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This week in publishing – Topics of conversation, German publishers file against Google, and a strong year expected for ad spending

Google changes Topics of conversation The big Google news this week was their announcement of their FLoC replacement: Topics API.  Rather than grouping users together, Topics enables the Chrome browser to learn about the individual’s browsing behaviours, recording information about the sites they have visited for the previous 3 weeks and storing it.  Topics will

This week in publishing – Subscriptions the key focus; Arena acquires Parade; plus more Google and adtech revelations

Publishers focus on subscriptions despite ads growth Further insights from Digiday’s latest publisher research show where publishers see revenue growth in 2022.  Overall, 75% of publishers expect ad revenue growth in 2022; with 47% expecting subscriptions revenue growth and 47% expecting ecommerce growth.  Whilst it seems obvious that 73% of publishers with established subscriptions businesses

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