Podcast 66: Online advertising – how publishers can survive a tsunami of change

Jim Edwards on how publishers can adapt to an online advertising ecosystem which has changed utterly.

Online advertising used to support investigative journalism at digital-native brands such as Buzzfeed News and Vice. In the space of just a few years everything has changed, and thousands of journalists have lost their jobs as a result.

Press Gazette editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford talks to former Business Insider editor-in-chief Jim Edwards about what is going on and how publishers should adapt to an online publishing ecosystem which is being rocked by a tsunami of disruptive change.

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