Third-party publishers own the content they license to Spotify. In terms of revenue sharing, earnings are divided among the creator, the publisher, and Spotify. Additionally, Plai, an AI-powered platform that allows brands to swiftly create, deploy, and monitor their campaigns across various platforms, will provide advertising offerings within these new…
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Pubs, have you recently seen a decrease in website tracking from late May to mid-June? If so, Google may be to blame for this. Google makes hundreds of algorithm updates each year, some minor, some major, and the core updates take place every few months. The last time Google rolled…
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The digital advertising community has been witnessing what many are calling a resurgence of contextual advertising. But contextual advertising is only as effective as the taxonomy of content on which it is based. Enter custom content taxonomies. Most publishers currently use standardized content taxonomies by such organizations as the IAB,…
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With the third-party cookie near death and privacy regulations ratcheting up, publishers have many challenges ahead. We spoke with Will Hathaway, Head of Strategic Business Development at Ex.Co to learn about how his company helps publishers face those challenges head-on by leveraging content experiences to increase engagement, revenue, and CPMs…
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Everyone loves a good proof of concept before pouring hundreds of thousands, or millions, into an idea. Shoppable content is one such idea, and it’s a lucrative, proven, revenue model. When activations like shoppable content are woven through editorial content, the line is blurred between where editorial reporting stops and…
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Move over COPPA, GDPR, CCPA and CPRA. There’s a new legislative acronym for publishers to watch: It’s called JCPA (short for the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2021). And though it’s not focused on privacy like the others, if it gets passed, the bill could be just as game-changing…
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For the last couple of years, the financial services category has lead in digital ad spend and during the pandemic, even when loads of people are out of work, it seems to be no different. Senior Editor Lynne d Johnson spoke with Rachel Tuffney, EVP, Dianomi, an advertising platform for…
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In the current state of affairs in the publishing world, when CPMs are down and budgets get universally leaner, it’s actually more important than ever to devote funds to data analysis in order to extract revenue from every possible channel you can. In this guide, Dominick Miserandino, CEO of Inquisitr.com,…
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The forecast for publishers sometimes looks grim—what with cookies disappearing, privacy regulations mounting and fear of header bidding and yield optimization going away—but Publisher Forum Scottsdale was where they got their gear to weather the storm. From keynotes to small group sessions to workshops, ad ops, rev ops and data…
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It’s no surprise, the media landscape has changed dramatically the past few years—and continues to change nearly every day. The way marketing looks at paid, earned, shared, and owned is flipping. Because of this “The five Rs are becoming complementary to the three Ps,” says Bob Pearson, Senior Advisor at…
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