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“Trust often revolves around ill-defined impressions of brand identities.” The news organization that publishes a story is a very important factor when determining its trustworthiness for half of US adults, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. The study is based on a March 2021 survey of 12,045 US adults. It focuses on five factors that influence their trust level in a news story. 50% of the participants indicate the news organization that publishes the story to be a critical factor, followed by the sources cited in it (47%). 30% say they follow their gut instinct. 24% look at…

“COVID has only served as an accelerant … the overall view is one of optimism” “Midway through 2021, advertising growth for the year is far exceeding previous expectations thanks, in no small part, to the pandemic,” reports GroupM in their Global 2021 Mid-Year Forecast. This has led to a major revision of their global forecast for this year and beyond. High growth to persist for the foreseeable future GroupM expects global advertising to grow by 19% (excluding U.S. political advertising) during 2021, a significant upward revision from their December forecast. This represents a level of ad revenue that is 15%…

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Harnessing 2020’s media quality lessons for greater publisher gains

It is understandable that people are eager to move on from the year no one expected, although that doesn’t mean the challenges and the progress…

Updates for publishers from WWDC21, B2B subscriptions, and more: This week in publishing

The must-read publishing stories you may have missed this week Time to rethink email metrics? If we thought Google’s cookie announcement last year was dramatic,…

UK AOP announces shortlist for 2021 Digital Publishing Awards

The UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP) has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Digital Publishing Awards – a celebration of best practice in innovative,…

“News organisations have become even more central to how people stay informed”: How the pandemic helped publishers build trust

News publishers have played a stellar role in helping the world navigate through an extraordinarily complex and scary pandemic. “In almost all countries, news organisations…

5 places to source data for better data-driven content

The most powerful pieces of content are informed by data—not just a hunch. In an internet full of content—plentiful fluff pieces, sources without citations, and…

Power in numbers: 3 ways publishers can dismantle Big Tech’s ad dominance

Publishers, who once ruled internet news content, have had to manage the rapidly changing landscape and, in some cases, have lost their grasp on readers…

What’s next in digital publishing, post-pandemic? — The Media Roundup

What’s next in digital publishing, post-pandemic? With much of the world opening up, Brian Morrisey is thinking about post-pandemic shifts in the media business. Safely…

Analytics for publishers: Understand the true value of your content

Page views and click-throughs are not enough anymore. To grow loyal audiences and develop the broadest range of monetization opportunities you need the tools to…

Roadmap for effective digital transformation: FIPP D2C Summit

As part of the on-demand videos at the forthcoming FIPP D2C Summit, James Hewes from FIPP and Carola York, VP of Publishing at Jellyfish, discuss…

Apple closes down open rate tracking: The Media Roundup

Have you opened this email? Soon, we won’t know. Apple has announced that they are introducing Mail Privacy Protection for their Mail app. This will…

AI-generated fake reports fool experts, study shows

Takeaways · AIs can generate fake reports that are convincing enough to trick cybersecurity experts. · These systems could set off an AI arms race between misinformation…

Apple WWDC 2021: What publishers need to know

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off yesterday, with a keynote by Chief Executive Tim Cook. While WWDC is primarily a developer-focused event, it also…

How media outlets can avoid ‘zombie’ readers

The media landscape is currently undergoing a period of transformation. For the first time in decades, some of the largest publications in the world are…

Future-proofing your media business: Lessons from bookstores and Netflix

Lessons for news managers are everywhere. But book publishing especially has made it through similar struggles. One thing I look for in a successful publishing…

The forever war of publishers vs. Google will never end: The Media Roundup

Google News Showcase targeted by Germany antitrust chief Andreas Mundt This will surprise you – Google is under attack for antitrust practices. That is undoubtedly why it’s…

B2B Subscriptions: Strategies publishers are using to conquer the market

Subscription revenue has become increasingly more important to publishers as advertising revenue has declined. Publishers, especially those with general interest publications, have traditionally pursued individual…

How AI and data boost sustainability for publishers

How new technologies advance the work of newsrooms Big databases help news organizations predict who might subscribe or donate If it seems like this blog…

Dealing with imposter syndrome, one magazine at a time

A lot of what we do – and what I love most – at the International Magazine Centre involves connecting people. Sometimes that’s one-on-one through…

How publishers can unlock connected TV (CTV) to optimise revenue

Publishers have heard plenty of buzz around connected TV (CTV) over the last year. Amid booming audience engagement — with 40.9 million UK users watching…

How to identify audience growth opportunities: The Star, The Economist, South China Morning Post, and The Times

Last Thursday, four publishing executives from the South China Morning Post, The Economist, The Daily Star and The Times participated in a session at Journalism.co.uk’s…

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Harnessing 2020’s media quality lessons for greater publisher gains
It is understandable that people are eager to move on from the year no one expected, although that doesn’t mean the challenges and the progress made during 2020 should be shelved. As illustrated by recent Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) data — which discovered a 5% growth in ad spend in 2020 — the digital advertising …
Power in numbers: 3 ways publishers can dismantle Big Tech’s ad dominance
Publishers, who once ruled internet news content, have had to manage the rapidly changing landscape and, in some cases, have lost their grasp on readers at the hands of corporate tech giants. But how and why? The first newspapers came online in the mid-80s via CompuServe and then en masse to the web in the …
Roadmap for effective digital transformation: FIPP D2C Summit
As part of the on-demand videos at the forthcoming FIPP D2C Summit, James Hewes from FIPP and Carola York, VP of Publishing at Jellyfish, discuss what’s needed if a publisher is looking to embark on a digital marketing transformation project. As a preview of what’s in store at the Summit, the full video from this …

From brand to gut instinct—the triggers of trust: Key insights for publishers from Pew Research, Reuters Institute and Knight Foundation