Technology Google expands new Digital Growth Program to help news organisations succeed online After a European launch in July, Google is expanding its free GNI Digital Growth Program ... Esther Kezia Thorpe@SpinyTrendsSeptember 28, 2020
Content Facebook Watch now watched by half of Facebook users worldwide Newly-released figures from Facebook say that over 1.25 billion people use the platform’s ... Esther Kezia Thorpe@SpinyTrendsSeptember 23, 2020
Subscriptions Summer Subscription Surges Reported Across a Range of Publishers The positive effects of the ‘coronabump’ on traffic and subscriptions to publisher sites ... Esther Kezia Thorpe@SpinyTrendsSeptember 22, 2020
Advertising The Taboola and Outbrain merger falls apart after renegotiations A year after announcing an $850 million merger, clickbait giants Taboola and Outbrain ... Esther Kezia Thorpe@SpinyTrendsSeptember 17, 2020
Advertising Apple delays app tracking updates to iOS 14, giving brief reprieve to app publishers Apple is delaying a key change to its latest software update in iOS ... Esther Kezia Thorpe@SpinyTrendsSeptember 15, 2020
Advertising Ad blocking usage is declining, but browsers are taking bad ad experiences into their own hands A new study has shown that ad block usage is dropping, raising the ... Esther Kezia Thorpe@SpinyTrendsSeptember 7, 2020
Advertising With the end of third-party cookies in sight, what are the alternatives? With the phasing out of third-party cookies on the horizon for users of ... Esther Kezia Thorpe@SpinyTrendsSeptember 3, 2020
Content Google hits back at the Australian government’s plans for a News Media Bargaining Code The search giant has upped its campaign against a draft code from the ... Esther Kezia Thorpe@SpinyTrendsAugust 28, 2020
Advertising A silver lining for the COVID-stricken ad market The ad market in the U.S. has been hit hard by the coronavirus ... Esther Kezia Thorpe@SpinyTrendsAugust 26, 2020
Content Listen up: audio articles are growing as an engagement tool for publishers A growing number of publishers are developing functionality to enable audiences to listen ... Esther Kezia Thorpe@SpinyTrendsAugust 21, 2020