Clash of the News tabs: Apple, Google and Facebook square off
When it comes to Apple, Facebook and Google, the publishing industry hasn’t exactly been a fan. The tech giants have been repeatedly accused of driving…
Google is building a social network (again)
Shrugging off its monumental failure with Google+, the search giant is again dipping its toes into the social networking waters. It’s latest initiative is Shoelace,…
Google Chrome’s built-in ad blocker rolls out globally (and there’s a new one in the works)
Chrome has begun filtering ads on sites globally that repeatedly violate industry standards and continue to show intrusive, annoying ads to people that visit their…
2 out of 3 consumers don’t trust information from social media, and social ad revenue growth has halved
Advertising revenues among key social and messaging companies has halved over the last year as consumer trust becomes a growing issue. As advertising revenue growth…
5 global social media trends, and how they impact publishers
Publishers have a complex relationship with social media. The scale and the opportunities afforded to reach new audiences have to be balanced with the fast…
How Gen Z consume media: “It’s Snapchat first, second and third”
Opinion Gen Z are one of the first generations born to have grown up using social media. Myself being a part of this generation, aged…
Apple News+ to make ‘tweaks’ after disappointing performance for publishers and users
In news that will shock nobody, Apple News+ seems to be struggling with both publishers and users just over two months after launching the $9.99…
Google’s changes that will impact publishers
Platforms and publishers have a long and complicated history. Sometimes platforms take from publishers, such as the concern about Google stealing publisher traffic. Other times they…
Publishers, this is the real reason why newspapers are losing to Facebook
There’s a major problem facing communities everywhere — local news is losing the competition for advertisers to the duopoly (Facebook and Google). These two firms account for…
How much of Google’s search traffic is left for anyone but themselves?
In December of 2018, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, was asked a set of questions by the United States Congress. His responses left… a lot… to…
Finding the Rosetta Stone for publisher-platform communications
Confirmation bias is a hell of a drug. If you’re told something that confirms a pre-existing belief, you’re more likely to accept it uncritically. That’s…
Snapchat is a significant revenue driver for 65% of publishers, study finds
67% of publishers consider Google (AMP) to be significant in driving revenue for their companies, according to a recent survey of 124 publisher executives by…
Facebook doubles Watch numbers in six months with 140 million daily viewers
…but only a third of publisher-funded shows are being renewed. We take a look at the latest update from Facebook Watch. Facebook has released updated…
“Our incentives are very much aligned”: Google’s Head of News Ecosystems on why their relationship with publishers is misunderstood
Google has come under frequent fire from the publishing industry over the past few years, whether that’s for unfair algorithm changes, not doing enough to…
Google’s Head of News Ecosystem Development Madhav Chinnappa on supporting journalism
On this week’s episode of Media Voices, Google’s Head of News Ecosystem Development Madhav Chinnappa takes us through his views on the often-fraught relationship between…
Over 70% of publishers consider Facebook the #1 platform for traffic and awareness, study finds
When it comes to generating referral traffic or building brand awareness for publishers, Facebook is way ahead of the other major social platforms, Digiday found…
Behavioral ads don’t benefit publishers: The Google mirage
Important new research was presented earlier this week at a major economics conference and reported on by the Wall Street Journal. The comprehensive study was conducted over nearly…
Facebook rolls out subscription tools, but is it enough to tempt publishers back?
The new tools promise long-awaited support for subscription-focused publishers, but is it too little too late? Facebook have announced that they are expanding support for…
As the antitrust case against Google kicks off, here’s what you need to know
Google has been, in many ways, a positive force in the worlds of technology, society, convenience, and information dissemination. It’s hard to argue that any…
iPad OS, Apple login, end of iTunes: 5 things publishers should know from Apple’s WWDC keynote
Apple’s latest World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicked off this week and their keynote gave us some interesting insights into the latest updates and changes across all…