Why Publishers Matter In A World of AI
Generative AI threatens the very future of the open web and the publishers that sustain it, but there can be a future where publishers thrive by recognizing what they offer that AI cannot.
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Breaking Down FAST With TMB: Growth, Trends, and the Future of Free TV
The FAST market is experiencing remarkable growth, with consumers increasingly turning to these channels as a cost-effective alternative to traditional cable and paid streaming services. TMB’s Jill Goldfarb shares insights on growth, content strategies, and ad innovations driving this shift.
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How PinkNews Leveraged OpenWeb to Boost User Engagement and Data Collection
PinkNews, a leading LGBTQ+ news and entertainment platform, partnered with OpenWeb to create a safer, more engaging space for its audience. Together, they are driving deeper user engagement while building robust first-party data. Through this collaboration, PinkNews is strategically expanding its loyal user base.
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Ad Tech Providers Respond to Consumer Malcontent with the State of Streaming
AdMonsters reported on consumers' perceptions of TV streaming, and they cited many issues of concern, including seeing ads when they pay for subscriptions and the need to subscribe to multiple services. We asked multiple people who are providing advertising support to streaming providers about CTV advertising to respond to their…
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Streaming Companies Have a PR Problem
When Amazon Prime announced at the beginning of the year that its subscribers would need to pay an extra $2.99 to continue an ad-free experience, consumers began grumbling earnestly about ever-increasing subscription costs. It's worth exploring their complaints so everyone with a stake in the CTV industry can address them head-on.…
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How CouponFollow Effectively Monetizes Traffic As a Nontraditional Publisher
With a growing audience ready to buy, coupon or deal sites can be a precious asset to advertisers. However, nontraditional publishers often face off against early stumbling blocks as they develop a monetization strategy.
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Why Publishers Need to Future-Proof Their Businesses With Newsletters: Q&A With Passendo’s Anders Rasmussen
Given that ad spend will continue its slow descent well into 2023, and direct sales are making a comeback (for some, they never left) — email newsletters provide advertisers with premium advertising inventory that reaches a highly engaged audience.
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Netflix Considers Ad-Based Subscription, Could Shake up SVOD Business
Raise your hand if you remember when a Netflix subscription was $8.99 a month? 🙋🏾♀️ Minus all the fancy tiers, their initial subscription model, and the exclusively intriguing content attracted subscribers and made them the category leader and most popular SVOD platform that they are today. These days, they are…
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What To Expect: Ad Tech Trends In 2022
Well, 2021 was another rollercoaster, wasn’t it? Filled with exciting wins but also internal shrieks (or outbursts, no judgment) of frustration, and the ad tech industry was no exception. As we countdown the last days of the year and the Omnicron variant attempts to make us nosedive into 2022, we’re…
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Building a Successful Advertising Business from a Subscription-First Model
In this keynote video, from Publisher Forum Virtual Spring 2021, Lisa Ryan Howard, SVP, General Manager, Media explains how The Times is focusing on fewer, higher quality ads and using its first-party data to offer targeting based on emotional states and reader motivations to provide more powerful ad experiences.
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