US ad revenues grew 10.3% in Q2, excluding political advertising, continuing a trend of steady gains in 2025 despite tariff headwinds, per Madison & Wall. Digital advertising overall grew 15.8% and represented about a 70% share of ad spending. Ad growth is maintaining momentum, but the slowdown from 2024 indicates that advertisers are already becoming more cautious as tariffs and a recession could lead to a demand shock that affects advertising strategies.

Threads, Patreon, and Substack escalate fight for writers: Platforms add features and perks to encourage creator loyalty.

61.3% of US consumers think media publications should always disclose when content is created by AI, according to a May 2024 EMARKETER survey.

Amazon's publisher summit reveals new ad solutions: Measurement and compliance tools should help the retail giant maintain its competitive edge in advertising.

Ads delivering alongside risky content or fake news and maximizing yield are the biggest media challenges facing US publishers, according to a September 2023 study from Integral Ad Science and YouGov.

The ad-reliant digital publishing business is dying: News organizations like CNN, Gannett, and countless others are laying off hundreds as ad revenues fall dramatically.

What’s the best way to monetize a newsletter? Publishers are benefitting from the newsletter boom, but repeating mistakes from the past.

The #BookTok tag, which at the time of writing had 65.8 billion views on TikTok, has helped drive an increase in printed book sales.

The coronavirus pandemic has significantly affected publishers’ short-term ad revenues. A March 2020 survey from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) found the majority of US news publishers have dealt with pauses, adjustments and cancellations of campaigns, while the same has been true to a lesser degree for non-news publishers in the US.