AOP Announces Winners of the Digital Publishing Awards 2025
The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) celebrated its 23rd Awards yesterday, honouring the digital publishing industry’s top talent at the in-person ceremony, held at Old Billingsgate in London.
Published: 12 Jun 2025
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The alchemy of audience trust
Audience trust has always been important for publishers, but as AI ramps up the speed and virality of misinformation and disinformation, it is increasingly critical to make sure that foundation is solid. We reached out to our Associate partners to discover what they considered to be the key factors in building trust with your audience. From privacy management, to a streamlined ad experience, to fact-checked and reliable content, here are the eleven areas that should be top priorities for publishers right now.
Published: 28 Apr 2025
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AOP announces shortlist for 2025 Digital Publishing Awards
The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) has today announced the shortlist for the 2025 Digital Publishing Awards. The awards celebrate the individuals and teams working to create, deliver and monetise quality content online.
Published: 24 Apr 2025
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Digital publisher display revenues stabilise for first time in two years
Following the latest Q4 2024 Digital Publishers Revenue Index (DPRI) from AOP and Deloitte, AOP Managing Director, Richard Reeves, explores the latest findings and analyses what this means for digital publishers.
Published: 16 Apr 2025
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How publishers and advertisers are redefining personalisation in a privacy-first world
Privacy by Design is a new podcast series by FT Strategies in collaboration with the Privacy Sandbox. In the latest episode Lisa MacLeod speaks with Richard Reeves, AOP Managing Director, and Matt McIntyre, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy for Activation at GroupM, about how to prepare for future changes in the privacy-conscious advertising ecosystem. They explore how publishers and advertisers are balancing personalisation with privacy by leveraging AI-driven advertising, first-party data strategies and Privacy Sandbox technologies.
Published: 08 Apr 2025
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AOP CRUNCH: Driving growth through branded content
The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) recently held its first CRUNCH event of the year, and it was suitably optimistic for a change of season. The day’s discussions centred on branded content – a fertile patch of fresh growth in the otherwise dry and cracked ad spend soil.
Published: 07 Apr 2025
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Richard Reeves
Digital Publishers’ Display Advertising Revenues Stabilised in Q4 2024, reveals AOP and Deloitte
The latest Digital Publishers’ Revenue Index (DPRI) from the Association of Online Publishers (AOP) and Deloitte reveals that display advertising revenues have stabilised after a prolonged period of steep decline. Overall, digital revenue growth was flat at -0.02% year-on-year (YoY) compared to Q4 2023 for a total of £173.97 million.
Published: 25 Mar 2025
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From us to you: Advice on how to thrive in digital publishing
We asked industry experts on the AOP Digital Publishing Awards jury to share the professional advice that they’d offer to their younger selves. And while time travel isn’t yet possible, there’s lots to be gleaned from their experiences. Whether you’re new to digital publishing or you’re a seasoned pro, we’re all constantly learning and evolving. Here are eleven pieces of advice to help you as you continue growing into your career as a digital publisher.
Published: 17 Mar 2025
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Voice of the Premium Publisher: Spotlight On… Karen Eccles
Karen Eccles, our new Chair of the Board sat down with AOP’s Managing Director, Richard Reeves, to discuss the ups and downs of digital publishing, the challenges and opportunities it faces today, and the immense responsibility of keeping revenues flowing at such a storied news brand.
Published: 10 Mar 2025
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