News/Media Alliance Applauds Maryland Court’s Decision to Strike Down State’s Digital Ad Tax
On October 17th, a Maryland circuit court judge struck down the state’s tax on digital advertising services. The ruling held that the tax violated the Internet Tax Freedom Act, the Constitution’s Commerce Clause, as well as the First Amendment ... Read More
Study Suggests Online News Not a Major Contributor to Partisan News Consumption
As more and more news consumers get information online, the scholarly community has worked to investigate the impact of this shift and the degree to which it perpetuates partisan viewpoints due to the lack of visibility of alternative perspectives. A ... Read More
Ad Tech: It’s Worse Than We Thought
In addition to Alphabet and Meta, many other companies have found success in the ad tech market by inserting themselves into advertising transactions that once took place between advertisers and publishers. However, three recent developments suggest that ad tech may ... Read More
Flaws in Ad Tech Contribute to False Perceptions of Brand Safety, Ad Blocking, and Disinformation
Disinformation and trust in news were key drivers of the tragic riots that took place on January 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol. But as the crisis unfolded, advertisers paused many of their online ads, including those running alongside news ... Read More
Facebook Advertisers – Let’s Talk
Our high-quality journalism offers brand safe environments for advertising. Yet news publishers are facing greater challenges than ever due to decreasing advertising revenue resulting from the coronavirus pandemic ... Read More
COVID-19 Drives Traffic to News Sites, But Will Publishers Benefit?
Since early March, many people have been living largely isolated lives as the novel coronavirus has spread around the world. Their one guaranteed source of information since the start of the pandemic has been high-quality news – especially local news ... Read More
Paper Revolution Ad
Paper recovery for recycling is a national success because of millions of Americans' commitment to recycling at home, work and school. Newspaper recycling is a big part of this overall success; nearly 70 percent of newspapers are recycled into new ... Read More
News Media Alliance to Host Next adXchange Meeting in Fort Lauderdale
The News Media Alliance will host its next adXchange event on February 24 and 25 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, FL. A signature Alliance event, adXchange offers a cost-and-time-saving opportunity for its news publisher members to have ... Read More
Highlighting News Publisher Success in the AIC
Earlier this year, the News Media Alliance launched the Advertising Intelligence Center (AIC), an in-depth database of case studies provided by our members that highlight their successful advertising campaigns. The AIC allows our members to learn and be inspired from ... Read More
How To: Use Contests to Increase Your Ad Revenue
Editor’s Note: The Alliance only endorses responsible data-handling in which readers are proactively informed of what data is being collected and how it will be used. I never win contests. I am not lucky, but I still try. I join ... Read More
The Undefeated: Diverse Journalism Gives Proof of Life
There is a misconception that diversity is not important when reporting the news. That news is a set of facts that exist in a linear timeframe. That anyone can do it ... Read More
Ad Receptivity
With the dawn of digital media came an explosion of new advertising channels, creating more options than ever before for campaigns and media strategies. With this revolution comes a pressure to determine which channels provide the greatest value. One important ... Read More
FAQ: Coalition for Better Ads and Ad Filtering Within Chrome
This FAQ provides background on the Coalition for Better Ads, its Better Ads Standards, and the Chrome Filtering Feature ... Read More
How To: Price Your Native Advertising Offerings
After our first How-To article appeared, we got queries from members about a follow-up. “Sponsored content sounds like a terrific way to add to advertising revenue,” they said, “but how do we price it?” To answer this question, I went ... Read More
Alliance Ad Puts Exclamation Point on Campaign: "We Are Real News"
The News Media Alliance today launched the final ad of the second phase of its Campaign to Support Real News. The new ad puts an exclamation point on the storyline it began in October 2017 with a strong statement: “We ... Read More
Support Real News – ‘We Are Real News’ Ad
We take our responsibility to report the truth very seriously. That is why we invest in the resources needed to seek out and report the truth. As part of its Support Real News campaign, the News Media Alliance is proud to provide this full-color print ... Read More
How To: Create Better Branded Content
Do you know what I really hate? A disruptive ad. If you make me click through a timer screen or scroll through one of those never-ending ads that only ever seem to show up when I’m reading on my phone, ... Read More
Discount for Alliance Members: CMO Council Report
According to a new survey by CMO Council, 78% of respondents say that unintended associations with objectionable content have hurt their brand’s reputation ... Read More
Support Real News – SOURCE Ad
The News Media Alliance is proud to provide this full-color ad for use in your print & online newspapers. The ads can be customized with your name and logo ... Read More
The Influence of Print Ads on Black Friday Shopping
Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year, so the Alliance looked at how consumers engage with advertisements and what they can expect to save — and spend — with help from the ads they find in their ... Read More
The News Audience is Thriving
Forget what you think you know about news readers. Research shows that old stereotypes no longer apply when it comes to newspaper audience ... Read More
News Media Alliance to Host adXchange 2018
The News Media Alliance will host its second adXchange event for news media companies and advertisers February 28 – March 2, 2018 at the Embassy Hilton Suites - San Diego Bay Downtown in San Diego, CA ... Read More
Advertising Tax Ad
Download and run our ads opposing an advertising tax ... Read More
Print Ads Remain Valuable Assets for Publishers and Advertisers
Last week, the DTC Forum on Television & Print in New York City discussed how the pharmaceutical industry can benefit from advertisements on TV and in print publications. Among the talks were several on how print ads can help the ... Read More
Print Ads Spur Newspaper Readers to Shop
Combing the Sunday papers for flyers and ads is a regular habit of many Americans. It’s how people make their shopping lists for the week, decide on when to make big purchases and plan their meals. And the deals that ... Read More
Amazon Becomes Latest Digital Advertising Threat
Americans are conducting 43 percent of their online shopping through Amazon, so it should come as no surprise that the web retailer is now offering vendors and brands the opportunity to leverage its vast consumer data through advertising in its ... Read More
New Campaign Calls for Use of Trusted Sources to Fight Fake News
The News Media Alliance today announced the launch of the second phase of its national campaign focused on supporting real news ... Read More
Support Real News – Is this Real News? Ad
The News Media Alliance is proud to provide this full-color ad for use in your print & online newspapers. The ads can be customized with your name and logo ... Read More
Report: Preprint Advertising: Toward an Open-Source ROI Model
This research was conducted by Dr. Jef Richards and Dr. Anastasia Kononova of Michigan State University ... Read More
Rising Star: Ashley Dunn
Ashley Dunn didn’t always know what she wanted to do, but now, looking back it makes perfect sense ... Read More
CEO Column: Tax Reform
Last month, the White House released a tax plan, but it left more questions than answers. Now, Congress holds the fate of real, reputable, and trusted news in their hands ... Read More
Statement: Google’s Announcement of an Ad Blocking Feature within Chrome
While we appreciate the energy and resources that Google has brought, as a partner of the Coalition for Better Ads (launched last September), to the effort to improve the customer experience around digital advertising, we are very concerned to learn ... Read More
mediaXchange 2017 Presentations
Presentations from the News Media Alliance's mediaXchange 2017. Member log-in required ... Read More
124 Members of Congress Oppose Tax on Advertising
A bipartisan group of 124 House Members signed a letter in support of preserving the impact of advertising on the economy ... Read More
mediaXchange 2017: Groundbreaking ROI Research
There isn’t a human (or publisher) that doesn’t want to save a buck, which is why over $1 billion was invested in preprints last year. MediaXchange has a long and storied tradition of providing publishers with the most important and ... Read More
mediaXchange 2017: Monetizing with High Integrity Metrics
At mediaXchange 2017, Dr. Augustine Fou, Independent Ad Fraud Researcher went into the problem of ad fraud and the trust problem it is creating ... Read More