Publishers are waiting until Q4 to release higher quality, longer episodes — or entire shows — on Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube because CPMs are higher.
In today's top stories, a copywriter reveals why they have to fight to do their job and Apple flexes a strong anti-tracking stance. Read that and more below. "I have to fight to do my job": The rise of agency project models is putting a strain on the copywriter-art director partnership. IAB Europe has taken the wrapper of the revamped Transparency and Consent framework, and the new version has secured Google's commitment to integration by next March. Yet not everyone believes it renders real-time bidding compatible with GDPR. Apple continues to play whack-a-mole with the ad industry over its anti-tracking restrictions on Safari, which keep getting tighter each time ad tech vendors think they've found a useful workaround. However, publishers don't anticipate the changes in the latest announcement to cause the same revenue drops as the initial ITP update. Other things to know about Congratulations to HYPR, Adobe, Xaxis and the rest of the Digiday Technology Awards winners announced yesterday. View the full announcement here. We want to explore publishers' route to and beyond the paywall, focusing on revenue mix, customer journey and how to build lifetime value. By taking this survey you will receive the full results and a $5 Starbucks gift card. Sponsored by Blaize | |
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howdy! The GDPR Impact | Google to join IAB's revamped GDPR framework by next March | The second version of the IAB’s GDPR framework has been finalized, and Google had confirmed its deadline for integration. The new version has been focused around ensuring users are better informed about what they’re consenting to, and publisher are granted stricter controls over how vendors use their audience data for ad targeting purposes. | | Sponsored by Alexander Group | Why the sales “close” is now an obsolete concept | For publishers, the binary concept of the sales “close” is becoming outdated. Many companies are establishing post-sale support roles in areas such as research, custom creative content, partner management and measurement. | | howdy! howdy! Sponsored by Blaize | The pivot to paid: the journey to and beyond the paywall | We want to explore publishers' route to and beyond the paywall, focusing on revenue mix, customer journey and how to build lifetime value. By taking this survey you will receive the full results and a $5 Starbucks gift card. | | howdy! howdy! |
Brands in Culture | Hint’s Kara Goldin: ‘It’s not all about Facebook’ | On this week's episode of Making Marketing, Shareen Pathak sits down with Hint founder and CEO, Kara Goldin, to discuss turning a product into a company, avoiding too much reliance on a single platform and expanding the brand into new categories. | |