{"id":5328,"date":"2021-09-28T10:33:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T10:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2021-09-28T10:33:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T10:33:15","slug":"digital-monetization-update-september-28-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/digital-monetization-update-september-28-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Monetization Update \u00e2\u20ac\u201c September 28, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediapost.com\/publications\/article\/367267\/magna-upgrades-full-year-forecast-and-predicts-dou.html?edition=123778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magna Forecasts US Ad Spending To Grow More In 2022 (MediaPost)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Media investment and analytics firm Magna predicted a 15% rise in advertising expenditure in the US this year due to the economic rebound following the pandemic, reaching a record $259 million. After a record rise of 32% in the first half of 2021 that came in stronger-than-expected across the board, it has raised that estimate to $278 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/spotify-kicks-off-campaign-to-win-more-advertisers-11632736800?mod=djemalertNEWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify Begins A Campaign To Win More Advertisers (WSJ)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spotify has launched its first worldwide brand campaign to attract advertisers as the audio streaming giant seeks to increase advertising revenue. To attract small and medium-sized businesses outside the large brands it has historically concentrated on, the firm is renaming its advertising business as Spotify Advertising, from Spotify for Brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/digital\/news\/tiktok-1-billion-monthly-active-users-1235075119\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok Says It Has 1B Monthly Active Users (Variety)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TikTok has crossed a major milestone by having more than 1 billion monthly active users. TikTok&#8217;s enormous popularity, particularly among teenagers and young adults, has sparked similar features on YouTube (YouTube Shorts) and Instagram (Instagram Reels). TikTok is now positioned as an entertainment app rather than a social platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/09\/27\/introducing-techcrunch-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TechCrunch+ Launches To Help Startups Get Ahead (TechCrunch)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TechCrunch is taking initiatives to bring changes in the startup ecosystem by renaming its membership product as TechCrunch+, which provides advice and analysis for startups through deep-dive interviews with founders and investors. It will get the latest trends and opportunities with market analysis and investor surveys through newsletters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/media\/how-axios-is-tackling-local-news-newsletters-from-small-teams-in-more-markets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Axios Local Plans To Expand Into 11 New Market By Q3 2022 (DigiDay)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Axios is launching a countrywide local news-focused newsletters with ambitious aspirations to be in 25 cities by 2022. It now has about 400,000 subscribers to its 14 newsletters, with open rates averaging around 35%. This year, Axios Local is expected to earn between $4 million and $5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adexchanger.com\/online-advertising\/goodbye-last-click-attribution-google-ads-changes-default-to-data-modeling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Last-Click Attribution To Phase Out In Google Ads (AdExchanger)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google has announced a change to its ad attribution model to give advertisers more accurate, precise, and privacy-centric measurement. Google Ads will use machine learning to evaluate data from all stages of the conversion process. It is a shift from the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153last-click\u00e2\u20ac\u009d attribution model and furthers the tech giant&#8217;s interest in consumer data privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adage.com\/article\/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news\/instagram-pauses-work-kids-site-after-controversy\/2368931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook Pauses Work On Instagram Kids (AdAge)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faced with criticism from advocates and lawmakers, Facebook said it is suspending plans to develop an Instagram service aimed at tweens. The company&#8217;s move comes about two weeks after The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook&#8217;s internal research showed Instagram is harmful to a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sizable percentage\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of young users, especially teen girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.&nbsp;Magna Forecasts US Ad Spending To Grow More In 2022 (MediaPost) Media investment and analytics firm Magna predicted a 15%&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5331,"href":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328\/revisions\/5331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}