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Baltimore Banner Tops $13M in Revenue, Notches 55,000 Subscribers

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Nonprofit newsroom The Baltimore Banner will bring in more than $13 million in revenue in 2024, a year-over-year increase of 37% for the startup publisher. The news outlet, which launched in June 2022 with $50 million in backing from businessman Stewart W. Bainum, generates revenue from three primary sources: subscriptions (45%), advertising (35%), and philanthropy.

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Want to Cut Emissions From Your Ad Campaign? Try Old-Fashioned Billboards

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Out-of-home advertising could reduce the carbon emissions of your ad campaign. Global OOH ad agency Billups worked with carbon intelligence firm Cedara to measure the environmental impact of OOH compared with other ad formats. Cedara's research found that billboards and other traditional OOH ads were 188% more efficient that programmatic display ads, 246% more efficient.

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Vox Media Announces Layoffs, Reorganizes Its Lifestyle Properties

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The digital media company Vox Media is implementing layoffs and a substantial restructuring of its lifestyle properties, according to an internal memo obtained by ADWEEK. The changes will primarily affect the titles Thrillist, PS (formerly PopSugar), and Eater, as well as the media production and technology team, chief executive Jim Bankoff wrote to staff on.

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Week of Nov. 25 Cable News Ratings: Audiences Have Little Appetite for News During Thanksgiving

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This is TVNewser's basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Nov. 25, 2024. The long Thanksgiving holiday resulted in all three networks experiencing week-to-week declines in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo. Double-digit drops in both measured categories were recorded during this slow news period. Fox News continued to.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Condé Nast Culls Its C-Suite in Fresh Round of Layoffs

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The digital media company Conde Nast laid off a number of its top executives, along with key events, social media, and editorial staff, in a targeted round of cuts Thursday evening, according to interviews with four current and former staff. A representative for the company confirmed the layoffs but declined to share their exact scope.

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Comcast, Disney, and IBM Are Among Advertisers Returning to X After Ad Freeze

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X's former top advertisers including Comcast, IBM, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Lions Gate Entertainment, have resumed ad spending on the platform this year, albeit at much lower rates than before. From January to September 2024, media intelligence platform Media Radar found that these brands collectively spent less than $3.3 million on X. This is.

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OpenAI Is Paying Dotdash Meredith At Least $16 Million to License Its Content

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The artificial intelligence firm OpenAI is paying the digital media company Dotdash Meredith a minimum of around $16 million per year to license its content, according to public financial documents from IAC, the parent company of Dotdash Meredith. The figure is a minimum because it only reflects the "fixed" component of the payment and not.

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State Farm and Disney Keep the Caitlin Clark Effect Alive With New Co-Branded Ad

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Caitlin Clark capped a record-breaking college basketball career this year by shattering marks during her WNBA rookie season--and she's steadily scored points for State Farm and Disney throughout it all. Now that Clark finally has some time off the court, the WNBA Rookie of the Year is putting in a few extra sports marketing minutes.

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No Brand Experienced More Growth In 2024 Than the WNBA

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After a record-breaking season, the WNBA's winning streak continues. A new report from data analytics firm Morning Consult, which tracks how consumers perceive thousands of brands each day, reveals no brand's reputation rose more throughout 2024 than the WNBA's. "It's rare that a sports league ever makes any type of ranking that we put out,".

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The Current State of TV Streaming: Great Stories vs. Instant Virality

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You've found a new show. It feels made for you. It's well written, the cast is phenomenal, and you can't wait to see where Season 2 goes. The show's only been out for about two months, but you see news that it's been cancelled already. Another bites the dust. You realize something that felt made.

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Retail media advertising: How e-commerce is becoming AdTech’s next frontier

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Bluesky Is Having a Moment, But Most Brands Aren’t Ready to Jump In Yet

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Bluesky is booming as internet users seek out the comfort of a controlled social media environment. However, the opportunity for marketers remains limited, due to a lack of ad products and a relatively restrictive audience scale. Brands who are actively posting organically on Bluesky are typical first movers, the likes of Duolingo, Hulu, and Netflix.

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News Media Alliance Urges FTC, DOJ to Investigate Google’s Site Reputation Update

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The News Media Alliance, a trade association representing over 2,200 publishers, sent the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission an open letter last week urging the organizations to investigate an algorithm update issued by Google earlier this year. This update, which amended Google's Site Reputation Abuse (SRA) policy, has upended the affiliate businesses of.

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Election Night 2024 Set Tours: Fox News Debuts ‘Powerful’ New Studio

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With Election Night rapidly approaching, TVNewser is here to provide virtual visits to some of the network studios you'll be watching on Nov. 5. Check out behind the scenes photos and expert commentary from the designers who brought the new and improved sets to life. Peter Blangiforti, Senior Vice President of Broadcast & Media Technology.

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Why ESPN Threw a Texas-Sized Football Tailgate For Formula 1 In Austin

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When ESPN has both a Formula 1 race and Texas football in Austin on the same weekend, it's hard to blame the network for encouraging partners to drift into each other's lanes. Under the "Texas Takeover" banner, ESPN is hosting a college football matchup between the No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns and No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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From Ford To Lowe’s, These 7 Brands Reversed Their Big DEI Promises This Year

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In 2020, after a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd, protests led by civil rights group Black Lives Matter galvanized corporate America to take action. In the months after, household-name brands, including Microsoft, Uber, Target, and Cisco, publicly pledged to create various internal programs to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI.

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Toyota Is the Latest Brand To U-Turn on DEI Initiatives

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Toyota is the latest major brand to pump the brakes on its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. As per an internal memo seen by Bloomberg, the car brand emailed around 50,000 employees and 1,500 dealers in the U.S. Thursday, regarding "a highly politicized discussion" on its DEI commitments. The communication said Toyota would refocus.

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Alexis Ohanian’s Next Big Bet: Women’s Sports

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Alexis Ohanian is not a fan of pickleball. He has ample reason not to be, of course. The 41-year-old co-founder of Reddit and the venture firm Seven Seven Six is married to Serena Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time. In recent years, the two sports have increasingly found themselves at odds.

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How NBC News Broke a Major Story—and Honored a Late Colleague

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Crafting the ideal lede for any news story can be a tough assignment. But NBC News enterprise reporters Mike Hixenbaugh and Jon Schuppe had an added challenge when they had to type the first sentence of their deeply-researched investigative piece into a Texas medical school accused of profiting off of unclaimed bodies--a story that was.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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The 10 TV Shows You Need to Watch and Stream From 2024

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The year is ending, so it's time to go back down the witches' road and bring you the can't-miss TV of 2024. ADWEEK's "best of" TV and streaming list is a little different from others. Though plenty of lists will include the usual prestige players, we're changing things up and bringing you the shows from.

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Publishers Are Redoubling Their Presence on Reddit As the Platform Rises in Search Visibility

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Last September, in an initiative called the Helpful Content Update, Google made many changes to the algorithm that powers its search results. Despite its innocuous name, the update dramatically reshaped the search landscape, throttling traffic to smaller, independent websites while increasing the visibility of others, according to Ewen Finser, the founder of growth agency ReddVisible.

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Verizon Quietly Cuts Adfellows Program, Severing Key Path for Diverse Ad Talent

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Verizon is ending its annual adfellows program, ADWEEK has learned. Founded in 2017 by the telco's former CMO Diego Scotti, adfellows' nine-month fellowship provided career growth opportunities for diverse candidates. Adfellows will now be integrated across Verizon's early talent programs, according to Christina Schelling, svp and chief talent and diversity officer.

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The DOJ Says Google May Need ‘Structural’ Changes to Undo Its Search Monopoly

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The Department of Justice submitted their proposed remedies to the August federal court ruling that Google illegally monopolizes search, arguing that Google should be prohibited from using their own products like Chrome, Android and the Play App store to advantage their search-related business. The proposed remedies might include a break up of the company, though.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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The AP Sees Ad Revenue, Traffic Upticks Following Diversification Push

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Last June, The Associated Press began a concerted effort to expand its advertising business, which generated just 5% of its total revenue compared with the roughly 80% it took in from its lucrative licensing operation. The publisher redesigned its website, inserting more ad units, multimedia and recirculation tools, and hired a direct sales team for.

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Exclusive: Google Suggests Buyers Target Teens, Going Against Its Policies

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Sales representatives from Google have suggested advertisers target teenagers on YouTube, seemingly in violation of the platform's own policies, according to three ad buyers and written documentation seen by ADWEEK. This activity goes beyond the practice that was first identified by the Financial Times earlier this month. Earlier this month, The FT reported that Google.

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BuzzFeed Is Facing a $124 Million Debt Crisis

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The digital media company BuzzFeed Inc., which owns BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and the properties Tasty and First We Feast, is facing a potential $124 million debt crisis related to funds it raised in June 2021 to finance its acquisition of Complex Media. According to the contract governing the deal, the creditors who lent BuzzFeed the money.

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Behind the Scenes of Coca-Cola’s AI Reinvention of a Holiday Classic 

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One of the buzziest campaigns of the holiday season so far is Coca-Cola's artificial intelligence (AI) reboot of its classic ad, "Holidays Are Coming." Since the rise of generative AI, the technology has invoked fear from some in the industry who worry it could harm creative jobs.

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Predicting the Future of Sales: How AI and Automation Will Revolutionize Strategies

In this exploration, we're diving into predictions about the future of sales. We're talking about a complete shake-up powered by automation and artificial intelligence (AI). These aren't just fancy tools — they're real game-changers. Automation and AI are here to redefine every interaction, making them smarter, faster, and more meaningful. From personalized customer journeys to streamlined sales processes, the goal is to make every moment count, enhancing both efficiency and connection.

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Vice Debuts a Subscription Product and Relaunches Its Print Magazine

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The digital media company Vice relaunched its print magazine and debuted its first subscription product on Tuesday, part of a broader renaissance of the publisher following its May 2023 bankruptcy filing. The revival is the byproduct of a joint venture between Vice Media and Savage Ventures, which acquired the rights to Vice's digital properties in.

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Time Dropped Its Paywall One Year Ago. Here’s What’s Happened Since

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The legacy publisher Time dropped its paywall last June, making it one of only a handful of news organizations--alongside Quartz and TechCrunch--to raise and later remove a paywall. Since then, Time has seen advertising revenues rise, digital subscribers evaporate, and traffic remain relatively flat, according to data shared by Time and measurement firm Comscore.

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Creative 100: Honoring the Most Innovative Talent Across Advertising, TV, Visual Art and More

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ADWEEK's annual Creative 100 list honors the most innovative and inspiring creative talent across advertising, marketing, social media, TV and streaming, filmmaking, visual art, and more. This year's cohort defied challenges to make exceptional work in their respective fields. Summing up the upheaval facing many creative professionals, Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner, creators of hit.

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Omnicom Confirms IPG Takeover And New Leadership Structure

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Omnicom Group has confirmed a takeover of rival holding company Interpublic Group (IPG). The mega-merger between the two New York-listed businesses will create the world's largest advertising group. John Wren, chair and chief executive (CEO) of Omnicom said in a statement the deal would combine "highly complementary data and technology platforms" to drive growth for.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.