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Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic
New York Times ^
| April 17, 2016
| JOHN HERRMAN
Posted on 04/18/2016 12:59:45 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
The business of online news has never been forgiving. But in recent weeks, what had been a simmering worry among publishers has turned into borderline panic.
This month, Mashable, a site that had just raised $15 million, laid off 30 people. Salon, a web publishing pioneer, announced a new round of budget cuts and layoffs. And BuzzFeed, which has been held up as a success story, was forced to bat back questions about its revenue but not before founders at other start-up media companies received calls from anxious investors.
It is a very dangerous time, said Om Malik, an investor at True Ventures whose tech news site, Gigaom, collapsed suddenly in 2015, portending the flurry of contractions.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: ad
The glory years of online ad revenue (about 1999 to 20002) are long over. I remember during that period getting a $500 bonus from Commission Junction just as a thank you from them for signing on. It was a great time. I remember earning like $200 to $300 overnight and almost every night just from all the ad clicks I was able to generate. I wish I could reveal in the open how I did it but I might get myself into some trouble. However, they could make a comedy movie about how I did it.
p.s. And, NO, I did not generate ad revenue but doing the clicks myself. My methods were much more hilariously devious.
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posted on
04/18/2016 12:59:45 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
To: PJ-Comix
Salon, a web publishing pioneer, announced a new round of budget cuts and layoffs. Wish it would hurry up and just die. Buzzfeed too.
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posted on
04/18/2016 1:12:57 PM PDT
by
LowOiL
(In America today, it is considered worse to judge evil than to do evil - Burk Parsons)
To: PJ-Comix
1) Overzealous advertisements
2) Ad blockers
There is the reason the advertising model is broken.
To: PJ-Comix
The Ministry of Propaganda is taking it in the shorts.......
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posted on
04/18/2016 1:28:19 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Brookhaven
Probably true, but ain't no free in life. It costs money to run these sites, so ads and people interacting with them are a necessity. Of course, the dopey millenials think everything should be free, so you could probably add that as #3.
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posted on
04/18/2016 1:32:49 PM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
(Those that can, do, those that can't, work in the Beltway.)
To: Brookhaven
Yep. The difference between television advertising and internet advertising is that television advertising doesn't watch you.
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posted on
04/18/2016 1:34:37 PM PDT
by
snarkpup
(I want a government small enough that my main concern in life doesn't need to be who's running it.)
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posted on
04/18/2016 6:54:29 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
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