The trial over the alleged ad tech monopoly begins Monday in Virginia. One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.The Justice... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-09-09 13:38:21 UTC ]
TollBit The 28-year-old founders of TollBit, a New York-based startup that is all of six months old, think we’re living in the “Napster days” of AI. Just like people of a certain generation downloaded digital music, companies are ripping off vast swaths of the internet without paying the rights... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-08-23 16:29:42 UTC ]
When people type a question into Perplexity, the two-year-old search engine scours the internet and uses information from multiple sources, including online publishers, to synthesize an answer using AI. Soon, Perplexity will start sharing revenue with some publishers as part of an advertising... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-07-30 13:00:52 UTC ]
Publishers including The Atlantic are signing deals with the AI giant. Where does this lead? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2024-05-29 23:27:00 UTC ]
Microsoft has announced its second games showcase of 2024 and this one is all about projects from its third-party partners. The second Partner Preview stream is set for March 6 at 1PM ET. It will run for around 30 minutes and feature more than a dozen new trailers from publishers including... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-03-04 17:30:08 UTC ]
Lawsuit filed by publishers including Axel Springer allege Google ‘abused its dominant position’ in digital ad-techAlphabet’s Google was hit with a €2.1bn ($2.3bn) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted on Wednesday, alleging that they had suffered losses due to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-02-28 19:24:36 UTC ]
Livestream platform Twitch quietly ended a series of multiyear partnerships in 2023 that it brokered with publishers including Rolling Stone, Complex and Vice, according to three people familiar with the agreements. Twitch invited the publishers to establish channels on... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2024-01-18 10:34:51 UTC ]
In 1999, more than a dozen news publishers including The New York Times publicly pledged to ban cigarette advertisements. The move was part of a broader effort to curb the influence of an industry whose products were then--and remain now--the leading cause of preventable death in the United... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2023-10-19 06:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers including The Marshall Project and The Markup shared case studies of how they’re using generative artificial intelligence in their newsrooms for more efficient editorial processes – after some failed tests. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2023-08-29 04:01:00 UTC ]
Historically, big tech’s attempts to shape how the media operates have often done more harm than good. Google has a new plan to help save journalism—or at least make it easier for journalists to work. The company has been pitching a generative AI-powered product, nicknamed Genesis, to major... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-07-21 11:48:19 UTC ]
As linear television viewership continues to decline, advertisers' appetite for reaching live audiences has only grown in proportion. To capitalize on this opportunity and tap into lucrative video budgets, publishers including Cond? Nast, Penske Media Corp. (PMC) and Overtime have all recently... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2023-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Outside Inc. told staff on Friday that it would be laying off around 15% of its 580-person workforce--between 85 to 90 people--as the bundled publisher continues its transition to a primarily digital company, the Denver Business Journal reported Friday. The media company, which is composed of 36... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2022-05-21 00:26:05 UTC ]
Last week, a trade group representing major publishers including The New York Times, National Public Radio, News Corp. and Associated Press wrote to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee advocating for two bills that would curtail the dominance of tech giants in the U.S. The Open App Markets... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2022-02-22 22:10:40 UTC ]
Publishers including Condé Nast, Gannet, Hearst, Reuters and WaPo join The Trade Desk's SPO efforts with OpenPath launch. The post The Trade Desk takes aim at Google’s Open Bidding with OpenPath launch appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2022-02-15 13:00:00 UTC ]
More than 300 prominent writers and publishers including Bernardine Evaristo, Alan Hollinghurst and Malorie Blackman have signed a letter to the Times opposing the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill, which is being voted on in the House of Lords over the next two weeks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-13 12:40:06 UTC ]
Nine publishers including Hachette, Penguin Random House Children's and Nosy Crow have launched a manifesto committing themselves to increased empathy-building strategies over the next three years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-22 19:09:14 UTC ]
In a busy year for gaming mergers, another deal has just been announced. Tencent is to fully acquire Sumo Group, the UK developer behind LittleBigPlanet 3 and Crackdown 3. The Chinese web giant is offering 513 pence per share for the studio, in which it already owns an 8.75 percent stake,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-07-19 09:14:25 UTC ]
The drumbeat against Google's cookieless tracking and ad targeting method gets louder as publishers including The Guardian and The Markup block FLoC. The post Publishers like The Guardian become conscientious FLoC objectors, as The New York Times and others open to testing the controversial tech... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2021-04-26 04:01:00 UTC ]
This year's Awesome Books Awards shortlist has been announced, and sees offerings from leading children's publishers including Nosy Crow and Usborne Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 12:32:03 UTC ]
After seeing advertising in the travel category disappear, publishers including Insider, BuzzFeed and Condé Nast Traveler are seeing signs of life. The post ”Pivot” has been the word’: How travel publishers are navigating the coronavirus pandemic appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2020-08-20 04:01:00 UTC ]