
Web Overload: Why Digital Advertising Needs To Hit The Reset Button
In “Welcome to hell: Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook and the slow death of the Web,” Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of The Verge, worries...

Ad Blocking: Simply A Symptom Of Advertising’s Lack Of Creativity
This summer, my wife began binge-watching the show, “Parenthood.” Luckily for her (though not us advertising folks), the first four...

Round 2: Peace Ad Blocker Pulled & CNET Fights Back
The revolution in ad blocking that was ushered in with iOS9 has seen its first pushback. The Peace ad blocker that topped the Apple App...

Not Just Ads, iOS 9 Content Blockers Can Also Block Analytics
Though they’ve been dubbed “ad blockers,” it’s not just ads that marketers and publishers have to worry about with iOS 9’s new content...

New Ad Blocker “Peace” Tops iTunes Paid Apps Chart Within Hours
The Peace app was created by Marco Arment, former CTO of Tumblr and founder of Instapaper. It sells for $2.99 in Apple’s app...

Content Blocking In iOS 9 Unlikely To Bring About Mobile “Admageddon”
There’s a great deal of hand-wringing over iOS 9 and the prospect of “content [ad] blocking” in mobile. Some ad-industry execs are...

Ad-Blocking Report: Nearly 200 Million Users, $22 Billion In Lost Ad Revenue
Ad-blocking software, once thought to be a relatively small-scale phenomenon, is apparently rapidly going mainstream. According to a new...

Ad Blocking: A Binary Solution To A Complex Problem
There is no free lunch. Everything has an inherent cost, whether it’s in time, money or resources. Consumers have the option to decide if...

Survey: 43% Of U.S. Readers Have Felt Disappointed Or Deceived By Native Ads
With traditional banner and display advertising on the ropes online, many publishers are turning to native ads, brand messages designed...

Users Could Soon Start Blocking Mobile Ads On Safari With iOS 9
To be clear, Apple never actually uses the term “ad blocking” in its latest developer specs, but instead says that the functionality...

Google Updates DoubleClick Verification: Ad Blocking, Spam Filtering, Movie-Style Content Ratings
Today, Google-owned DoubleClick rolled out eight updates to its Verification product to address concerns about brand safety and give...

Yahoo Acquires Anti-Ad Blocker Startup ClarityRay
Little is known about the company’s ad security efforts alluded to in the acquisition announcements. As of August 6, ad-blocking...

















