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Travel and recreation soar post-pandemic: Digital readership trends

Travel and recreation publications have seen the biggest jumps in readership, closely followed by home renovation and lifestyle. Readly, the digital subscription service that lets…

Pegasus shows just how vital journalism networks and cybersecurity training are for news publishers

Spyware was used on journalists; it is a reminder for newsrooms to step up their cybersecurity training. Not even rigorous security measures could protect Hungarian…

The enduring appeal of slow journalism: The Media Roundup

Why ‘slow journalism’ thrived during the pandemic Kick off your shoes, lean back into your sofa or bubble bath, and take a looong slooow moment…

Tools that can “supercharge the modern news media”: How publishers are using AI in emerging markets

“These new technologies are the new printing press” “Machine learning, automation, personalisation, data analysis and natural language processing tools can supercharge the modern news media,”…

Publishers: Are you ready for the first-party future?

Last month, Google announced a delay for third-party cookie deprecation on its Chrome browser until the end of 2023. Despite this delay, using cookieless solutions…

The benefits of streamlined sponsorship: The Media Roundup

Case study: How VTDigger overhauled their sponsorship strategy This is a really good look at the before and after processes of VTDigger’s sponsorship strategy, thanks…

The paradox of being a media manager

Different departments in a news organization constantly complain about each other. How should a media manager act? Doing a good-not-great job on a project can…

Three ways translation services can help publishers

According to a feature in The Guardian, “English now represents just one language in an online linguistic elite.” The top 10 languages of English, Chinese,…

Publisher strategies to grow 1st party data

The value to publishers of growing first-party data increases with each new disruptive technology or regulatory trend.For years, digital marketers and publishers have relied on…

Advertisers are proactively requesting publishers’ first-party data

Google has pushed back the timeline for Chrome’s depreciation of third-party cookies but it doesn’t affect the size of the challenge that publishers are facing.…

Future’s $1 B eCom sales, future of local journalism, and more: The Media Roundup

The future of local journalism doesn’t have to be rubbish Remember local newspapers? Community newspaper publisher David Loyd says try not to cry when you…

The non-English web: Can Majarra bridge the Arabic content gap?

Arabic is the fifth most spoken language in the world but only 1.1% of the world’s top 10M websites use it. That’s the glaring deficiency…

5 critical questions for publishers to ask identity solution partners

Many in the industry believe Google’s delay in suspending third-party cookies until 2023 was inevitable with the testing opportunities that have currently been available. But,…

How publishers can drive affiliate revenue: Insights from Future

“Fundamentally, we’ve got the same simple goals. It’s grow the audience, engage with them, and monetise that engagement.” In this episode Future’s Chief Audience and…

Europe’s top 20 publishers on TikTok

The booming platform offers fast growth and huge engagement to media how learn how to use it Last week TikTok became the first non-Facebook app to…

Publishers, what do you do when search traffic drops? Google answers

Most drops in organic search traffic can be reversed: Google Publishers’ organic search traffic from Google keeps fluctuating over time—even without major changes in terms…

Solving the never-subscriber problem

The paywall boom is driving up “subscription fatigue”. Media need to address this user pain-point. For years subscriptions were like a slow-moving train. Every now…

Permutive repositions itself to become a privacy-safe audience platform

Ad tech company Permutive has announced it has evolved from a publisher-only data management platform (DMP) to an Audience Platform that enables premium advertisers and…

Substack invests in… podcasts: The Media Roundup

Substack makes first major podcast investment Surprise surprise, Substack has looked at the podcast industry – where the gap between ad revenue and time spent…

What the Digital News Report 2021 means for your audio strategy

Audience habits and opportunities for newsrooms The Digital News Report, the latest edition of which was published at the end of June, is a must…

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Why your ad inventory could be hurting your Google ranking, and what you can do about it
On June 15, 2021, Google finally started rolling out its latest update to how it tracks and measures user experience (UX) across the web, called Core Web Vitals. Less than a month later, as of July 13, the rollout was effectively complete. In this post, I’ll touch upon what Core Web Vitals are, how exactly …
ClubHouse, Twitter, now Facebook? Publishers need a data strategy to capture audio value
In the last year, publishers jumped at the opportunity to engage with people on Clubhouse. It’s a great way for brand building on a new channel, not just for publishers but for their rising stars, too. Yahoo! Finance reporter Kristin Myers has a regular show called “Black Wealth Wednesdays” that attracts thousands of listeners. Mike …
Publishers: Are you ready for the first-party future?
Last month, Google announced a delay for third-party cookie deprecation on its Chrome browser until the end of 2023. Despite this delay, using cookieless solutions today already shows better performance. Further, new research suggests that the marketing community is eager to embrace the ‘cookieless’ future and is looking towards the publisher community to keep pace …

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