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Bustle Digital Group announced the layoffs of a dozen staffers on Friday, including the entirety of The Outline’s staff, and pay cuts for some remaining employees. The post Bustle Digital Group, G/O Media cut staff appeared first on Digiday.

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Like so many other industries, the coronavirus crisis is rapidly separating the distance between the haves and the have nots in the software-as-a-service sector. In ad tech in particular, there was a rush in the middle of the last decade for companies to switch their models from charging clients a percentage of the media they The post ‘Companies are in freeze mode’: Coronavirus crisis strains ad tech licensing model appeared first on Digiday.

Due to the new work from home reality across the globe, agencies, brands and consultants are all adapting to pitching over Zoom. The post How agencies are taking client pitches virtual appeared first on Digiday.

"The coronavirus outbreak notwithstanding, there were a lot of issues that were spread out through the rest of the DTC ecosystem going into the first-quarter of this year," said Jeremy Cai, founder of Italic, which sells luxury bedding, apparel and handbags. "I feel like we are settling into a new normal in many ways of being conservative," he said. The post As the DTC reckoning accelerates, founders turn to each other for advice and sanity appeared first on Digiday.

With brand deals on hold and ad prices in decline, individual video creators are upping their video output to increase viewership. The post With ad prices declining, creators increase their production volume appeared first on Digiday.

Publishers gathered virtually to discuss the challenges they're facing within their businesses and what their strategies are for weathering the storm. The post Advertisers ‘don’t want to sound tone deaf’: Candid thoughts of publishers navigating crisis appeared first on Digiday.

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“Just salary cuts will at most bring the costs down by 10%, at most, I can guarantee,” one exec messaged me. The post ‘Math doesn’t add up’: Publishers still face tough choices appeared first on Digiday.

Last month, Anheuser-Busch announced that it would use its production lines to produce hand sanitizer to help consumers amid the coronavirus pandemic. But that’s only one way the world’s largest beer company is changing the way it operates during this crisis. As the situation has evolved, the company has developed initiatives aimed at helping consumers The post ‘We’re not in advertising mode’: Anheuser-Busch CMO Marcel Marcondes on staying relevant appeared first on Digiday.

Complex Networks bills itself as one of the most diversified digital media companies in the business, so it’s counting on diversification to protect its business. The post Complex Networks plans to diversify its way through the pandemic appeared first on Digiday.

For ad fraudsters, the coronavirus pandemic is a crisis too tempting to go to waste. Website traffic is surging. But with advertisers adding coronavirus-related keywords to their block lists and others pausing spend altogether, ad prices on news sites are low. With less competition in the auction, low quality ads — and even publishers’ own The post ‘Rats out of the sewers’: Ad fraudsters are leaping on the coronavirus crisis appeared first on Digiday.

Post-auction discounts let advertisers compete in the auction as if it bid $6 or $7 or more, but then benefit from a discount after winning the auction. The post WTF are post-auction discounts? appeared first on Digiday.