- 'Time' Publishes COVID-19 Issue, Collaborates With Katie Couric On 2 Video Series
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Friday, April 10, 2020
The latest 'Time' issue focuses on front-line workers risking their health and lives in the pandemic. ...
- Court Revives Claims Privacy Claims Over Facebook's 'Like' Button
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 9, 2020
Siding against Facebook, a federal appellate panel has revived a lawsuit claiming that the company violated users' privacy by tracking them via the "Like" button. ...
- 'Reader's Digest' Launches 'The Healthy,' First Digital Vertical
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, April 9, 2020
While health information is available online, actionable health information is another matter. "The Healthy" hopes to address that need. ...
- Vox.com Asks Readers To Contribute To Journalism
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, April 8, 2020
The program comes at a time when advertisers are pulling back, given the uncertainty in the market. Vox will continue to provide content for free, without a paywall. ...
- PopSugar To Boost Women-Led Businesses With Ad Impressions, Creative Services
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Media placements include a rotation of standard banner ads sized across the PopSugar network, in addition to banner placements in PopSugar newsletters. ...
- 'The Atlantic' Brand Agency Creates COVID-19 Hub, Magazine Records Traffic Spike
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Atlantic 57 has created a platform for articles written by staff and contributors on how COVID-19 impacts brands. ...
- Is Dropping Paywalls A Mistake During The COVID-19 Pandemic?
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
People shouldn't expect newspapers to give their product away any more than they demand grocery stores hand out free food. ...
- Pinterest Integrates DoubleVerify To Authenticate Ad Viewability, Identify Ad Fraud
Search Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 6, 2020
Pinterest will now authenticate ad viewability on its platform for advertisers. The partnership allows Pinterest to identify digital ad fraud and sophisticated invalid traffic across its platform. ...
- 'Variety' Creates Digital Subscription, But No Pay Wall
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, April 3, 2020
Aimed at media industry professionals, the product is called 'Variety Intelligence Platform' or 'VIP.' The content is produced by a team that operates separately from the newsroom. ...
- 'NowThis' Launches Remotely Produced Series "In This Together," 'Southern Living' Debuts TV Show
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Friday, April 3, 2020
The show is inspired by uplifting stories related to the COVID-19 pandemic, highlight stories about people helping each other globally. ...
- 'Bustle' Digital Group Lays of 24, Shutters 'The Outline'
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Friday, April 3, 2020
The cuts were due to the revenue impact of COVID-19. In addition, the company ordered salary reductions. ...
- How Publishers Can Avoid Keyword Blocking
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, April 6, 2020
Publishers face difficulties when media buyers block ads from appearing next to news that's in high demand, like pandemic reports. ...
- Search Data Forecasts How Consumers Will Spend U.S. Government Stimulus Checks
Search Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 3, 2020
Stimulus checks are coming, but when and what consumers will buy is on the minds of advertisers as they contemplate media-buying budgets and messaging. ...
- Complex Networks Taps GMs To Align Creative, Business Efforts
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, April 2, 2020
Donnie Kwak is now GM of Complex, the pop culture-streetwear brand. He will be responsible for originating new video and editorial IP, while also working with sales and branded content ...
- Bots Take On Human Behavior, As Google, Facebook Work To Stop Misinformation
Search Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 3, 2020
Advanced bots make it easy to exploit platforms and spread disinformation about COVID-19. Fifty-eight percent of bots identified in February could mimic human behavior, a study released this week fo ...
- Publishers Team With One Day University On Digital Events
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
One Day University is partnering with over 40 publishers to host its educational events online, after the live lectures had to be postponed as a result of COVID-19. Publishers earn ...
- McClatchy Gains Subscribers, Paywall Returns
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
McClatchy added 10,200 subscriptions in March, despite dropping the paywall on COVID-19 content across its network of 30 local newspapers. ...
- Maven Cuts Staff 9%, Anticipates $30 Million Revenue Reduction
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
The cuts will affect all departments. Senior management and sales are taking two-thirds of the total payroll cuts. ...
- Digital News Subscriptions Grow During COVID-19 Crisis
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
The start rate of digital subscriptions was 7.4% for the study period, outpacing the 4% rate of readers who stopped subscribing, resulting in a retention rate of about 96%, per ...
- Slate Puts Up Metered Paywall
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, March 27, 2020
'Slate' hope to convert its "most loyal readers" to paying members, says EIC Jared Hohlt. 'Slate' Plus costs $35 for the first year, and goes up to $59 annually. ...
- Google Uses Search Home Page To Thank Medical Community, Raise Funds
Search Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, March 30, 2020
Google is using its search engine home page to thank all doctors, nurses and medical workers for their service, as well as raise money for a COVID-19 fund. ...
- Desktop Search Leading Trend In Higher Content Consumption For Most Categories
Search Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 27, 2020
Shelter-in-place mandates in the U.S. have given desktop searches a jump, especially during the past two weeks. ...
- Google Donates $800M To Support Small Businesses, Facilitate Mask And Ventilator Production
Search Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 27, 2020
Google said those with active advertising accounts during the past year will have access to free ad credits, about $340 million in aggregate. The goal is to help companies stay ...
- Facebook Asks Supreme Court To Turn Away Hamas Victims
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 26, 2020
Numerous judges have "rejected efforts to hold online service providers liable for the allegedly harmful effects of third-party content," Facebook tells the Supreme Court. ...
- Flipboard Expands Local Coverage, COVID-19 Vertical
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, March 26, 2020
It's adding more coverage to 12 new metro areas, as well as building out its reporting with new media partners. ...
- DoubleVerify Makes Rare Move With Ad Council, Recommends How To Address COVID-19
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
DoubleVerify will use its media authentication technology to extend the reach and impact of critical COVID-19 messages being developed by the Ad Council. The idea is to inform and connect ...
- 'Seeker' Debuts Science Podcast 'Surprisingly Brilliant'
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
"Surprisingly Brilliant" covers topics such as the hunt for the yellow-fever vaccine and the invention of the X-ray. ...
- Local Publishers Face Existential Threat Until COVID-19 Recovery
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, March 23, 2020
For many local publishers, the current health crisis is far worse than the recessions that followed the dot-com crash in 2000 and the collapsing subprime mortgage bubble in 2008. ...
- Atlantic Media's Government Executive Media Group Sells Controlling Stake To Growth Catalyst Partners
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
GEMG serves government leaders and contractors through editorial brands that include Government Executive, Nextgov, Defense One and Route Fifty ...
- Nativo Unveils Mobile Ad Format Akin To Social Media 'Stories'
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Brands can repurpose assets created for social media in the popular "stories" format and bring them to the open web. ...
