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Television
fromAol
1 day ago

The rise of CTV IRL: Valuable TV audiences are no longer just sitting at home

Connected TV is expanding into public spaces, transforming how audiences engage with content outside the home.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
2 days ago

How purchase data is redefining TV ad performance and driving revenue

Advertisers must adopt modern strategies, including purchase-based segmentation, to effectively engage consumers in the evolving TV landscape.
Media industry
fromDigiday
3 days ago

Media Briefing: Publishers debate the value of AI licensing and GEO

Publishing executives discussed the challenges and opportunities of AI search optimization and licensing deals during the Digiday Publishing Summit.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

What we're reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in March

Contemporary fiction offers diverse themes, from friendship and business to the complexities of gay life and the struggles of digital nomads.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Transcription by Ben Lerner review a stunning exploration of technology and storytelling

The novel explores themes of touch, familial inheritance, and the complexities of communication through a narrative involving a final interview with a mentor.
Digital life
fromwww.dw.com
5 days ago

The pleasure of books in the digital age

The debate over digital archiving versus physical books highlights the unique engagement and sensory experience that books provide in a digital age.
#publishing
Online marketing
fromWorld Economic Forum
5 days ago

Understanding Value in Media: Perspectives from Consumers and Industry

The internet has transformed publishing, creating challenges for revenue and consumer satisfaction, while a shift towards consumer payments may offer a solution.
fromExchangewire
5 days ago
Media industry

How Publishers are Balancing AI Fear with Opportunity

The publishing industry is navigating AI adoption with a focus on innovation while maintaining quality and ethical standards.
Online marketing
fromWorld Economic Forum
5 days ago

Understanding Value in Media: Perspectives from Consumers and Industry

The internet has transformed publishing, creating challenges for revenue and consumer satisfaction, while a shift towards consumer payments may offer a solution.
Media industry
fromExchangewire
5 days ago

How Publishers are Balancing AI Fear with Opportunity

The publishing industry is navigating AI adoption with a focus on innovation while maintaining quality and ethical standards.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
1 week ago

Why not? New research identifies "podcast holdouts" - the 25% unlisteners

25% of American adults have never listened to a podcast, primarily older, female, and white demographics.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
3 days ago

Three newsletters for the price of 1.5: Independent journalists experiment with a bundle

Bundling independent journalism subscriptions can reduce costs for readers and support multiple writers effectively.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
4 days ago

Publishers see double-digit growth from TTD's OpenPath, but volatility remains

OpenPath revenue remains strong for publishers, with some experiencing double-digit CPM growth, prompting trials of OpenAds despite temporary bid duplication allowances.
#instagram
Social media marketing
fromInc
4 days ago

Meta Is Testing a Paid Instagram Plan That Could Reveal Who Rewatches Your Stories

Meta is testing an Instagram subscription plan called Instagram Plus to enhance user experience and diversify revenue.
Social media marketing
fromInc
4 days ago

Meta Is Testing a Paid Instagram Plan That Could Reveal Who Rewatches Your Stories

Meta is testing an Instagram subscription plan called Instagram Plus to enhance user experience and diversify revenue.
Online learning
fromeLearning Industry
1 week ago

70+ Training Survey Questions For Instructional Designers

Training survey questions should be strategic tools for decision-making, not mere formalities, to improve performance and align with business goals.
Media industry
fromTheWrap
3 days ago

Consumers' Time Spent With AI Platforms, Content to Increase 29% by 2029, Survey Finds

Consumers are preparing for increased AI content consumption, expecting to spend significantly more time on AI platforms in the coming years.
Books
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

A Self-Published Book Became an Unexpected Bestseller. I Read It-and I Can See Why.

Theo of Golden, a self-published novel by Allen Levi, achieved remarkable success, topping bestseller lists and captivating readers with its unique story and themes.
#podcasting
Podcast
fromRAIN News
1 week ago

Podcasts are dominating (Audacy research)

Podcasts are dominating audio consumption, replacing time spent on social media and streaming music, indicating a shift in audience behavior.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
1 week ago

Podcasts are dominating (Audacy research)

Podcasts are dominating audio consumption, replacing time spent on social media and streaming music, indicating a shift in audience behavior.
Social media marketing
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Instagram testing subscription that allows users to watch stories anonymously

Meta is launching Instagram Plus, a premium subscription service allowing anonymous Story views and rewatch counts, currently available in select countries.
Artificial intelligence
fromNieman Lab
2 weeks ago

AI sources like ChatGPT account for less than 1% of publishers' pageviews, Chartbeat says

AI platforms generate minimal referral traffic to publishers, accounting for less than 1% of pageviews despite significant growth, while search engine traffic has declined substantially.
Online marketing
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
2 weeks ago

Google Search What People Are Saying With Popular & Latest Comments

Google Search's 'What people are saying' box now displays popular and latest comments from Reddit threads, likely through Google's Reddit data licensing agreement.
#social-media
Social media marketing
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

Psychology suggests people who browse social media but never post or comment aren't passive - they've simply opted out of the performance while retaining access to the information, which is a more deliberate choice than most people who post every day have ever thought to make - Silicon Canals

Deliberate non-participation on social media can be a psychologically aware choice, as most users are 'lurkers' who consume content without engaging.
Social media marketing
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

Psychology suggests people who browse social media but never post or comment aren't passive - they've simply opted out of the performance while retaining access to the information, which is a more deliberate choice than most people who post every day have ever thought to make - Silicon Canals

Deliberate non-participation on social media can be a psychologically aware choice, as most users are 'lurkers' who consume content without engaging.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
2 weeks ago

Podcasts vs radio: Time spent metrics favor both by age (Edison Research)

Ages 13-24 prefer podcasts over AM/FM radio by more than two to one, while ages 55+ show the reverse preference, favoring AM/FM radio by an even wider margin.
Marketing tech
fromTechzine Global
2 weeks ago

Qualtrics uses AI to accelerate market research

Qualtrics launched synthetic consumer panels using custom-trained AI and a Research Hub platform to accelerate market research and decision-making by making consumer testing faster and past research searchable.
Media industry
fromAdExchanger
6 days ago

Local Publishers Hit By AI Traffic Drops Collaborate For Revenue Relief | AdExchanger

AI-generated answers are diminishing traffic for smaller publishers, prompting collaboration to enhance reach and revenue.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
3 weeks ago

"Never been bigger"

The Infinite Dial's 28th annual survey reveals 57% of Americans use generative AI, with AI users consuming significantly more online audio, podcasts, and social media than non-users.
Books
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

Everyone Tells Me It's the Way to Read. I'll Never Give In.

A Gen Z reader reads exclusively physical books, completing over 100 annually, finding them superior to digital formats for genuine reading engagement and enjoyment.
Media industry
fromFingerlakes1.com
1 week ago

Survey shows shift in breaking news sources | Fingerlakes1.com

Americans are increasingly using diverse sources for breaking news, with a decline in reliance on traditional news organizations.
#audience-measurement
Marketing tech
fromThedrum
3 weeks ago

Jun Group Releases Audience Explorer, Empowering Advertisers With Deeper Audience Insights

Jun Group launched Audience Explorer, a measurement tool providing advertisers 360-degree audience insights including behaviors, interests, and shopping habits while maintaining privacy standards.
Media industry
fromRAIN News
4 weeks ago

Nielsen modernizes, launching "mSurvey" for digital data collection

Nielsen launches mSurvey, a digital diary system replacing paper diaries for measuring radio listening habits while expanding to podcasts, satellite radio, and digital music streams.
Marketing tech
fromThedrum
3 weeks ago

Jun Group Releases Audience Explorer, Empowering Advertisers With Deeper Audience Insights

Jun Group launched Audience Explorer, a measurement tool providing advertisers 360-degree audience insights including behaviors, interests, and shopping habits while maintaining privacy standards.
Media industry
fromRAIN News
4 weeks ago

Nielsen modernizes, launching "mSurvey" for digital data collection

Nielsen launches mSurvey, a digital diary system replacing paper diaries for measuring radio listening habits while expanding to podcasts, satellite radio, and digital music streams.
Social media marketing
fromwww.socialmediatoday.com
2 weeks ago

Reddit shares insight into the growth of sports fandoms in the app

Reddit published a comprehensive guide showing how users engage with sports content, revealing NFL season as the dominant driver of app downloads and engagement, with significant spikes during March Madness, Kentucky Derby, and other major sporting events.
Books
fromHarvard Gazette
4 weeks ago

That's a book? - Harvard Gazette

Italo Calvino used tarot card decks as a computational system to generate interconnected narratives, predating modern AI by decades and demonstrating how structured systems can create complex literary works.
fromeLearning Industry
1 month ago

Hot Off The Virtual Press: A Ready-Made Survey Template For Training Feedback

Gathering training feedback is crucial because it shows whether your L&D initiatives are actually making a difference. While attendance metrics and completion rates give you surface-level insights, authentic feedback reveals how learners felt, what they understood, and which areas they struggled with. Feedback also identifies gaps between desired outcomes and real-world results.
Online learning
Media industry
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Traffic is dying as a media metric. What comes next is more important

AI is significantly reducing traffic to major tech media sites, but publishers with strong brands and loyal audiences are adapting through paywalls and diversified strategies rather than facing business decline.
#podcast-consumption-trends
Podcast
fromRAIN News
4 weeks ago

Podcasting reaches more than half of U.S. population (new Triton study)

Podcasting reaches over half the U.S. population with distinct demographic patterns, consumption methods, and genre preferences creating targeted advertising opportunities.
fromDigiday
1 month ago
Podcast

In Graphic Detail: Publishers chase video podcast growth, but audio still leads

Podcast audiences prefer audio as primary format but increasingly expect video content, requiring publishers to invest in both formats strategically.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
4 weeks ago

Podcasting reaches more than half of U.S. population (new Triton study)

Podcasting reaches over half the U.S. population with distinct demographic patterns, consumption methods, and genre preferences creating targeted advertising opportunities.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
2 weeks ago

Four things about Yahoo News that may surprise you

Yahoo attracts 180 million monthly visitors through habit-driven features and maintains strong engagement, ranking among the top news sites with only CNN and Fox News having higher weekly visitor frequency.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
2 weeks ago

Reluctantly learning from my boyfriend's favorite news creator

Andrew Callaghan's Channel 5 distinguishes itself through direct interviews with subjects in unfolding events, offering perspectives absent from mainstream news coverage.
US news
fromPew Research Center
1 month ago

Email Newsletters as a Source of News

About 30% of U.S. adults get news from email newsletters, yet most newsletter recipients report not reading the majority of newsletters they receive.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
1 month ago

Why Binary Audience Decisions Aren't Fit For The Agentic Era | AdExchanger

Audience segmentation architecture has become a bottleneck as AI agents process millions of impressions per second with novel signal combinations that require real-time decisioning beyond traditional Boolean logic capabilities.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
1 month ago

Edison Research to release Infinite Dial 2026

Edison Research will present its 2026 Infinite Dial study on March 12, 2026, covering digital media consumer behavior across streaming audio, podcasting, radio, smart audio, and social media.
Social media marketing
fromInc
3 weeks ago

Forget Perfection. This Simple Habit Is What Actually Builds an Audience Today.

Authentic, casual content now resonates more with audiences than polished, carefully staged posts on social media platforms.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

What we're reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in February

Claire Baglin's 'On the Clock' uses narrow focus on fast-food work to reveal profound truths about contemporary alienation and precarity with compassion and emotional depth.
Marketing
fromwww.socialmediatoday.com
1 month ago

Reddit Reveals the Latest Trends Driving Brand Engagement

Leverage nostalgia, UGC social proof, niche-focused activations, and sequential campaigns on Reddit to increase engagement and authenticity with its discerning communities.
Media industry
fromDigiday
3 weeks ago

AI surfacing is messy: Data shows publisher visibility and traffic often misalign

Analytics firms struggle to measure AI visibility consistently, with conflicting data on which news outlets appear most in chatbot responses due to varying methodologies and definitions of mentions.
fromDigiday
3 weeks ago

From rented audiences to engaged communities: Why participation is the new moat for publishers

Social platforms promised reach, scale and frictionless distribution. In exchange, publishers ceded control of audience relationships, data and, ultimately, trust. Today, that bargain is not working. Social media is imperfect. Feeds are flooded with bots, synthetic engagement, misinformation and bad actors operating under inconsistent or nonexistent moderation standards.
Media industry
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Publishers fear AI search summaries and chatbots mean end of traffic era'

AI chatbots and search AI overviews will significantly reduce search-driven web traffic to news sites, pushing publishers toward short-form creator-style content strategies.
Podcast
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Spotify is rolling out Audiobook Charts | TechCrunch

Spotify launches weekly Audiobook Charts for the U.S. and U.K., ranking top audiobooks by overall and genre categories based on listening behavior and engagement.
UX design
fromMedium
2 months ago

How reading patterns have changed

Primary button placement should align with left-to-right scanning patterns and evolving device-driven consumption habits rather than rigid left-or-right rules.
Science
fromNature
1 month ago

Why we don't really know what the public thinks about science

Public understanding of science is limited because measures focus on factual literacy; researchers must broaden evaluation to include institutional knowledge and lived scientific experiences.
Data science
fromNature
1 month ago

How to stop the survey-taking AI chatbots that threaten to upend social science

Online survey recruitment faces widespread inauthentic and automated responses, increasingly amplified by AI agents, threatening data validity.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Your audience is on Pinterest. Are you?

There's no doubt that we have all enjoyed the convenience of adding something to our basket on Amazon and having it arrive on our doorstep less than 24 hours later. But as shopping has moved online, something has been lost from the experience. The online experience is scroll, click and add to cart. But as shoppers, we want so much more. We want to explore other possibilities without feeling overwhelmed. We want to try stuff on, not just read reviews. We want to browse, not just buy.
#podcast-growth
Science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Readers respond to the October 2025 issue

Cuts to government funding push researchers toward billionaire and private funding, offering resources and freedom but creating risks from narrow priorities and donor motivations.
Online marketing
fromSocial Media Examiner
1 month ago

Building Email Communities: How to Grow a Raving Audience : Social Media Examiner

Use targeted email sequences to build owned audience relationships that deliver higher reach and engagement than social platforms.
Books
fromPoynter
1 month ago

When newspapers cut book coverage, communities lose more than reviews - Poynter

Newspaper book coverage is rapidly shrinking despite a $30 billion publishing industry, with major outlets cutting book sections and reducing book-review staff.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Is listening to an audiobook as good as reading?

Audiobooks and comics are legitimate, effective forms of reading that expand access, boost literacy, and contribute significantly to the publishing industry.
fromInc
2 months ago

How to Create a Social Listening Tool In 3 Easy Steps

You don't need to pay for expensive software tools in order to analyze what people are saying about your brand online, according to Jazmin Griffith, the founder of social listening agency Que Lo Que. Social listening, or the act of tracking customer sentiment through social media comments and posts, is an important practice for any business with an online presence. "There's a lot of data out there," John Box, the CEO of Meltwater, a SaaS platform that provides social listening services, previously told Inc.
Social media marketing
#subscriptions
fromDigiday
1 month ago
Media industry

In Graphic Detail: Subscriptions are rising at big news publishers - even as traffic shrinks

fromDigiday
1 month ago
Media industry

In Graphic Detail: Subscriptions are rising at big news publishers - even as traffic shrinks

fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Reading Is a Practice, Not a Chore

At least one fundamental human trait persists in the smartphone era: People seem to love a challenge. The internet teems with viral competitions, gamified health apps, and "life-maxxing" exercises of many kinds. Even those who resist the lure of screens-by, for instance, reading books-are frequently doing so with a kind of competitive zeal. A University of Pennsylvania professor has built a strict, rules-based classroom cult around reading.
Books
fromBuffer: All-you-need social media toolkit for small businesses
2 months ago

Replying to Your Instagram Comments Can Boost Engagement by 21%

The fact is, though, those hacks, in the truest sense, really don't exist. The quality of your content is the be-all and end-all of Instagram post performance. But there are a handful of things you can do to give your content a helpful little boost. Posting at a good time for the platform can help, as can keeping up a consistent posting cadence.
Social media marketing
Media industry
fromDigiday
2 months ago

How publishers leverage community as a personalization and revenue tool

Community-driven personalization converts engagement signals into deeper subscriber relationships, improved retention, and new revenue streams for publishers.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Threads' new 'Dear Algo' feature lets you tell the algorithm what you want to see

Dear Algo was inspired by users making posts with the phrase to try to influence what they see before Meta made an official version. The feature has already been available in testing in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and now that test is launching in the US. "We'll continue iterating based on community feedback before rolling it out more broadly," Meta spokesperson Alec Booker tells The Verge.
Social media marketing
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
2 months ago

Newsrooms are taking comments seriously again

Reader comment sections are resurging as publishers reinvest in moderated, subscriber-gated or automated-comment systems to drive engagement and revenue.
Media industry
fromRAIN News
2 months ago

Podstock partners with PodX Group to provide audience and revenue insights

Podstock will centralize PodX Group's audience and revenue data, unifying measurement across platforms, languages, and regions to streamline studio operations and decisions.
Media industry
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

The Importance of Getting Mobile Right for News Publishers

Mobile app consumption dominates digital media time, compelling news publishers to pivot distribution and monetization strategies toward mobile and social channels.
Media industry
fromRAIN News
2 months ago

Monday is pod drop day, and Rogan reigns routinely (Edison Research)

Top U.S. podcasts have the largest weekly audiences and most frequently publish episodes on weekends, especially Mondays, with Thursday the second-most common release day.
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