Breaking point or breakup? Why publishers fear a Google ad breakup could backfire

With the antitrust trial against Google’s alleged ad monopoly set to wrap by year’s end, the industry buzz has shifted to the fallout. Will Google’s ad empire get dismantled? And if so, will it be a clean break or just a few loose threads? Maybe Google will just be slapped with a hefty fine.

For publishers, the stakes are high — this hits close to home. Behind closed doors, some are nervously biting their nails, worried that lawmakers might actually follow through on breaking up the tech giant.

Make no mistake — they’re hungry for change. After nearly two decades of living under Google’s thumb, they’re savoring the sight of the tech giant sweating under the legal microscope.

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Future of TV Briefing: How publishers are turning podcasts into video talk shows

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how Overtime and Vox Media are adapting their podcasts into long-form videos.

‘A modern talk show’

Olympics wins watch time gold for NBCUniversal

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‘A modern talk show’

Honestly, I thought video podcasts were just a fad. And obviously, I was wrong. Way wrong. More than 170 million people have watched a video podcast on Spotify, per the company, and YouTube has become the “most used” platform for consuming podcasts, according to a study by Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights.

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