1. No one likes ads. So let’s do something about it. When Getty Images recently bought stock imagery wunderkind Unsplash, some people were less than happy. But could initiatives like…
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“If great content is the hero, then banners are the villain.” Michael Brenner, Head of Strategy at NewsCred We really rate Brenner, who first came to our attention when at SAP…
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This post first appeared on 22 September 2015. A while back I asked my team at the large online publisher I worked at to imagine how the business would function…
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Adblock Plus owner Eyeo last week won the latest in a series of legal showdowns against those who say web users shouldn’t be allowed to use its ad blocking tool.…
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Last week at Cannes banner ads were as popular as a McDonald’s on la Croisette. One paradox: plenty of those doing the trash talking work at agencies and publishers that…
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Yahoo’s webmail service is still very popular. The last figures we saw put it neck and neck with Gmail. But Yahoo Mail has recently had some well-documented problems since its second…
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Last week’s screw-up by The Atlantic over its Church of Scientology sponsored content turned lots of heads. I think there are several reasons why this got above-average attention: 1. The…
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Question: For how long can you count content as an asset? Answer: Forever. OK, forever is a mighty long time, as someone once said, but you get the point. Recently…
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Interesting piece today in the consistently good Digiday – Spotify chief revenue officer Jeff Levick was talking about ads on the platform. Or rather, he was talking about working with the…
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