AdExchanger caught up with Joy Robins, NYT’s global chief advertising officer, in Cannes for real talk on the top issues facing publishers, from overzealous keyword blocking to balancing subscriptions with ad monetization.
At The New York Times, paying subscribers come first – an approach that works on advertising side, too. Hear from newly appointed Chief Advertising Officer Joy Robins, who believes that when media has gone astray, it’s because publications didn’t put the reader at the center of their decision.
The mobile web version of Wordle now features interstitial video and display ads that will run after a user clicks “Play” and before the game loads on their screen. The move is part of a broader initiative to expand ad offerings across the company’s portfolio.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Verified Love Triangle When Netflix jumped into ad sales, it promised to include ad verification through both DoubleVerify and Integral Ad Science. And so it came to pass. On Monday, DV and IAS both released their verification solutions for Netflix inventory. Considering […]
The Washington Post became the latest publisher to develop a self-serve platform to compete with Facebook when it released Zeus Prime on Tuesday. Zeus Prime adds a self-serve buyer interface to Zeus, The Washington Post’s revenue platform. The software-as-a-service platform emphasizes fast ad load times and high viewability. Most recently, it added the cookie-less contextual […]
Advertising on news content has become a third rail that many brands won’t touch. Hundreds of brands block words like “Trump,” and others use broad keyword blocks that catch innocent articles in the crossfire. Joy Robins dove into this skittish advertiser environment in March, when she started at The Washington Post as chief revenue officer. […]
