Adblock Plus uninvited from IAB conference – Business Insider

Adblock PlusBen Williams, operations and communications manager at Adblock Plus.Popular ad blocker Adblock Plus claims that it was uninvited from the US Interactive Advertising Bureau’s big conference. The IAB represents the biggest names in the digital-advertising industry: Google, Facebook, Twitter, online publishers, and ad-tech companies. Each year it holds its annual leadership meeting in Palm Desert,…

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Interactive Advertising Bureau comments on Ad block plus – Business Insider

Adblock PlusBen Williams, operations and communications manager at AdBlock Plus.President and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Randall Rothenberg used the opening keynote speech at the IAB summit to accuse Adblock Plus of being an “unethical, immoral, mendacious coven of techie wannabes” and an “old-fashioned extortion racket.” The vitriol came after Adblock Plus complained…

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Medium lures The Awl and other publishers to go all-in on its platform – Digiday

Medium is convincing a batch of small publishers to abandon their standalone sites in favor of setting up shop on the Medium platform. The three-year-old site, started by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, is announcing that it will soon start hosting a new batch of publishers and publishing exclusive content for others. Eight small independent sites will…

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