Dotdash Meredith proposes to have found the key to journalism profitability online. Their recent report for Q1 2024 shows remarkable growth, with digital revenue surging by 13% to $209 million. Recent data indicates that the publisher is beginning to yield positive results, mainly due to its internally developed ad-tech solution…
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Towards the end of last year, my company began to notice an uptick in malicious redirects stemming from video ad unitsโa first for the digital media ecosystem. Specifically, scammers have begun injecting malicious redirects through VAST tags that redirect users to a fraudulent website, regardless of whether the ad was…
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As the saying goes, 'With great popularity comes great scrutiny.' The House's sudden decision to ban TikTok in March, which caught TikTok executives off guard, is a testament to this. The strained relationship between our government and the ByteDance-owned company, exemplified by CEO Shou Zi Chew's contentious court appearance with…
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AdMonsters April 25, 2024 18 Ad Tech Industry Experts Weigh In On Google’s Third Party Cookie Deprecation Delay The ad tech industry is experiencing a serious case of déjà vu. Google announced that it will no longer fully eliminate Chrome's third-party cookies by the end of this year. But what…
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Theย California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA)ย aims to shake up online big tech operations. Under current regulations, these platforms are only required to submit terms of service reports occasionally. But if this bill passes, they'll have to cough up monthly or quarterly cash to digital journalism providers proportional to how much advertising…
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AdMonsters April 18, 2024 What Is the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) of 2024? On April 7, 2024, Chairs Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) jointly introduced The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA.) If passed, this legislative proposal would establish a federal privacy framework that would disrupt…
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On April 7, 2024, Chairs Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) jointly introduced The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA.) If passed, this legislative proposal would establish a federal privacy framework that would disrupt the current fragmented data privacy framework.ย APRA strongly emphasizes empowering American consumers with greater control over…
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What happens when an AI company uses all of the English text on the Internet to train its chatbots and still needs more data? Five New York Times reporters found that AI companiesโOpen AI, Google, Meta, among othersโwill do whatever it takes to tap into ever-greater data pools, even if…
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To say that Reddit's IPO is causing a stir is an understatement. Part of that excitement is due to generative AI. Google and other AI companies are just itching to get their hands on Reddit's vast pool of user-generated content to train its models.
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Last Wednesday, The House passed a bill demanding that ByteDance sell TikTok to another owner or the government will pull the plug for its 170 million users based in the U.S. According to The Wall Street Journal, the bill blindsided TikTok executives.
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