what the CCPA requires. Its weaknesses and strengths come from the same sourceāit is not meant to provide a definitive answer on CCPA language…
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