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Reports on the IAB’s (Interactive Ad Bureau) early responses (who can we sue?) to their adblocking crisis were quickly and easily critiqued (clean up your adtech?) by the companion industry association that represents the makers of content, DCN (Digital Content Next). We have reached a point of inflection, a tipping point, a watershed moment and…
What’s This? Associations Now Brand Connection provides opportunities for advertisers to connect with the Associations Now audience. All content is paid for by the advertiser. The Associations Now editorial staff is not involved in creating this content. As websites become increasingly complex and ad-laden, users are starting to rebel against overly “heavy” websites that…
Amid reports that ad-blocking software could cost the advertising industry billions, and that Apple is set to ratchet up the problem with built-in blocking for Safari in its new OS next week, the industry seems to have finally awakened to the problem. And what has it come up with? According to a report in Ad…
Yeah, it’s not the real Labor Day, but we’re still offering discounted subscriptions with this link today. Support our work and subscribe, or get a friend a gift subscription. At the end of the nineteenth century, the American labor movement was among the most militant in the world. From the stockyards of Chicago to the…
Imagine you are a woman in public service in any number of states across this country. You spend your career teaching, nursing the elderly back to health, assisting the unemployed in their job search. After many years of working hard, playing by rules, supporting your children to get them through college, you retire. If you’re…
Insurance people are really just the superheroes of bending us over for the pleasure of paying them to do the bare minimum. How Insurance Companies Legally Scam You | Cracked.com.
VATICAN CITY — On a sunny morning earlier this year, a camera crew entered a well-appointed apartment just outside the 9th-century gates of Vatican City. Pristinely dressed in the black robes and scarlet sash of the princes of the Roman Catholic Church, Wisconsin-born Cardinal Raymond Burke sat in his elaborately upholstered armchair and appeared to…
Asexuality pride signs at a 2012 Pride Parade in Stockholm. Photo by Mikusagi, Creative Commons. The asexual visibility movement has grown over the past few years—many asexuals are starting to come out of the closet and demand respect. Unfortunately, asexuality remains a relatively invisible orientation in our pop culture. That leaves many asexuals still…
Scott Walker has told the world that the shooting deaths of police in the United States are a major problem and implied there is really only one cure: to return to the bygone era of his youth, when life was safer and more idyllic. His language was vague, incorrect, and most importantly stokes a fear…
Photo Credit Alex Nabaum The Republican Party and its acolytes in the news media are trying to demonize the protest movement that has sprung up in response to the all-too-common police killings of unarmed African-Americans across the country. The intent of the campaign — evident in comments by politicians like Gov. Nikki Haley of South…