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Publishers have the right to publish whatever content they think will attract an audience and have it monetized by advertising from advertisers that want to be seen by that audience. Full stop. What is lost is that, when evaluating impressions is done poorly, it can punish publishers who have invested time, money, and effort into creating content.
A publisher reported that they’ve been reaching out to demand partners to reduce RESELLER lines. Historically, they capped at 40 entries and required minimum spend thresholds to remain. They have since trimmed every partner to 20 entries or fewer, with no drop-off in revenue.
Don’t advertisers make their own standards bodies and self-regulate? Can’t we do the same thing? Come up with a panel of industry leaders, brand the organization, and say this is how publishers do things?
I’ll start by saying I’ve been frustrated by the lack of progress in identifying which demand partners provide revenue via ads.txt line items. We’ve only had a few contributors. So I asked why this isn’t working. 60% of respondents said they just don’t have time.
Nothing in our industry is evolving slowly, and Ad Ops is squarely in the center of that shift. Media, technology, creativity, data workflows, compliance, and automation are all colliding. And somehow, we’re still the ones stitching together the revenue engine with a mix of expertise, stubbornness, and well-timed Google Sheets magic.
“I know this is an old topic, but it came back to mind when AdBlock Plus asked me to take a premium subscription. Why is it that a company can generate revenue by blocking another company from generating revenue for the services they deliver?”
Why digital publishers should invest in revenue diversification BY ZIV MISHAN, VP OF REVNUE AT KUEEZ AI is accelerating traffic declines, CPMs are trending downward, and privacy regulations are becoming increasingly complex. Diversifying revenue streams is no longer optional. The thing about a single river When Rome built its empire, it also built a weakness. … Read more
In his latest video conversation, Rob sits down with Jayson Dubin, CEO and Chairman of Playwire, for a technical dive into the future of monetization and ML-driven adops. But first, Rob needs to address the obvious: he’s talking to the Batman of adtech.
Reinventing the revenue river: a conversation with Ziv Mishan From AI-driven zero-click search, to ongoing CPM compression, publishers are navigating a landscape where long-trusted traffic and revenue sources no longer behave the way they once did. The old approach – depend on SEO, optimize for scale, and rely on a handful of major platforms – … Read more
PubPitch: How FatTail is reshaping publisher workflows, a community exclusive This conversation is a community-only exclusive. If you are a member, please see our community for access instructions. FatTail joined the Beeler.Tech community to break down a problem every publisher knows too well: the endless drag of creative collection, trafficking, reporting, and billing. In this … Read more