Publishers

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Subscription Overload? The amount of time consumers spend with media increased by one hour and 24 minutes between 2018 and 2019 to almost 12 hours per day – and that time continues to fragment across media channels as new content offerings hit the market, […]

Subscribe to AdExchanger Talks on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts. This week on AdExchanger Talks, Dotdash SVP Sara Badler advises publishers to adopt a cleaner, more stripped-down version of programmatic. A subsidiary of IAC, Dotdash owns a network of websites in verticals such as personal health, home design, […]

Whenever Google changes how its ad server works, publishers fear that Google will wrest control over how they run their digital advertising. Those concerns often have merit. So when Google added rules about how publishers could prioritize different ad exchanges earlier this week – and buried those changes in a confusing help center document instead […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Out Of The Blocks Mobile ad blocking is on the rise. More than 527 million people around the world have an ad blocker installed on their mobile devices, up 64% since 2016, according to a report from PageFair and Blockthrough. In the United States, […]

TV’s got Nielsen (sort of), but there’s no universal metric for video content quality across platforms and the open web. OpenSlate wants to fill that gap with a revamped SlateScore, its rating tool that grades video content quality for engagement, consistency, momentum, reach and brand safety. Starting Thursday, SlateScore will extend from YouTube to in-stream […]

The New York Times posted strong results stemming from digital subscriptions; Facebook licensing revenue; its new TV show, The Weekly; Wirecutter and its Crossword and Cooking apps. But advertising wasn’t a bright spot. Coming off a tough comparison quarter, advertising declined 10.7% year-over-year to $171.3 million. Advertising accounts for one-third of total revenue. Overall Q4 […]

Disney Plus is off to a strong start. In its inaugural quarter, the subscription video on demand (SVOD) service brought in 10 million subscribers on the first day and 26.5 million subscribers over Q4, Disney said during its Q4 earnings Tuesday. By contrast, twelve-year-old Hulu, which is majority owned by Disney, totals 30.4 million users. […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Accenture Ends Its Audits Beginning in August 2020, Accenture will no longer provide services around media auditing, benchmarking and agency pitches, Seb Joseph reports for Digiday. In ending its auditing services, Accenture will no longer face a conflict with its media buying services. Writes […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Roku’s Horse And Carriage Roku temporarily removed Fox network apps from its OTT platform on Friday, bringing a new twist to TV carriage deals in streaming media. Fox’s distribution contract expired on Jan. 31, and the broadcaster didn’t close a new contract with Roku […]

Sports media companies are betting on gambling. Yahoo Sports launched sports betting in November 2019 with MGM Resorts. SB Nation and DraftKings are collaborating on an editorial website for fantasy sports and betting analysis. In February 2019, Caesars Entertainment joined Turner Sports to open a Bleacher Report-branded content studio that operates within the casino’s Las […]