Viewership for New Year’s Eve’s two College Football Playoff semifinal games was down drastically when compared with last season, a clear indication that ESPN paid a price for the games’ move to New Year’s Eve.
A deal to scrap subsidies for agricultural exports could level the playing field for farmers who don’t currently benefit from much government help, while raising the stakes for producers elsewhere who do.
The U.S. online advertising ecosystem is losing $8.2 billion a year thanks to fraudulent traffic, stolen content and “malvertising,” according to new research commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and conducted by Ernst & Young. Fraudulent or “non-human” traffic is the industry’s biggest issue, representing around $4.6 billion in wasted ad spending a year.
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