Quality vs. Quantity: Selling Ads Behind a Paywall

Premium content that attracts a highly-targeted audience can maintain its value in spite of raw volume. That’s why instituting a paywall—and likely decreasing your online readership, but increasing revenues from readers—doesn’t have to affect your display advertising sales. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Is Expanding Its Burgeoning Ad Network to the Mobile Web

Facebook is expanding its ad network from just third-party apps to the mobile Web. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company will begin making its Facebook Audience Network available for publishers and advertisers outside of publishers' native apps. The Audience Network for the mobile Web will... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What's Selling at Inkwood Books

Amanda Hurley, manager of Inkwood Books in Tampa, Fla., shared news of some titles with double appeal: books, she reports, that "are selling well – and that I’m having a lot of fun selling." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caitlyn Jenner Sells Memoir to GCP

Gretchen Young took world rights to the currently untitled book, which Jenner is writing with 'Friday Night Lights' scribe Buzz Bissinger. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-19 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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How Slate, The Washington Post, Bloomberg fight ad blocking

There's no panacea to combat ad blocking, but that hasn't stopped publishers from trying a variety of approaches. Several detailed their strategies at Digiday's one-day WTF Ad Blocking course Jan. 14. While Forbes and The Washington Post have tried to make people disable their ad blockers,... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pitchfork Staff, Kendall Jenner and Ronda Rousey Appear in New Conde Nast Ad Campaign

Conde Nast didn't have to go too far find talent for a new advertising campaign about creativity, called "Create. Connect. Cond Nast."On Thursday, Conde Nast kicked off the initiative with a series of short videos on social media channels in which employees from across the company's suite of... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Setting Up Your Own Private Ad Exchange

Private exchanges are still a good way for publishers to get in on the programmatic action. The post Setting Up Your Own Private Ad Exchange appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's LiveRail Exits the Ad Server Business

Facebook's publisher-facing ad-tech arm LiveRail is shutting down the ad server business that you might not have known it operated.Known best for being one of the top video ad exchanges when Facebook agreed to buy it in July 2014, LiveRail also offered a way to help publishers pick out which... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is Barnes & Noble adding booze to books?

For literary lovers, there's not much more exciting than browsing a well-stocked bookstore. But one Barnes & Noble location might be trying to make book shopping even more fun by adding alcohol to the equation. A Barnes & Noble store in New Hartford, N.Y., has applied for a beer and wine... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is Blocking Readers Who Use Ad Blockers The Best Strategy?

There’s a growing trend in online publishing: Namely, media sites blocking users who choose to use ad-blocking software. In the past few days alone, a British publisher and the Forbes business news site have either implemented or are lookin ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Incisive Media becomes second UK publisher to ban ad blocker users

Incisive Media, which has a mix of ad-funded and subscription-based titles, is following in the footsteps of Axel Springer's Bild, London's City AM and the Washington Post in taking a tougher stance on ad blocking. The publisher will ban visitors with ad blockers enabled on some of its sites in... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Powa Does Away With QR Codes to Allow Instant Orders Off Print Ads, Packages

Powa Technologies, which aims to make all ads "shoppable" by letting people scan them with their smartphones to buy products online, is taking another step to make that process easier -- doing away with the need for QR codes so people can scan the print ads whole.Participating brands can upload... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Sticky Videos’ Help Online Publishers Boost Video Ad Viewability

Video advertising is a bright spot for many online publishers, which is why they’re increasingly experimenting with ways to get as much video as possible in front of their audiences.   One recent tactic: using “sticky&rdq ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Startup Claims to Verify 90% of Digital Ads and Save Brands From Losing Cash

One-year-old tech company Authenticated Digital says it has a system that will authenticate 90 percent of digital ad impressions, and it's pitching the software to agencies and publishers starting today. Its program is designed to determine if a promo ran on the correct Web page—did it appear... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How One Publisher Handles Native Ads in Print

Mental Floss incorporates a Toyota-sponsored takeover into its December issue, boosts revenue over a standard issue by almost 40 percent. The post How One Publisher Handles Native Ads in Print appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent sells US rights to The Chronicles for 'substantial sum'

Accent Press has sold North American print rights for sci-fi and fantasy series The Chronicles of St Mary’s by Jodi Taylor to Skyhorse Publishing Inc. for a "substantial sum". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. Partners with GumGum to Overlay Ads on Images

In-image advertising will arrive across the publisher's digital portfolio. The post Time Inc. Partners with GumGum to Overlay Ads on Images appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BizWest Media Sells Wyoming Business Report to Adams Publishing Group

BizWest Media LLC has sold The Wyoming Business Report to APG Media of the Rockies LLC. In the wake of the deal, the Wyoming Business Report became the sister publication to several community newspapers in Wyoming, including the Wyoming Tribune Eagle ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trinity Mirror CRO James Wildman on Ad Blocking: 'The Sky Hasn't Fallen'

Trinity Mirror has come a long way digitally in the last year. Its acquisition of Local World last month makes it the biggest U.K. newspaper publisher and it expects to double its digital ad sales, which were £16.6 million ($25 mi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon sells 86 items per second on Black Friday

Amazon UK said Black Friday this year was its busiest day ever, as it sold around 86 items per second. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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