Bearing in mind publishers’ recent economic realities, in this first annual report on publishers’ revenues Digiday+ Research examines the current and future state of publishers’ revenue streams, from traditional ad revenue to events and subscriptions.
During this spring’s Digiday Publishing Summit in Vail, Colorado, publishers filled the challenge board with a whole host of issues that ranged from traffic troubles to AI anxiety.
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Shortly after I started writing for Seven Days in 2001, publisher Paula Routly took me out for lunch. I had asked for the meeting, hoping for some career advice. As a fledgling freelance writer, I wanted nothing more than a full-time job at Paula's then-6-year-old newspaper. There were no staff writers at Seven Days back then; Paula and her cofounder, Pamela Polston, wrote most of every issue, with help from a few freelancers like me — and must-read political columnist Peter Freyne. Over...
The shortlist for the Media Awards 2024 has been published. The gala Awards night will take place in the RDS on Thursday, April 25. This year, a panel of over 70 judges, chaired by Peter McPartlin, poured over 240 awards to arrive at the shortlist. The final “live round” of judging will take place next […]
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“Some brands are blocking your website.” A publisher received this news in February from one of its supply-side platforms, but neither the publisher nor the SSP knew why. After some digging, the block came from an adtech tool from DoubleVerify to help brands block made-for-advertising websites (MFA), a vogueish industry catch-all term for websites designed to attract ad revenue without providing content. The problem with DV's tool, and a similar solution from Integral Ad Science, both...
Hugh Grant says he could have faced a bill of up to £10m if he had gone to court, even if he had won.
The recent layoffs have thrown a spanner in the works, while the focus on creators seems even more pronounced.
TAM Ireland has announced the shortlist for the annual TAMI Awards 2024, the TV industry’s planning awards. The winners, including the overall winner of the Grand Prix, will be announced at a special afternoon event hosted by TAM Ireland on May 9th. The overall winner of the Grand Prix will receive €100,000 worth of TV […]
By now, we've all seen that raunchy Roman bathroom graffiti that confirms that historical peoples were just as gross and juvenile as our contemporary friends and neighbors. The human inclination to write a dick joke on the walls of the stall are intrinsic to our species. — Read the rest
Early on this year, Digiday+ Research predicted that publishers would depend less on subscriptions as a revenue driver as they moved further into 2024. According to a recent survey, that prediction might be coming true.