In a memo to employees, CNN CEO Mark Thompson announced that the company will merge the television newsgathering and digital news divisions into one unit, hoping to help the network's shift towards digital expansion.
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The ad tech industry is working overtime to prevent privacy compliance mishaps, but every once in a while, bad actors seep in between the cracks. Noyb, a prominent tech watchdog, has backed a complaint against Microsoft's advertising subsidiary Xandr, accusing it of violating data access rules and providing inaccurate data.
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It's no surprise that political ad spend is booming this year, especially with a pivotal presidential election approaching, but the spend is higher than analysts initially expected. AdImpact originally forecasted political ad spending at $10.2 billion, but it has shot up to $10.7 billion.
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Publishers, what would you say if we told you that if Chrome nixed third-party cookies today, you'd be waving goodbye to a whopping 60% of your ad revenue? That's the report according to Criteo's Privacy Sandbox market testing.
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At the Cannes Lions Festival, Wall Street Journal publisher Almar Latour called out advertisers for avoiding credible news outlets over brand safety, exacerbating their financial struggles. His sentiment is in line with a recent Prohaska study which revealed that 30% of publishers' ad inventory was blocked from advertisers spend due…
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Paul Bannister dropped some serious knowledge bombs on LinkedIn and Twitter, giving us the lowdown on how different DSPs spend with Google's Protected Audience API (PAAPI). It's clear from the data that everyone's scrambling to figure out their game plan for a post-third-party cookie world.
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Europe is setting a new course with its Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA). These twin pillars aim to dismantle the monopolistic strongholds of Big Tech, fostering a fairer and more transparent digital marketplace.
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The Trade Desk published its biannual Sellers and Publishers Report, which examines the growth drivers of the premium internet (aka the top digital publishers and platforms outside of Google and Facebook). The report notes that we are at an inflection point in the industry: For the first time in a…
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I know you’re probably ho-hum over my ramblings about generative AI and its implications for the future of digital media, but this past week I came across two juicy articles that shine a light on how the less-than-cozy relationship between tech giants and publishers is only being further torn asunder…
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Two unsettling trends are emerging in digital media: premium publishers partnering with content farms and the rise of AI-generated content. Both trends highlight a troubling shift in digital media such as the erosion of content quality and integrity.
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