Publishes’ Election To ols Curb Misinformation

Hi all, Lucinda Southern here, Adweek’s media editor, checking in half-way through what already feels to be a very long week.

As of this morning, key states like Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin have to still count millions of votes as the race for the White House narrows. In a year already marred by uncertainty, we’ll take you through the implications for the ad and media industry in the coming days.

One of the stories emerging from the night, covered by my colleagues Scott Nover and T.L. Stanley, featured Twitter and Facebook who were forced to take action labeling unfounded claims from a candidate’s posts.

In the long election run-up, publishers like Axios, Politico and Guardian US, built election-focused products like newsletters to serve to build deeper ties with readers. Our publishing editor Sara Jerde explores how these products are driving business and building audiences.

In other news, The Washington Post is supercharging contextual. Context has been held up as the proxy to data heavy third-party ad targeting (and is set to generate $447.9 billion by 2027). Historically, contextual targeting has been pretty basic. Now, publishers are stringing together consumption and other data points, taking back control of how their content is categorized.

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With that, best of luck through some unpredictable days ahead. And if you can, please consider supporting our journalism with an Adweek Pro Subscription and gain full access to all of Adweek's essential coverage and resources.

Lucinda

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