Marketing

Billups expands its operations in APAC with a new regional CEO

According to most media spend prognosticators, the out-of-home media business continues to enjoy a resurgence of ad dollars following a serious dip in the immediate wake of the pandemic. At the same time, opportunities to grow media revenue has companies looking to less mature markets, including the Asia Pacific region. Billups, an out-of-home specialist managed

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How Business Insider’s AI-based paywall strategy increased conversions by 75%

Artificial intelligence is showing up in nearly all areas of the media business, from advertising sales to editorial. And now it’s being put to the test in publishers’ subscription strategies, with the hope that the technology is better at identifying the articles that are most likely to convert audiences into paid readers. This is the

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How Hearst Magazines is maintaining signal strength amid the shift from deterministic to probabilistic modeling

In July, when Google announced its decision not to deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome by default, publishers were faced with reevaluating their post-cookie plans in light of a post-cookie landscape not necessarily being guaranteed. Hearst Magazines was among those publishers, having introduced its first-party targeting tool Aura a month prior. “We paused for about five

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Future of TV Briefing: How publishers are turning podcasts into video talk shows

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how Overtime and Vox Media are adapting their podcasts into long-form videos. ‘A modern talk show’ Olympics wins watch time gold for NBCUniversal Lionsgate’s AI deal, YouTube’s AI tools, Amazon’s AI ads and more ‘A modern talk show’ Honestly, I thought video podcasts were just a fad.

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How esports team Sentinels plans to become profitable in 2025: A Q&A with CEO Rob Moore

As competitive gaming emerges from an industry-wide winter, the esports organization Sentinels believes it will become profitable in 2025, thanks in part to Riot Games’ updated revenue share strategy. Sentinels, a privately held esports team based in Los Angeles, is projecting confidence after undergoing an equity crowdfund last year. After generating just under $3 million

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How clean rooms are cleaning up measurement

Christine Grammier, vp of global measurement products, LiveRamp  The advertising industry is still adjusting to the challenges of privacy-first advertising.  The evolving legal and regulatory requirements and the ongoing impact of Apple’s and Google’s opt-out policies are reshaping what compliance, data ownership and measurement look like for digital advertising without the help of third-party cookies. 

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How advertisers are connecting CTV and retail media to add value

Ed Dinichert, Chief Revenue Officer, TripleLift Some advertising media can take hold very quickly. Retail media and connected TV were fringe considerations just a few years ago but have gone mainstream. They rose independently of each other, but marketers are now combining the two to create opportunities larger than the sum of their parts.    Retail

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Ancestry, Cécred and United Airlines are among the 2024 Greater Good Awards finalists

The 2024 Greater Good Awards are presented by Digiday, Glossy, Modern Retail and WorkLife, and showcase the work being done around social causes, its impact, and ultimately those working toward the greater good. This year’s finalists exemplify the powerful themes driving change across industries. From empowering communities through education to fostering economic equity and opportunity,

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