‘They’re attentive’: Inside Apple’s pitch to wary publishers

Apple News has won over journalists with its human editorial staff, but its business side chafes at the lack of revenue coming from the platform. | Continue reading


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GroupM slams Facebook, says it doesn’t operate with real-world metrics

The agency's programmatic arm Xaxis has created a short-form video ad format that can run across Snap, Spotify, Twitter and radio broadcaster Global. | Continue reading


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WTF is ads.txt?

The IAB introduced ads.txt as a tool that can help ad buyers avoid illegitimate sellers who arbitrage inventory and spoof domains. | Continue reading


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Memory app Timehop built an ad server to go from near-death to profitable

Timehop's 15-person team ended up creating its own ad server. A year and a half later, CPMs have grown from $2 to $28. | Continue reading


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The media startup and The Associated Press are working together to build a blockchain based-technology. | Continue reading


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The Associated Press signs on with journalism blockchain startup Civil - Digiday

The media startup and The Associated Press are working together to build a blockchain based-technology. | Continue reading


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BuzzFeed News quietly tests a membership program - Digiday

The news publisher is testing a membership program that will let readers contribute $5 to $100 to support its journalism. | Continue reading


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Ad tech's bid-caching controversy, explained

“You might call it gaming the system, or you might call it ‘smart innovation'": The industry remains divided on the bid caching controversy. | Continue reading


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How Siobhan O'Connor is trying to grow Medium's subscription business - Digiday

The platform's first vp of editorial is overseeing an ambitious push into subscriptions. | Continue reading


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Amazon to merge its ad businesses into one platform

Amazon’s ad business has been hard for newcomers to navigate with different divisions for first- and third-party sellers. | Continue reading


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What is a GDPR consent string?

A consent string is like a map that you can use to ensure your ad buying is compliant and clarifies what data can and can't be used. | Continue reading


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Wary of fake followers, agencies change how they charge for influencer ads

“The pay-for-reach model is no longer acceptable.” | Continue reading


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Goodbye, dark posts: How Facebook’s and Twitter’s ad-transparency tools work

These tools, which operate independently, mean an end to dark posts and far more access to information for consumers and for advertisers. | Continue reading


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'Never had a chance': Inside Verizon's $1B bad bet on Go90

Go90 died because Verizon made the mistake of chasing ad dollars by solving for a business problem instead of fixing a consumer need. | Continue reading


@digiday.com | 5 years ago

From Kanye to bust: Verizon is shutting down Go90

Verizon has decided to shut down its mobile video platform, Go90, effective July 31, sources said. | Continue reading


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‘Everyone is breaking the law right now’: GDPR compliance is falling short

"Everyone is trying to make things work the way they used to, rather than thinking about privacy." | Continue reading


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How Popular Science is shedding its male-geek image

Women make up half the magazine's online readership, up from 25 percent a year and a half ago, per the magazine. | Continue reading


@digiday.com | 5 years ago

Direct-to-consumer brands sour on Facebook ads

As Facebook ad prices soar and the feed becomes cluttered with advertisers, direct-to-consumer companies like Brooklinen, Roman and Curology are diverting their ad spends into traditional channels. | Continue reading


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GDPR Causes Programmatic ad buying in Europe to drop 25 to 40 percent

“They [Google] thought they could bully everyone into using their own [GDPR] system, and the industry has turned around and kneed them in the balls." | Continue reading


@digiday.com | 5 years ago

Some frustrated publishers are sitting out Google’s GDPR meetings

Google's planned meetings to untangle GDPR have become a flashpoint of controversy, dividing publishers. | Continue reading


@digiday.com | 5 years ago

The Weather Channel stopped publishing video on Facebook

The Weather Channel is no longer actively publishing videos to Facebook due to a lack of meaningful revenue. | Continue reading


@digiday.com | 5 years ago

The Weather Channel stopped publishing video on Facebook

The Weather Channel is no longer actively publishing videos to Facebook due to a lack of meaningful revenue. | Continue reading


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Ad agencies are forced to adjust to new California freelance worker restriction

California advertising agencies are hoping to give freelancers both the freedom and benefits they want. | Continue reading


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Programmatic advertising spending takes a hit due to GDPR

"Performance might take a dive, but I’d rather that little blip than headlines saying we’re not compliant, or our advertising isn’t legal under GDPR." | Continue reading


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Magazine publishers with video ambitions see YouTube as safer bet than Facebook

Fast Company and The Atlantic are among other smaller video publishers that are prioritizing YouTube. | Continue reading


@digiday.com | 5 years ago

Apple News allows all publishers to use Google's DoubleClick to serve ads

Publishers can use Google’s ad server to sell displays ads on Apple News, but not pre-rolls or HTML5-based ads. Ad-targeting options are also limited. | Continue reading


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