BlogPress Release
BlogPress Release
November 13, 2024
Learn how publishers, from news sites to travel and lifestyle brands, can make the most of the divided, post-election climate with balanced video content. The post-election period brings heightened political engagement, reminiscent of the so-called “Trump Bump,” when politically charged content saw a surge in interest and traffic. However, with this engagement comes a highly polarized climate that publishers need to navigate carefully. While the...
October 31, 2024
Discover the benefits for publishers of prioritizing on-site video over social media distribution. Over the past 15 years, the goal for publishers has largely been to go viral on social media. The website experience was often deprioritized: instead of a loyal audience typing in your URL multiple times a day, potentially millions of readers would encounter individual stories through social media...
October 17, 2024
Understand why context and personalization matter in digital publishing and the benefits of contextual video recommendations for publishers. In just five minutes of tapping and scrolling, the average smartphone user will come face-to-face with dozens of entities vying for their attention: brands, content creators, influencers, personal friends, and, of course, publishers. Everyone, in 2024, is fighting for a slice of the attentional...
September 30, 2024
EX.CO's recent Women in Media Breakfast attendees tell us what career advice they would give to their younger selves. It’s hard to believe that in 2024, events exclusively for women (outside of baby or wedding showers) are still so rare. That’s why I’m incredibly proud to have organized EX.CO’s Women in Media Breakfast event again, alongside our partners at Index Exchange. The media, advertising, and technology...
September 09, 2024
Grupo El Progreso knew their audiences loved consuming video but they struggled with how to monetize the content. Learn how they drove revenue and dwell time via video with EX․CO. Grupo El Progreso is an institution in the world of Galician journalism. Its portfolio contains such venerable publications as El Progreso, Diario de Pontevedra, and De luns a venres—all of them known for their in-depth journalism and their deep insights across a wide variety of verticals, ranging...
July 23, 2024
Learn about the “Great Video Advertising Bake-Off,” where the heat is on to find the perfect recipe for targeting success in a post-cookie world. Editor’s Note (April 2025): Since this post was originally published in July 2024, Google has made several major updates to its third-party cookie plans—most notably announcing this month that cookies will no longer be removed from Chrome. Despite this shift, the broader industry trend toward...
June 26, 2024
Learn how EX.CO helped turn digital cooperative 1XL into a video powerhouse with out-of-the-box video monetization and management solutions. 1XL is one of the most significant English-language digital media cooperatives in the world, providing advertisers access to 43 local and regional news publishers across the UK and Ireland. With a de-duplicated user reach of 34.7 million, it provides scalable access to over half of the UK digital...
June 12, 2024
Executives from The Daily Beast and Advance Local discuss news monetization during a politically charged year at AdMonsters Ops 2024 in New York City. At the start of this year, the outlook for publishers was fairly bleak. GenAI was biting into valuable search business; Google was finally beginning its deprecation of third-party cookies; and the big social platforms were continuing their turn away from news. As it happened, an unlikely savior has...
June 06, 2024
Learn how publisher powerhouse The Arena Group boosted revenue and audience engagement with EX.CO's online video platform. The Arena Group is an online content powerhouse, home to some of the most recognizable names in digital publishing, including Men's Journal, TheStreet, Parade, and many more. Their team of award-winning journalists, storytellers, and content creators have never struggled to attract readers to their...