Experts warn that Meta, and possibly Google, blocking trusted news outlets in Canada will worsen misinformation as the world nears a “precipice” of AI content
As it becomes increasingly difficult to trust what we read online, experts say it's critical to learn how to tell real media from fake — here's how. X: @parismarx , @libshipwreck , @matthewstoller , @...
How a slowing digital ad market, Apple's ATT changes, tech companies' internal turmoil, weak content moderation, and more are contributing to a junk ad epidemic
written after Apple's new App Store ad format placed gambling ads next to gambling addiction apps — as the antecedent rebuttal to the NYT's piece this weekend that questions why, all of the sudden, ad...
A look at the focus on disinformation by media, tech, and academic leaders, and how assumptions about disinfo effectiveness echo old media and advertising myths
In the beginning, there were ABC, NBC, and CBS, and they were good. Midcentury American man could come home after eight hours … Tweets: @karlbode , @karlbode , @daveyalba , @daphnehk , @noupside , @b...
Apple's changes to notifications on phones and the addition of Mail Privacy Protection could hurt publishers, including solo newsletter publishers on Substack
A jam-packed, if muted, WWDC 2021 — I sat on it for a day. Kimberly Huang / Litmus : Email Client Market Share in May 2021: The Recovery of Mobile and More David Nield / Wired : How to Tell Which Em...
Global Disinformation Index study finds that adtech companies spend ~$235M per year running ads on sites found by fact-checkers to publish misinformation
Poynter : Tweets: @zimbalist , @dpfunke , @karlbode , and @michellemanafy See also Mediagazer Tweets: Michael Zimbalist / @zimbalist : About those ad-supported disinformation sites: Google served abo...
Study on behavioral ad targeting finds that publishers only get about 4% more revenue for an ad impression that has a cookie enabled than for one that doesn't
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @johnwilander , @jason_kint , @robinberjon , @hoofnagle , @ashk4n , and @profcarroll . Thanks: @cremnob Tweets: John Wilander / @johnwilander : “Publishers...
How Right Media, a New York-based adtech company, built the first internet ad exchange in 2005 and gave birth to programmatic advertising
In celebration of New York Magazine's 50th anniversary, this series, which will continue through October 2018, tells the stories behind key moments that shaped the city's culture. Tweets: @jarroddicke...