- eBay Says Harassment Faced By Newsletter Publishers 'Should Never Have Happened'
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 23, 2021
Company says it will do 'what is fair and appropriate' to address what David and Ina Steiner endured. ...
- Taboola To Acquire Connexity For $800 Million
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 23, 2021
Taboola on Friday announced its intent to acquire Connexity from Symphony Technology Group for approximately $800 million, several weeks after going through an initial public offering. ...
- Newsletter Publishers Say eBay Staff Terrorized Them
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, July 22, 2021
David and Ina Steiner are suing the company and former executives for an alleged plot to silence them. ...
- NAI Launches Opt-Out Ad Targeting Based On Hashed Emails, Partners Include Google, Verizon Media
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 22, 2021
Google, Oracle Advertising; Neustar; Criteo; Inmar Intelligence, previously OwnerIQ, and Verizon Media have already begun integrating this opt-out feature in their platforms. ...
- 'The Real Deal,' Literally Media Sign On With Video Firm AnyClip
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Mommy Poppins is also using AnyClip's platform to drive contextually relevant video across sites. ...
- Google Shows Marketers What Organic Search Traffic Declines Look Like
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Google search advocate Daniel Waisberg categorizes various types of website organic traffic declines and explains the concept in a post. ...
- Scraping Doesn't Violate Anti-Hacking Law, Press Freedom Group And News Publishers Argue
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 19, 2021
Interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to prohibit scraping could "outlaw a significant amount of journalism in the public interest," the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, N ...
- Beauty Brands Losing Organic Search Traffic To Publishers, Informational Websites
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Among the top 22 market-share holders in skincare, 17 are publishers or informational websites -- capturing 62.34% of available search traffic. ...
- Living Large Online: Gen Zers Think Digital Appearance Is More Important Than Personal
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, July 15, 2021
Almost half of Americans spend more time browsing than working out or having sex, Squarespace reports. ...
- Jim Rich Out As Editor-In-Chief Of G/O Media
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Former 'NY Daily News' editor resigned 'pretty suddenly' last Friday. Company says he provided stability following a period of disruption. ...
- Google, GoDaddy Team Up
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 14, 2021
GoDaddy announced a partnership with Google on Tuesday to introduce a one-click Google Shopping expansion to easily create ads. ...
- DC Journalistic Site Raises Funds, Hires Reporters For Fall Launch
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, July 12, 2021
Leading the startup are Laura McGann on the editorial side, and Mark Bauman on the business side. ...
- News Corp. Gives Up on Knewz, Closes News Aggregator
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 9, 2021
The service started in 2020 and has been shut down because it wasn't profitable, company says. ...
- TikTok Goes After LinkedIn Job Search Market
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 8, 2021
TikTok has launched a U.S. pilot program that allows users to create a video resume and submit it to a participating brand. ...
- House Republicans Propose Fast-Tracking Antitrust Suits Against Tech Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee want to require judges to handle antitrust lawsuits against tech companies quickly, and allow the cases to be appealed directly to the Supreme Co ...
- DuckDuckGo, Vivaldi, Others Call For Ban On 'Surveillance Advertising'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 7, 2021
"Although we recognize that advertising is an important source of revenue for content creators and publishers online, this does not justify the massive commercial surveillance systems set up in attemp ...
- Venture Firm Andreessen Horowitz Debuts Publication Called 'Future'
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, July 6, 2021
It's part of a trend in which Silicon Valley companies are attempting to control their own narrative. ...
- 'The Information' Starts Pub Focused On Electric Vehicles
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, July 6, 2021
New product is the first to charge separately for subscriptions. Other niche titles apparently could follow. ...
- Gannett's Expansion Of 'Reviewed' Highlights Ecommerce Ambitions
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Ecommerce surged in the past year as people shopped online more often while stuck at home during the pandemic. ...
- Google Tests Seller Ratings In Organic Search
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 1, 2021
Google has begun testing an organic search feature that serves business seller ratings in regular search snippets. The company already uses this rating feature with paid ads. ...
- Domino's Website Violated Americans With Disabilities Act, Judge Finds
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 30, 2021
The pizza chain Domino's violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and a California civil rights law by failing to make its website accessible to visually impaired people who u ...
- Designing Digital Content With Inclusivity In Mind
Marketing Insider, Anne Norman - Thursday, July 1, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control estimates one in five adults are disabled and may be prevented from obtaining equal access to digital content. ...
- Criminal-Justice Site 'The Appeal' Closes Down, But Staff Will Try To Revive It
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Site will "sunset in its current form," effective June 30. The staff will work without pay to relaunch the product_. ...
- Half Of Microbusiness Owners Experiencing Negative Impacts From COVID-19
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Yahoo Small Business today released findings of the 2021 Microbusiness Outlook Report, a survey exploring the state of U.S. microbusinesses and their outlook as they emerge from the COVID-19 pande ...
- How Digital Evolution Is Driving Demand For Search Intelligence
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Jim Yu - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
The pursuit of clean, useful, meaningful data to drive smarter optimizations has found an unlikely hero: search insights. ...
- For The Zebra, 'Brand-ish' Advertising Cements D2C Positioning
D2C FYI, Sarah Mahoney - Monday, June 28, 2021
The insurance comparison site recently launched its first large marketing campaign, somewhere between direct-response and pure brand-building. ...
- 'BuzzFeed' To Acquire Complex Networks For $300 Million While Pursuing Public Offering
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, June 24, 2021
Entertainment/news brand is merging with 890 Fifth Avenue Partners, a special purpose acquisition company. ...
- Hearst Connecticut Group Launches News Site, Bolsters Staff
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The group is also debuting six email newsletters and a website devoted to the Connecticut shore. ...
- Website Accessibility An Issue, Study Finds
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated awareness of website accessibility issues. A recent study found that more than a quarter of American consumers have a disability, and it highlights misunderstandings th ...
- The Shopper's Little Helper: Consumers Welcome Online Product Recommendations
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Most shoppers click on product suggestions in email and other channels, and a majority purchase, Lucidworks reports. ...
