- Group Nine's SPAC Kicks Off Public Trading
Publishers Daily, Rob Williams - Friday, January 15, 2021
The digital publisher whose brands include 'Thrillist', 'NowThis' and 'PopSugar,' effectively went public today as trading began on a blank-check company it formed last month. ...
- 'Axios' Shows How Publishers Are Testing New Revenue Sources
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, January 18, 2021
The publisher will launch a software-as-a-service platform called AxiosHQ to help companies with their internal communications. ...
- 'NYT Cooking' Launches Ad Campaign Amid Surging Growth
Publishers Daily, Rob Williams - Thursday, January 14, 2021
The eight-week campaign includes TV, digital and social media ads to showcase how 'NYT Cooking' helps home cooks make no-fuss meals. ...
- Google Reportedly Hiding Some Australian News Site Content In Search Results
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 14, 2021
Reports suggest Google has been hiding some Australian news sites from search results, a move that shows how Google controls what people see on the internet. ...
- 'Quartz' Taps Natalie Diamond As CRO
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Diamond is charged with overseeing the publication's advertising business. ...
- Mediavine Releases Platform For Server-To-Server Header Bidding
Publishers Daily, Rob Williams - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Mediavine's OpenRTB aims to help publishers improve the revenue from their ad-supported websites. ...
- Report: Bustle Digital Group Hires Investment Firm To Explore IPO
Publishers Daily, Rob Williams - Monday, January 11, 2021
The digital publisher whose titles include 'W,' is exploring ways to become a publicly traded company. ...
- FCC Chief Abandons Plan To Regulate Social Media Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 8, 2021
Given the upcoming change in administration, the FCC won't move forward with an attempt to regulate how online media companies treat speech by users, outgoing chairman Ajit Pai said th ...
- How To Use Zero-Party Data To Actually Give Consumers Control Of Media
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, January 11, 2021
As someone who has dived pretty deep into the weeds of consumer data sovereignty models over the past few years, this one seems squeaky clean to me. ...
- Oliver Knox Exits SiriusXM To Author 'WaPo' Newsletter
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
"The Daily 202" reaches the largest government audience of all "WaPo" newsletters, according to the publisher. ...
- Maryland's Digital Ad Tax Will Set Bad Precedent For Publishing
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
The tax is mostly aimed at Big Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon that sell digital ads to businesses that want to reach consumers in Maryland. ...
- Google Question Hub Launches In U.S.
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
The Google Question Hub feature collects unanswered questions from users, allowing content creators and writers to create content that answers them. ...
- Former 'Politico' Reporters Launch Media Venture 'Punchbowl News'
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, January 4, 2021
The new pub will publish three daily newsletters "focused relentlessly on the people in Washington who make decisions." ...
- Recap: The Top 10 'Publishing Insider' Columns For 2020
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Publishers saw a surge in web traffic as homebound readers sought news and information about the health crisis, but a broad pullback in ad spending. ...
- Twitter Sued For Libel In Hunter Biden Email Controversy
Social Media Insider, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Computer repair shop owner John Paul Mac Isaac is suing Twitter for defamation over its handling of the 'NY Post''s story about Hunter Biden. ...
- Citing Failure To Repeal Section 230, Trump Vetoes Military Spending Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 23, 2020
"Section 230 facilitates the spread of foreign disinformation online, which is a serious threat to our national security and election integrity," Trump said Wednesday in a message to Congress. ...
- Street Media Buys Iconic 'Village Voice'
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, December 23, 2020
The company plans to resume online publication in January, while a print version will appear quarterly. ...
- Survey: 68% Saw Digital Sub Growth, But Many Lost Ad Clients
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
The uptick was a plus, but some 79% lost a key source of revenue: ads. ...
- 'Southwest Contemporary' Returns As Quarterly In 2021, 'LAist' Gets New Editor
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
'Southwest Contemporary' will expand coverage beyond Santa Fe to embrace the full region: New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah. ...
- Massive Cyberattack Is Reminder For Publishers To Guard First-Party Data
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Only a handful of companies have publicly acknowledged they installed its tainted software -- and the extent of any damage from data breaches is still unclear. ...
- Affiliate Channels, Ranked And Rated
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
The Martech Record Market Presence Index is a measurement of buyer intent and preference, focused on awareness, consideration, and preference. Here are results of the top affiliate networks. The repo ...
- Facebook Instant Articles Adds 5,700 Publishers In 2020
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, December 21, 2020
The top 100 publishers in the U.S. and Canada using Instant Articles experienced RPM (revenue per thousand article reads) growth of 48% YoY. ...
- Google Hit With New Antitrust Lawsuits By Genius, Sweepstakes Today, Other Publishers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, December 20, 2020
Genius Media Group -- which unsuccessfully sued Google for allegedly scraping lyrics -- along with other publishers have brought a new antitrust lawsuit against Google for allegedly rigging the onli ...
- 'The Information' Launches Opinion Section
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, December 18, 2020
"We're bringing the conversations we hear executives having with colleagues and competitors to our readers," stated The Information's founder-editor in chief, Jessica Lessin. ...
- 'Axios' Acquires 'Charlotte Agenda,' Rebrands As Part Of Parent Company
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, December 18, 2020
The 'Charlotte Agenda,' based in North Carolina, has 1,700 supporters, and 55,000 newsletter subscribers, with a 40% average open rate. ...
- Antitrust Suit Targeting Google's Ad Operations Is Critical for Publishers
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, December 18, 2020
Ten state attorneys general on Wednesday sued Google in U.S. District Court in Texas, accusing the company of overcharging publishers and abusing its power in advertising. ...
- Jack Myers Launches Ed-Tech Search Engine To Support Underserved B2B Media Market
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, December 17, 2020
The industry-specific B2B search engine, MeetingPrep.com from MediaVillage, addresses the media industry's failure to invest in education and diversity. ...
- Senate Rebuffs Trump On Section 230 Repeal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Saturday, December 12, 2020
Rejecting a demand by President Trump, the Senate on Friday passed a defense spending bill that doesn't include a repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Earlier th ...
- 'The Correspondent' To Shutter In January
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, December 11, 2020
Ten people will be let go. All published articles and audio stories will remain publicly accessible on the site. ...
- Mary Kate McGrath Tapped As COO, Some Spider Studios
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, December 10, 2020
McGrath will co-manage the businesses of the company's parenting brands, including 'Scary Mommy,' 'Fatherly' and 'The Dad.' ...
