Newspapers and other media outlets are struggling to make money from their partnerships with tech giants like Facebook and Snapchat, raising concerns over their business models in a news landscape increasingly dominated by social media platforms.Some publishers are scaling back on Facebook Inc.'s Instant Articles program, in which they host stories directly on the social media company's platform instead of their own websites so they load faster on phones, according to a report by Digital Content Next, a trade group.Media companies are frustrated that Facebook restricts the number and type of ads in Instant Articles, making it harder for them to make as much money as they can selling ads on their own websites, where they can better target readers, said the group, whose members include The New York Times, The Washington Post, ESPN and Bloomberg News. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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[caption id="attachment_127941" align="alignright" width="150"] Gabrielle Korn[/caption] Refinery29 hired Gabrielle Korn as fashion and culture director, responsible for building the young women's brand’s voice in style, culture, identity, and world events, while also growing its digital... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-10-24 20:12:19 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales tumbled 10.3% in August compared to August 2018, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The double digit decline suggests that college students are cutting their purchases of print materials in favor of greater use of digital content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Going in-house isn't a question of when or if for major marketers today but rather what they will take in-house. Doing so gives them more control as well as the ability to keep up with the growing needs of digital content today. The post Marketers feel growing pains as in-house agencies become... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-10-11 04:01:45 UTC ]
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In the past, the customer journey was thought to be, or at least accepted as, primarily linear — meaning customers followed a predictable path to purchase over and over. For example, an individual might see a commercial, research the product online and head into the store to purchase it. It... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-10 14:00:00 UTC ]
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The NBA finds itself caught between two cultures, after a tweet about Hong Kong protests sparked criticism from China that threatens the U.S. basketball league’s expansion efforts in its most important international market. The controversy erupted after Daryl Morey, general manager of the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-07 16:50:17 UTC ]
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Twenty years ago, the news publishing world looked a lot different than it does today. Newspapers were still the main Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-10-07 07:00:48 UTC ]
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Judging by the dozens of cannabis pitches I receive weekly, weed—which is increasingly gaining recreational legal status across the U.S., despite the hundreds of thousands of people who continue to be arrested for it every year—is ripe for advertising opportunities. Here’s one standout cannabis... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-04 20:07:05 UTC ]
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Ahead of a contentious 2020 U.S. presidential election, two trade bodies representing media agencies and publishers are working toward more sophisticated brand safety standards and how to apply them to news content. These organizations--the American Association of Advertising Agencies and... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-09-27 20:14:59 UTC ]
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U.K. media companies from the Financial Times to The Guardian have reported growth in the last year, amid the boom of the Brexit-related news Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-09-04 16:35:32 UTC ]
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Meredith Corp. announced several promotions within its Digital Content Group this week: [caption id="attachment_170397" align="alignright" width="150"] Jessica Plautz[/caption] Jessica Plautz was promoted to the director of content operations, succeeding Ron Kelly, who departed the company in... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-08-29 18:50:41 UTC ]
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"We are building a more franchise approach to content," said Edward Bearryman, head of content and communities at News UK. "As many brands in the digital space find, bringing in audiences with content is easy, but digital content brands can struggle with loyalty." The post How The Sun’s fantasy... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-08-29 04:00:39 UTC ]
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Reuters today unveiled plans to enhance its digital content platform Reuters Connect with ‘end-to-end’ production apps offering creation, production and Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-08-20 15:02:57 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. Walmart removes pro-gun T-shirt listings Walmart has removed T-shirts with pro-gun slogans from its website... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-13 10:25:56 UTC ]
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Verizon has announced the sale of Tumblr, the fallen online community left over from the Yahoo acquisition, to the owner of WordPress, the website publishing company. On Monday, Verizon Media said it was unloading Tumblr, but did not disclose the terms of the deal. Axios reported the sale was... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-12 22:12:36 UTC ]
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WPP reports its second-quarter earnings on Friday,with some better-than-expected surprises. The company sees its revenue return to growth, up 1.6 percent in the first half of the year and 2.3 percent in the second quarter. In North America, revenue rises 0.4 percent in the second quarter but... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-09 19:31:00 UTC ]
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The Interactive Advertising Bureau is putting together the lineup for its second annual Digital Content NewFronts West, the L.A. version of its one-week event held in New York in the spring. So far, the list includes tech giant Facebook, which will make its case for ad dollars for the first time... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-08-08 15:34:45 UTC ]
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Editor's note: This article was originally published as part of a Folio: Special Report on the state of data in publishing, but we have decided to open it up to a wider audience by publishing it below. To view the full report, click the link at the bottom. The rise of big data—and the ability... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-07-31 19:33:50 UTC ]
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By forgoing a subscription model for a digital content studio model, Otro is opening up for more audience scale and revenue options. The post Six months in, sports app Otro pivots away from subscriptions appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-07-31 04:01:04 UTC ]
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With over 2,000 ADA website lawsuits filed last year, digital publishers should consider whether their digital content needs to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Designed to make digital content more accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities, WCAG... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2019-07-19 15:07:09 UTC ]
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Business is good at Nickel City Graphics, the Buffalo-based digital content studio founded by Neil Carroll in 2008. Carroll ran a solo enterprise focusing on video content for a long time. But he recently started to consciously grow his business, with four employees now and plans to add more.... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-13 11:55:00 UTC ]
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