Newsletter monetization

Workweek, a social networking platform for industry professionals, launched a newsletter platform powered by its proprietary ad network.

Times are tough and tight for web publishers. But times are even tougher for small, independent newsletter writers. “These writers are out there producing interesting, niche content,” says Swapstack CEO Jacob Schonberger, “but they don’t have the time or the ability to find brands to sponsor them.”

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Unfulfilled One of TikTok’s advantages has been that, as a private company, it doesn’t report earnings to anxious shareholders. Having a Chinese tech backer with bottomless pockets doesn’t hurt. (Actually, sometimes it does. More on that later.)  But while Google, Meta, Snap and others […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. All Fun And Games (For Some) A week ago, Google quietly made a large chunk of mobile gaming revenue disappear with the news that it would prohibit certain in-game formats – namely, full-screen ads that display unexpectedly, full-screen ads that display before the main […]

How Blockbusters Survive Netflix The latest Bond flick, “No Time to Die,” and the Marvel movie “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” kindled hope for cinemas with blockbuster ticket sales. But Hollywood won’t return to pre-pandemic standards. For one thing, only action or horror movie franchises have performed, “particularly when they are offered […]