Gannet filed a new antitrust lawsuit against Google, MAGNA updates its Global Ad Forecast for the summer, and Zappi reports on the State of Creative Effectiveness in advertising.

We want to give everyone a quick update on everything that we’ve been working on here at NitroPay since our last newsletter. It’s a lot, and we are excited to get your feedback on some newer implementations.

Without fail each year, seasonal trends will impact a publisher’s ad revenue. As specific holidays or events roll around, it’s important to ensure that your website is optimized to take advantage of these trends.

Q1 publisher revenue was better than expected, COPPA is long overdue for an update, first-party data myths, and the problem with verification vendor crawlers.

We take a look at concern over AI chatbot impact on publisher revenue, the joint effect to revise digital advertising Standard Terms & Conditions, the role of data clean rooms, and B2B ad spend expectations.

Industry execs weigh in AI job impact in advertising, how AI can create memorable ads, and broadening advertising horizons on social media.

Advertisers should take precautions to prevent bias in AI, positive emotions have more impact in advertising, and a look at the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act.

IAB Tech Lab released its DCR standards, sponsored ads are coming to Bing’s chatbot, and a look at the DOJ’s antritrust lawsuit against Google.

In our first adtech news round-up, NitroPay discusses the Green Supply Path initiative, how AI is being used in the digital advertising industry, and what the phrase “walled gardens” means.

The NitroPay team spent the first week of January week speaking to vendors, potential advertisers, and other publishers at CES. Along with more revenue opportunities for our publishers in the coming months, it was a good chance to talk with industry colleagues about how things are looking in Q1 2023. We wanted to share some of those insights with you.

The team and I want to thank every one of our clients—old and new alike—for joining us and making NitroPay the best holistic revenue platform for website publishers in the industry. No other ad tech provider puts as much power into the hands of website owners, and our trust in you and your talent has led to the full launch of a whole range of features in 2022. These include introducing our first-party data SDK (more on that below), in-stream video, in-banner video, NitroPay’s Sponsor product (subscriptions), and additional placement features. 

It’s true—across the board, there’s an advertising slump going on this Q4. While digital advertising hasn’t been hit as hard as television and other media, what we’re seeing at NitroPay is that advertising revenues have slightly increased, but mostly flatlined for the month of October and are staying much flatter than normal this November. Black Friday week is coming up, but there’s rumblings that even the end of November is going to be much less profitable in 2022 than previous years.