DoubleVerify overhauls its keyword-blocking policies

By Digiday Editors  •  March 20, 2025  • Ivy Liu DoubleVerify has unveiled policy and product updates as part of its News Accelerator program to reduce the impact of keyword blocklists on publishers.  These developments come amid high-profile criticism of ad verification technologies in successive reports in recent months and,Continue Reading

BuzzFeed to invest $10 million in BF Island – How does it stack up against other social platforms’ launch costs? 

By Sara Guaglione  •  March 17, 2025  • BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti said in an earnings call last week that the company was investing $10 million of resources into BF Island, a social platform BuzzFeed is building that will focus on user-generated content supported by AI technology.  The project willContinue Reading