Digiday+ Research: Publishers sort out their revenue priorities for the year, with direct-sold ads leading the way

Direct-sold ads are publishers' major focus this year, while they let up on the gas for other areas of their business, including subscriptions and affiliate commerce.

Research Briefing: Facebook loses favor with publishers, brands and agencies

In this week’s Digiday+ Research Briefing, we examine how social platforms Facebook and TikTok are faring, as Facebook removes its News tab and TikTok faces a potential ban in the U.S. (again), and how podcast networks are planning to use AI to translate shows, as seen in recent data from Digiday+ Research.

Media Briefing: Publishers use proprietary research to pitch prospective advertisers

Publishers are investing in their research and insights offerings, hoping the data will sweeten the advertising deal.

Future of TV Briefing: How outcome-based measurement may figure into this year’s upfront market

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how business outcome measurement and guarantees may figure into this year’s upfront market.

Marketing Briefing: Renewed call to ban TikTok could push creators, ad dollars to YouTube Shorts and Instagram — which may hurt creators

For creators whose primary audience is on TikTok, that could put those creators in a difficult position, as brands may choose to move dollars to creators who have bigger audiences on the other platforms.

Media Buying Briefing: How agencies are holding themselves accountable to DEI initiatives

Agencies often feel challenged in how to keep making progress with their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. These speakers at Digiday's Media Buying Summit offered up some answers.

Digiday+ Research deep dive: Agencies heavily favor Instagram over Facebook for their clients

When it comes to social media marketing on behalf of their clients, agencies see the value in Instagram much more so than its Meta sibling Facebook — and that's especially clear in how agency clients are spending on each platform.

Research Briefing: The end of third-party cookies could be a win for ad tech vendors

In this week’s Digiday+ Research Briefing, we examine how the end of third-party cookies could be a win for ad tech vendors, how publishers’ Q4 earnings paint a gloomy picture of 2023, and how sports media investments are rising in a fragmented media landscape, as seen in recent data from Digiday+ Research.