Luis Amorim May 02, 2025
How Media Product Leaders Are Navigating The More With Less Era
Media companies are under extraordinary pressure to modernize outdated infrastructure, build direct audience relationships, and respond to AI disruption while operating with constrained resources and fewer people. In this environment, product and technology teams are being asked to deliver transformation while maintain
www.research.therebooting.com/how-media-product-leaders-are-navigating-the-more-with-less-era
Publisher of PCMag and Mashable Sues OpenAI
Ziff Davis, which owns more than 45 media properties, is accusing the tech company of infringing on the publisher’s copyrights and diluting its trademarks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/business/media/ziff-davis-openai-lawsuit.html#new_tab
A Practical Guide to Product Strategy Execution | The Audiencers
Here are five tips to get off the hamster wheel, to go beyond optimizations or shiny objects and turn your strategy into reality.
www.theaudiencers.com/prototypes-over-powerpoints-a-practical-guide-to-product-strategy-execution
Politiken offers a tour of its all‑purpose data dashboard
During this week’s Webinar, Politiken’s Troels Behrendt Jørgensen and Mikkel Stampe Davidsen provided a full demonstration of the company’s in-house data tool.
www.inma.org/blogs/newsroom-initiative/post.cfm/politiken-offers-a-tour-of-its-all-purpose-data-dashboard
How a data journalist at The Economist, Sondre Solstad, uses Our World in Data
A story of how our work helps journalists who use data.
www.ourworldindata.org/how-journalist-the-economist-uses-owid
Nederlands Dagblad sees engagement bump with focus on user needs
Dutch news publisher Nederlands Dagblad offers an interesting case study in prioritising user needs. The results? Reach and engagement increased 29%.
www.inma.org/blogs/newsroom-initiative/post.cfm/nederlands-dagblad-sees-engagement-bump-with-focus-on-user-needs
VG’s shift to a vertical, interactive experience attracts a wider audience
As traditional video and live broadcasts began feeling outdated, VG shifted to a vertical format and found a broader, younger audience.
www.inma.org/blogs/ideas/post.cfm/vg-s-shift-to-a-vertical-interactive-experience-attracts-a-wider-audience
New York Magazine is now publishing on Substack
In an effort to meet readers on their preferred platforms, New York Magazine is now publishing one of its daily newsletters on Substack.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/new-york-magazine-is-now-publishing-on-substack/#new_tab
5 trends from this year’s Publisher Podcast and Newsletter Shortlists
One of my favourite parts of the job of Awards Director each year is reading through the hundreds of entries …
www.voices.media/5-trends-from-this-years-publisher-podcast-and-newsletter-shortlists
How Clarin is Redefining News Consumption with AI-Powered Audio | The Audiencers
How Argentina’s largest news media organization embraced the shift in content consumption by integrating AI-powered Text-to-Speech, redefining how their audience interacts with the news
www.theaudiencers.com/how-clarin-is-redefining-news-consumption-with-ai-powered-audio
Social Isn't Social Anymore—Now What?
In recent years, the shift to algorithm-based feeds has drastically changed how users interact with content online.
www.forbes.com/councils/forbesagencycouncil/2025/04/28/social-isnt-social-anymore-now-what
Is Facebook quietly becoming a new revenue stream for publishers again?
A recent spike in Facebook referral traffic is coinciding with new revenue from Meta’s content monetization program for some publishers.
www.digiday.com/media/is-facebook-quietly-becoming-a-new-revenue-stream-for-publishers-again
Interaction rate, engagement velocity are among key social engagement metrics to track
Newsroom success is shaped by how stories travel, who amplifies them, and how long they stay relevant in the digital bloodstream.
www.inma.org/blogs/big-data-for-news-publishers/post.cfm/interaction-rate-engagement-velocity-are-among-key-social-engagement-metrics-to-track
INMA warns news search traffic could collapse within two years | Tomorrow's Publisher
A new INMA report warns that traditional search traffic to news sites could fall rapidly and urges publishers to innovate with zero-search engagement models
www.tomorrowspublisher.today/peak-subscription/inma-warns-news-search-traffic-could-collapse-within-two-years
As Search Ends for News, Here Is What's Next
INMA Report
www.inma.org/report/as-search-ends-for-news-here-is-whats-next
Google Clarifies Googlebot-News Crawler Documentation
Google updated the Googlebot-News documentation to remove a claim that mistakenly misrepresented its effect on the Google News tab
www.searchenginejournal.com/google-clarifies-googlebot-news-crawler-documentation/545575
Lasting impressions: How publishers can future-proof their advertising strategy
Today, the digital advertising landscape is shifting at pace. From new privacy regulations to changing advertiser demands and evolving technologies, publishers are under pressure to rethink how they monetise their content. What worked five years ago - or even last year - may not be enough to sustain growth today.
www.ftstrategies.com/en-gb/insights/lasting-impressions-how-publishers-can-future-proof-their-advertising-strategy
Digiday+ Research: Publishers were ready to depend more on first-party data. So, now what?
Publishers were ready for the move away from third-party data: the role of first-party data in generating ad revenue was set to grow significantly, and the percentage of ad impressions served by first-party data was set to increase.
www.digiday.com/media/digiday-research-publishers-were-ready-to-depend-more-on-first-party-data-so-now-what
The Evolution of SSPs & DSPs: Are We Headed for a Converged Future? - ExchangeWire.com
Are we headed for a converged future? And, if we are, who stands to gain from a unified platform advertising ecosystem? Harry Menear examines the evolution of SSPs and DSPs.
www.exchangewire.com/blog/2025/04/29/the-evolution-of-ssps-dsps-are-we-headed-for-a-converged-future
Top Programmatic Ad Mediation Platforms | Brafton
Discover how programmatic ad mediation optimizes revenue and improves ad fill rates to streamline ad management.
www.brafton.com/blog/paid-search-blog/programmatic-ad-mediation
IAB: Digital Video to Capture 58% Share of the TV/Video Ad Spend in 2025
Digital video ad spend rose 18% in 2024 to $64 billion and is projected to grow another 14% in 2025, reaching $72 billion
www.tvtechnology.com/news/iab-digital-video-is-set-to-capture-58-percent-share-of-the-tv-video-ad-spend-in-2025
As AI lawsuits mount, publishers still struggle to block the bots
Ziff Davis's lawsuit against OpenAI highlights publishers' struggles to stop AI companies from scraping their content.
www.digiday.com/media/as-ai-lawsuits-mount-publishers-still-struggle-to-block-the-bots
AI advice from The New York Times: Listen more than you talk
Rubina Madan Fillion, associate editorial director of AI initiatives at The New York Times, explains why having a human-in-the-loop remains important.
www.inma.org/blogs/Generative-AI-Initiative/post.cfm/advice-from-the-new-york-times-listen-more-than-you-talk
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