How Trinity Mirror raised its programmatic ad yields by 40 percent

Trinity Mirror is on a mission to drive up programmatic ad yields, and it's using a mix of methods to do so. Its relatively new programmatic team has been using data insights as a lead generation tool to court big brands like Nestle. It's also assigned people dedicated solely to monitoring yield optimization on Facebook's Instant Articles and Google AMP. The publisher's programmatic director Amir Malik said header bidding is also proving lucrative, despite only being a "plaster" to the gaping wound programmatic has created in revenue. The post How Trinity Mirror raised its programmatic ad yields by 40 percent appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'

[ Digiday | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #trinity mirror #google amp #header bidding

Other Publishing stories related to: 'How Trinity Mirror raised its programmatic ad yields by 40 percent'


Axel Springer buys eMarketer to reduce digital ad dependency

The German publisher continues to focus on building its digital subscription business with $250m purchase of research companyAxel Springer has snapped up market research firm eMarketer in a $250m (£173m) deal as the German publisher continues to focus on building its digital subscription... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #business insider #media group


Microsoft's Sprightly lets iPhone users build simple ads on the go

Microsoft has launched an iOS version of its mobile design app, Sprightly, which helps small businesses design snazzy promotional materials without needing a PC or complicated tools.Sprightly helps people create flyers, e-cards, catalogs and price lists on their phones. Designs can then... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #reach customers #stay relevant


‘We’re not getting full disclosure’: Native ad distribution has a transparency problem

As people do more of their reading in social feeds and Facebook clamps down on organic reach, publishers are increasingly relying on paid social to distribute native ads. But fully three-fourths of publishers don't disclose how much paid social they use, according to a new report from Polar.... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #social feeds #organic reach #increasingly relying #paid social #growing problem #media buyers


How FloSports used Facebook to grow paid subscribers by 22 percent

FloSports, which covers niche sports like volleyball and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, grew subscribers by 22 percent after changing up its Facebook content and advertising strategy. The company now puts up nearly 400 videos per month on Facebook and has started targeting users based on characteristics... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #facebook content


Lost My Name raises £3.2m in funding round

Children’s book start-up Lost My Name has raised an additional €4m (£3.2m) in funding from Berlin-based investor Project A Ventures. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #funding round #book start-


Prevention Magazine Will Become Ad-Free

Maria Rodale, the chairwoman and chief executive of the magazine’s publishing company, said that going ad-free would reduce Prevention’s operating expenses by more than 50 percent. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #prevention magazine #maria rodale


International Institutional Library Budgets Forecast to Increase 1.4 Percent

An annual study of institutional libraries' budget forecasts shows participating libraries in the Middle East and Africa forecasting the largest increases; Europe the only region forecasting a (slight) decrease. The post International Institutional Library Budgets Forecast to Increase 1.4... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #annual study #middle east


Some Very Ugly Fish Star in This Bizarre Ad About Investigative Journalism

The news is like the ocean. On the surface, everything might seem pretty, but the further down you go, the worse things look.  That, at least, is the metaphor behind a new ad from Veja, a popular right-leaning (if not right-wing) Brazilian magazine that featured President Obama as Che Guevara... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Facebook Is Using This Data to Pitch Canvas Ads to Mobile-Minded Marketers

Almost a year after Facebook rolled out its Canvas ad unit at Cannes, the social network is releasing data about the mobile product, which allows for entire campaigns to be built inside of it. Ford, Target, Nike, Samsung, Little Caesars, Apple, Procter & Gamble and L'Oreal are among the... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #immersive experience #video player #video showing #wider audience


Print Ad Influence Remains Strong Among Regional Magazine Readers

Readership insights and annual award winners from the CRMA's annual conference in Denver. The post Print Ad Influence Remains Strong Among Regional Magazine Readers appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #annual conference


Digital Content Next reports recommendations for reaching the ad-blocking audience

As the population of people using ad blocking software has grown, publishers are increasingly recognizing that they have to find a way to address those people a different way. Digital Content Next, a trade group for premium publishers, has shared recommendations, which came out of meetings with... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #premium publishers #digital content #trade group #user experience #growing audience #jason kint


Facebook Is Expanding Its Video Ads With Publishers Like USA Today and Daily Mail

In a major expansion of the Facebook Audience Network, Facebook is now extending its capabilities by adding pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll video ads for brands advertising on third-party publishers websites and apps. Third-party publishers such as USA Today Sports Media Group and Daily Mail... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #single brand #great addition #pre-roll ads #$250 million #publisher websites #original version


43 percent of Facebook users don’t know where the stories they read originally appeared

With publishers under pressure to distribute their content directly onto social media platforms, the nagging question for many is whether their brands are diluted by being disconnected from their source. New research from Digital Content Next found that 57 percent of the time, people are aware... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #content directly #nagging question #digital content


Facebook Reactions make up 16 percent of total publisher likes

It’s been two months since Facebook rolled out its five new emoji reactions (love, sad, wow, etc.), to let people express more than just that they “liked” something. NewsWhip looked at their use across 20 publishers over the past two weeks and found that Fox News got the most reactions... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #facebook rolled #fox news #angry reaction


BEA 2016: Raise a Glass to the Millionaire Next Door

If Thomas J. Stanley were alive today, he would have be none too pleased with the celebration that is taking place today at the Globe Pequot booth. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Wolfson History Prize pot raised to £60k

The Wolfson History Prize has appointed Sir David Cannadine, dodge professor of history at Princeton, as the chair of judges for this year’s award, and increased its prize money to a combined £60,000 (raised from £50,000 last year), split between two winners. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #prize money


SCBWI Conference Attendees Raise Funds for Diversity

About 600 attendees at this year's Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators' "Wild Wild" Midwest conference, got into the spirit of the gathering by going wild with their cash over diversity. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic

Changes in technology like ad blocking, and the dominance of platforms like Facebook leave many publishers unsure of how they will make money. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2016-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ad blocking #make money


Big Green Bookshop owner 'speechless' by funds raised after theft

The Big Green Bookshop has been inundated with donations after it was targeted by a thief on Wednesday. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #funds raised


Publishers Are Largely Not Following the FTC's Native Ad Guidelines

If the Federal Trade Commission decided to audit publishers' native ads today, around 70 percent of websites wouldn't be compliant with the FTC's latest guidelines, according to a new report from MediaRadar. After reviewing thousands of native ads, MediaRadar found only one-third of publishers... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #audience network #growing rapidly #real estate