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		[{"id":4179,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/07\/08\/navigator-london-2026-what-we-learned-besides-that-rory-latham-hates-auctions\/","name":"navigator-london-2026-what-we-learned-besides-that-rory-latham-hates-auctions","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NavLon26_BP_2560x1440.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Navigator London 2026: what we learned (besides that Rory Latham hates auctions)","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jul 8, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-07-08 15:13:10","modifiedDate":"2026-07-08 15:13:15","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-07-08 15:13:15","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/exclusive-conversations\/' rel='post_tag'>Exclusive Conversations<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/staff-editorials\/' rel='post_tag'>Staff Editorials<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":20},"status":"publish","excerpt":"This year's Navigator London agenda was built with publishers firmly in mind, including inspiring keynotes. But true to form, some of the sharpest insights came to light away from the stage, in the many breakout sessions, over lunch, and likely in the local pub afterwards."},{"id":4173,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/07\/06\/purpose-and-patterns-today-with-dr-g\/","name":"purpose-and-patterns-today-with-dr-g","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NavNYC26_BP_2560x1440-2.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Purpose and patterns today, with Dr. G","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jul 6, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-07-06 14:32:03","modifiedDate":"2026-07-06 15:11:56","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-07-06 15:11:56","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/exclusive-conversations\/' rel='post_tag'>Exclusive Conversations<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":54},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Even at a strong event, the human brain is not exactly built for perfect attention. People show up carrying work stress, travel stress, social stress, and the constant mental hum of what is happening somewhere else. A text comes in. An email is waiting. A meeting back at the office keeps creeping into the mind."},{"id":4169,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/07\/06\/take-what-you-need-give-what-you-want-with-dr-g\/","name":"take-what-you-need-give-what-you-want-with-dr-g","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NavNYC26_BP_2560x1440-2.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Take what you need, give what you want, with Dr. G","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jul 6, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-07-06 14:25:56","modifiedDate":"2026-07-06 15:13:14","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-07-06 15:13:14","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/exclusive-conversations\/' rel='post_tag'>Exclusive Conversations<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":46},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Dr. G closed Navigator NYC with a different kind of session. After a day of conversations about AI, data, audience, brand safety, revenue pressure, collaboration, and change, she brought the room back to a simple question: what are you actually taking with you?"},{"id":4167,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/07\/06\/telling-a-better-audience-story-with-rich-murphy-and-lindsay-horrigan\/","name":"telling-a-better-audience-story-with-rich-murphy-and-lindsay-horrigan","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NavNYC26_BP_2560x1440-2.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Telling a better audience story with Rich Murphy and Lindsay Horrigan","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jul 6, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-07-06 14:17:41","modifiedDate":"2026-07-06 15:12:38","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-07-06 15:12:38","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/exclusive-conversations\/' rel='post_tag'>Exclusive Conversations<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":7,"sec":16},"status":"publish","excerpt":"When Rich Murphy and Lindsay Horrigan sat down at Navigator NYC, the conversation landed on one of the biggest shifts publishers are working through right now: audience is no longer something publishers can treat as an automatic byproduct of making good content."},{"id":4162,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/07\/06\/the-hidden-power-of-latent-data-with-justin-evans\/","name":"the-hidden-power-of-latent-data-with-justin-evans","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NavNYC26_BP_2560x1440-2.jpg","alt":""},"title":"The hidden power of latent data with Justin Evans","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jul 6, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-07-06 14:11:48","modifiedDate":"2026-07-06 15:12:51","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-07-06 15:12:51","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/exclusive-conversations\/' rel='post_tag'>Exclusive Conversations<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":45},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Justin\u2019s talk, \u201cThe Hidden Power of Latent Data,\u201d made the case that data and AI aren\u2019t really about technology. They\u2019re about ideas. The opportunity isn\u2019t to chase every new tool or drown the business in another dashboard."},{"id":4160,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/07\/06\/what-we-kept-what-we-let-go-of-with-katie-drummond-of-wired\/","name":"what-we-kept-what-we-let-go-of-with-katie-drummond-of-wired","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Beeler.Space_Header_23.jpg","alt":""},"title":"What we kept, what we let go of, with Katie Drummond of WIRED","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jul 6, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-07-06 13:55:40","modifiedDate":"2026-07-06 13:55:45","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-07-06 13:55:45","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/exclusive-conversations\/' rel='post_tag'>Exclusive Conversations<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":57},"status":"publish","excerpt":"When Katie Drummond took over as WIRED\u2019s Global Editorial Director in 2023, the easier path was obvious \u2014 cut, consolidate, optimize for what the algorithms rewarded. She didn\u2019t take it."},{"id":4158,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/06\/30\/clarity-competitive-advantage-for-publishers-sebastien-moutte\/","name":"clarity-competitive-advantage-for-publishers-sebastien-moutte","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bT_QnA_Header_o3-1.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Why clarity has become a competitive advantage for publishers with Opti Digital's S\u00e9bastien Moutte","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jun 30, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-06-30 14:44:59","modifiedDate":"2026-06-30 14:45:04","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-06-30 14:45:04","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/partner-qa\/' rel='post_tag'>Partner Q&A<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":11,"sec":6},"status":"publish","excerpt":"As AI reshapes traffic patterns, privacy continues to evolve, and monetization grows more complex, the competitive advantage for publishers isn\u2019t collecting another data point. It\u2019s connecting the ones you already have quickly enough to make better decisions.\u00a0\u00a0"},{"id":4143,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/06\/23\/google-just-changed-search-now-what-for-publishers\/","name":"google-just-changed-search-now-what-for-publishers","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Beeler.Space_Header_30.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Google just changed search... now what for publishers?","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jun 23, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-06-23 14:35:14","modifiedDate":"2026-06-23 14:37:23","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-06-23 14:37:23","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/staff-editorials\/' rel='post_tag'>Staff Editorials<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":27},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Google\u2019s latest AI search direction and the CMA\u2019s June 3 decision raise a bigger question for publishers: what can they still control as search traffic, attribution, audience behavior, and internal operations all shift at once?"},{"id":4131,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/06\/16\/pub-report-what-publishers-should-do-next\/","name":"pub-report-what-publishers-should-do-next","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Beeler.Space_Header_1.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Own the signal, move the auction, fix the cache: what publishers should do next","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jun 16, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-06-16 18:03:07","modifiedDate":"2026-06-16 18:05:40","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-06-16 18:05:40","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/partner-qa\/' rel='post_tag'>Partner Q&A<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/the-pub-report\/' rel='post_tag'>The Pub Report<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":39},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The session moved across identity, provenance, Prebid Server, and Prebid Cache. However, the common theme was that the next set of adtech defaults are being shaped now.\u00a0So publishers, you need to get involved."},{"id":4118,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/06\/15\/when-gpid-gets-messy-publishers-pay-the-price-with-eilon-goldstein-of-rise\/","name":"when-gpid-gets-messy-publishers-pay-the-price-with-eilon-goldstein-of-rise","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/B.Space_QA_2_2560x1440.png","alt":""},"title":"When GPID gets messy, publishers pay the price, with Eilon Goldstein of Rise","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jun 15, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-06-15 13:06:51","modifiedDate":"2026-06-15 13:06:55","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-06-15 13:06:55","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/partner-qa\/' rel='post_tag'>Partner Q&A<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":6,"sec":36},"status":"publish","excerpt":"In this exclusive conversation, Eilon Goldstein gets into what GPID was meant to solve, where implementations tend to go sideways, and what publishers should look at first if they want to know whether their setup is helping or hurting them."},{"id":4096,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/06\/09\/ad-stack-business-ju-kay-kwek-switchboard\/","name":"ad-stack-business-ju-kay-kwek-switchboard","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bT_QnA_Header_o3.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Why the ad stack and the business still don't talk to each other with Ju-kay Kwek of Switchboard Software","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jun 9, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-06-09 16:00:13","modifiedDate":"2026-06-10 14:52:57","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-06-10 14:52:57","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/partner-qa\/' rel='post_tag'>Partner Q&A<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":7,"sec":51},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Ju-kay gets into why reconciliation is still so manual, why threshold-based alerts miss the slow-moving issues that matter, and what changes when teams can normalize data across systems instead of forcing operators to connect every dot themselves."},{"id":4087,"link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/2026\/06\/08\/why-gpid-still-falls-short-persistent-problems-in-programmatic-placement-identification\/","name":"why-gpid-still-falls-short-persistent-problems-in-programmatic-placement-identification","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Beeler.Space_Header_34.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Why GPID still falls short: Persistent problems in programmatic placement identification","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Liz","link":"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/author\/liz\/"},"date":"Jun 8, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-06-08 12:23:42","modifiedDate":"2026-06-08 12:55:20","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-06-08 12:55:20","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/category\/originals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Originals<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.beeler.tech\/tag\/partner-qa\/' rel='post_tag'>Partner Q&A<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":44},"status":"publish","excerpt":"In theory, GPID solves a core pain point: without it, the same ad slot can appear with varying identifiers across SSPs, wrappers, and reseller paths. Yet despite widespread adoption, real-world implementations often introduce variations that undermine GPID\u2019s core promise: persistence."}]