Q&A: Temi – an automated speech recognition engine for publishers
Launched in July 2017, Temi is an automated speech recognition engine that rapidly transcribes audio to text. Developed by a team of PhD speech scientists,…
New Year predictions: data security, trust and transparency dominate
It’s that time of year. Predictions. With the New Year a mere few hours away, we have gathered the opinions of a number of media…
The best features on WNIP in 2018
We round up our most popular feature stories this year, in case you missed them or want to read them again! The good, the bad…
The top platform moments of 2018
2018 saw some world-changing events across social media and technology platforms. Here is a round-up of some of the key moments which affected the publishing…
8 key statistics from the Media Moments 2018 report
Recently, What’s New in Publishing released their first annual report, written by the team at Media Voices and sponsored by Sovrn. It’s been a pivotal…
Advertising’s journey of self-discovery has found it a new place in publisher strategies
The advertising landscape is dominated by a few huge players. 2018 saw publishers reappraising the role advertising can play in their overall revenue model. This…
The must-read publishing stories you may have missed this week
The past, present and future of the ad landscape for publishers, why market research is still important, and more 2019 will be advertising’s year of…
5 ways non-traditional publishers connect with audiences
The digital media industry is not exactly heading into 2019 with unbridled optimism. However, with great challenge comes a sense of clarity and focus. And…
AR/VR to become mainstream sooner than expected? USA TODAY NETWORK tests the waters
Hot on the heels of reports that reveal AR and VR will become mainstream sooner than we expect, media companies are lining up to test the waters…
The challenge of audience engagement: Publishers experiment with “6 user needs” and other strategies
Audience engagement is the holy grail of publishing, and leading publishers continue to experiment in the area. From The Financial Times’ experiment with gamification to…
2019 will be tough on ad fraud—and that’s great news for publishers
As the year winds down and we look ahead to 2019, it’s time to take stock of what changed in 2018, and what it means…
“Bad for small publishers”: Google battles the link tax
The proposed EU Copyright Directive would allow publishers to charge online news aggregators, like Google, for displaying links and snippets from their sites. Writing in…
Video sees rapid growth, with some publishers doubling audience size
The much maligned “pivot to video” may have ended in a fiasco, but growth in video has continued nevertheless. The latest edition of the Magazine…
The must-read publishing stories you may have missed this week
Twitter’s rise as a source of video revenue, lessons in sustainability from historic titles, and more … Twitter… an unexpected source of video revenue The…
How and why politics, social issues and the F word have taken centre stage in mainstream women’s publishing
The last decade has been fascinating for women’s mainstream media. Established titles have undertaken the shift from print to digital and in a few instances…
Neural networks can now easily crack CAPTCHAs, potentially causing a “huge security vulnerability” for publishers
CAPTCHAs have been protecting websites against bots for about a couple of decades now, but it appears that the world’s most popular website security system…
Native Ads: Still a powerful format for publishers?
Oath, the digital tech firm owned by Verizon, has revealed findings from a recent research project that explored consumer behavior with respect to native advertising.…
Amazon’s ad dominance and rise of the “triopoly”
Move over duopoly because the time has come to furrow your brow about the “triopoly.” Many marketers and publishers have grown tired of the dominance…
Podcast: AOP MD Richard Reeves on supporting publishers online
This week, Richard Reeves, the Managing Director of the UK’s Association of Online Publishers (AOP) talks to us about the progress on their Ad Quality…
AI: An invaluable sixth sense for journalists?
When China showcased the world’s first news anchor created with Artificial Intelligence at its annual World Internet Conference, the publishing world hardly responded positively. The…