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Absorb, unite, and outsource: publisher consolidation strategies for 2026 BY ROB BEELER + MICHAEL EDWARDS, VP OF SALES AND ACCOUNTS AT ADOPS.COM Publishers have had a rough run over the past 12 months and it’s not getting any easier. Display revenues are under pressure, platforms keep shifting the rules, and clickless search, such as AI … Read more
Putting creative firepower back in the hands of publishers BY ROB BEELER + COLLEEN TULLY, SR. DIRECTOR OF SALES ACCOUNTS AT CLIPCENTRIC The digital advertising world isn’t exactly basking in calm waters right now. Reorgs, leaner teams, and a never-ending demand for new ad formats, more personalization, and higher performance have left AdOps and Creative … Read more
Does operating third-party inventory impact the perception of demand partners? One response so far: Some SSPs require legal authorization, but they saw significant improvements in performance and revenue. It hasn’t negatively impacted demand partner perceptions.
Multiple publishers report a sudden spike in Google flagging direct-sold and house creatives for malware. Alerts started a few days ago, with inconsistent clearing and no explanation. A Google incident was posted, but issues persist.
Staying human: How AI is rewiring our minds and our industry BY HAZEL BROADLEY, BEELER.TECH This month, we opened Base.Camp Lisbon with an important acknowledgement. In the face of uncertainty surrounding AI-driven transformations impacting the publishing and adtech industries, leaders are left trying to balance revenue optimization in the present, with preparing for an opaque … Read more
Publisher insights from Base.Camp Lisbon 2025 (the adtech edition) BY HAZEL BROADLEY, BEELER.TECH Our Base.Camp events have become known for rolling up sleeves, tackling daily publisher ops challenges, and creating a community to solve them together. Lisbon was no exception. Here are just some of the many highlights. Protocols up to our ears (but we’re … Read more
A discussion on early-November CPMs centered on unexpectedly soft pricing, with multiple publishers stating that levels remained below typical seasonal norms and that the traditional “November pop” has weakened. Several participants pointed to softer open-market demand.
Camp.Fire: How publishers can win in the clickless era BY HAZEL BROADLEY, BEELER.TECH This conversation is for our exclusive publishers and partners only community. Please ask in the community for the password to watch this video. The shift is already here. When AI summaries and answer engines sit between users and source sites, clicks fall, … Read more
Wait, what? Another protocol to learn? AdCP, UCP and initial publisher reactions BY HAZEL BROADLEY, BEELER.TECH Two new acronyms crashed our calendars this month. At Base.Camp Lisbon, Scope3’s Alex Oakden introduced the Ad Context Protocol (AdCP). Two days later, at the IAB Tech Lab International Summit, Shailley Singh unveiled the User Context Protocol (UCP). Here, … Read more
Rough Q4 for programmatic. We saw Q3 end pretty well, but are now seeing some unexpected softness across the board. Normally, we don’t see a quarter reset this sharp between Q3 and Q4.