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The draw of 1 billion monthly users has spawned an aggressive behind-the-scenes advertising economy that threatens the site’s originality and appeal

The platform has been testing out what it would look like without the “like” feature, claiming the feature will help to reduce its associated impacts on mental health and societal pressure. The “like” feature won’t be...

They’re shaping our market, our democracy—our entire reality. If we’re going to fix them, we need to understand them.

Google Maps is filled with false business addresses created by firms pretending to be nearby.

The World Federation of Advertisers estimates that up to 30% of advertising is unseen by consumers, affecting about 21tn online ads annually. Anthony Hitchings, the Financial Times’ digital advertising operations director, said, “The scale...

“After picking up several clients we decided to explore other avenues to bring in leads. Referral partners — I can’t stress this enough — can be some of the most important aspects of growing...

AdTech sucks. I quit the industry because AdTech sucks. AdTech will continue to suck for the foreseeable future. The reasons for this are not primarily technical, but systemic.

U.S. advertisers’ spending on podcasts rose 53% in 2018

Gone are the days when throwing up a website would guarantee traffic if it was novel or useful enough. Equally gone are the days of cheap online advertising.

The Wall Street Journal has published a new report that details how top streamers, those who attract 15,000 or more viewers simultaneously, can earn between $25,000 and $50,000 an hour when publishers pay them...

WhatsApp clones and software tools that cost as little as $14 are helping Indian digital marketers and political activists bypass anti-spam restrictions set up by the world’s most popular messaging app, Reuters has found.

Consumers are spending on average $440 a year on purchases made while intoxicated, and most of those sales are made on Amazon, according to a survey from The Hustle. E-commerce is encouraging the trend, with...

Advertising teaches its own lessons. For starters, everyone hates advertising. Advertising lies. Advertising misleads. It’s evil, phony, it’s trying to sell us crap we don’t need. I can’t argue with any of that, except to observe that for a...