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Warner Bros. Discovery continues to lose subscribers to a lack of original content (for which it blames the Hollywood actors’ strike). But streaming advertising revenue, which is up 29% YOY, represents a glimmer of hope.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Demand More Google has started its global rollout of Demand Gen, a machine-learning ad product launched in beta over the summer. Demand Gen is akin to Performance Max, Google’s most prominent machine learning-based ad product … which is a euphemistic way to say […]

Warner Bros. Discovery lost 1.8 million global streaming subscribers this quarter, but streaming ad revenue is up 25% YOY, thanks to the merged company’s new streaming service, Max.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. To The Max On Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) officially launched Max, its new streaming service that combines HBO Max and Discovery+ content. But the launch had some technical difficulties. Subscribers complained on social media about the app crashing, streams freezing and difficulties […]

Warner Bros. and Discovery insist their marriage is working. Although they’ve had to go through a little, shall we say, counseling.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Sign Of The Times The New York Times beat expectations for Q4 2022 thanks to a strong subscription bundling push, according to its earnings report. But digital ad revenue was only up a smidge. The Times added 240,000 net digital subscribers in […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Lost And Found If you’re wondering what happened to all the titles HBO Max just cut, they were rehomed across two other streaming platforms. On Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it’s making more than 220 canceled titles available on Roku and Tubi […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Drizl Before The Storm New retail media players raise difficult questions about particular use cases.  The latest platform, for instance, is Drizly Ads, launched by the Uber-owned alcohol delivery company. On the one hand, booze brands need to find online customers. Targeting […]

Warner Bros. Discovery lost 1% in total Q2 revenue, closing out the quarter with $9.8 billion, $2 billion behind expectations. So it plans to do some belt-tightening of its streaming services. Specifically, it’s HBO Max productions that are getting the cut.