Major Publishers Sue Google Over Ads for Pirated Ebooks

Elsevier, Cengage Learning, Macmillan Learning, and McGraw Hill charge that Google has 'caused immeasurable harm' by advertising pirated content. The post Major Publishers Sue Google Over Ads for Pirated Ebooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-05 21:10:35 UTC ]
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Publishers give mixed reviews so far to Google AMP

It's been three months since Google launched Accelerated Mobile Pages, its fast-loading article pages initiative, and publishers are giving mixed it reviews. Pages are loading faster, but some are seeing little traffic benefit. “I would love to see more widespread adoption,” said Slate vice... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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 ]
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Scientology leader David Miscavige threatens to sue UK publisher over father's memoir

Silvertail Books told that if it releases Ruthless by Ron Miscavige it will face legal actionIndependent UK publisher Silvertail Books has vowed to go ahead with its plans to publish a memoir by the father of Scientology leader David Miscavige, despite legal threats from Miscavige’s... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small Publishers Still See Benefits of Oft-Maligned Digital Ad Networks

So, digital advertising networks are back in the news, to borrow a common joke template used by late-night comedians.In March, Distractify, one of hundreds of publishers who belong to the Vice Digital Network, was singled out in a Variety story for contributing to a drop in traffic for Vice... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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 ]
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Infographic: 50 percent of publishers recruit editors to create native ads

We asked publishing pros at yesterday's Digiday Publishing Summit for their scout's-honor stance on how they're pitching native, who's buying, and more. Here's what they said in 5 charts. Sponsor content by Nativo. The post Infographic: 50 percent of publishers recruit editors to create native... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published titles '22% of UK ebook market'

Sales of self-published ebooks accounted for 22% of the digital book market in the UK last year, the Nielsen BookInsights Conference today was told, although growth in overall ebook sales is slowing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Major Publishers Back U.S. Launch of Micropayments Platform

Time Inc., The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Cond Nast are among the publishers signed up to Blendle, a Dutch micropayments platform that launches in the U.S. today.Blendle's ambition is to be a content platform for journalism in the same way that Spotify is for music, or Netflix... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IAB Releases New Ad Viewability Tactics for Publishers

Serving engaging content, experimenting with site design, and improving latency are key in boosting ad viewability. The post IAB Releases New Ad Viewability Tactics for Publishers appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French publishers fight back en masse against the ad blockers

A group of French publishers are starting a week long trial against ad blocking. The joint approach was announced in December by online publishing trade body Geste. However it has not set a standard, so all publishers are free to take their own approach. L’Equipe is blocking content unless users... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Abuse of market power’: Inside German publishers’ legal beef with Google

The latest in a long, ongoing legal feud between German publishers and Google ended victoriously for the search giant last month, when it was cleared of using its market dominance to allegedly punish publishers. But this is symptomatic of a larger issue surrounding ancillary copyright laws,... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Europe’s top publishers on what they’re doing about ad blocking

Publishers are divided about what to do about ad blocking, whether it’s follow in the steps of Axel Springer’s Bild and toe the hard line, or unite together and make a stand against to block ad blockers. At Digiday’s Publishing Summit in Bologna this week, we asked Europe's top publishers what... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat’s new audience-based ad strategy could wrest control from Discover publishers

As Snapchat’s ad platform evolves, the top publishers that helped pioneer advertising there could lose some autonomy to strike their own deals. The messaging and media app wants to stop looking at Discover, where publishers like BuzzFeed, Vox, Cosmo, IGN, MTV and others post daily editions, as... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Launches Canvas So Publishers Can Create "Instant" Ads

Canvas ads mimic the features of Facebook's Instant Articles platform.Facebook has officially rolled out its Canvas ad platform. Canvas has been in testing since last year and has often been referred to as "instant ads" because of the way it mimics Facebook's Instant Articles platform for... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How European publishers are using Google AMP

Google's highly anticipated open-source code Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) has rolled out globally. Its core premise: to speed up page-load times on the mobile Web. Publishers across the pond, in Europe and beyond, have all been frantically AMP-coding article pages, and many are now running all... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google launches ebook 'experiment'

Google has launched a new digital-only bookstore "for books that cannot be printed". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google experiments with ebooks designed for your phone

E-books are just digital recreations of what you can get on paper. Wouldn't it be better if they took advantage of internet-connected mobile devices to tell new stories? Google, at least, wants to give this a shot. It just launched Editions At Play,... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Italy Lowers Ebook VAT to Buoy Digital Publishing Industry

Even as the European Commission anticipates proposals for overhauling the EU's common VAT system, Italy joins several other member-nations in sharply lowering VAT on ebooks. The post Italy Lowers Ebook VAT to Buoy Digital Publishing Industry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers scramble to prepare for Google’s fast mobile pages initiative

Publishers initially welcomed Google's fast-loading articles format, as a way to compete on mobile devices. But with the launch of Accelerated Mobile Pages, or AMP, just weeks away, it doesn't support all ad formats yet, which limits their ability to monetize it. As with Facebook and Apple, the... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Infographic: How Publishers Are Navigating the Brave New World of Ad Blockers

Sourcepoint, a New York-based content compensation platform for publishers, recently released new data on the effects of ad blockers on its clients' sites. "As the threat of ad blocking is becoming more prevalent, publishers are working hard to identify sustainable ways of being compensated for... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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