Adblocking
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Adblock Plus opens up about how 'acceptable ads' workPublishers with more than 10m blocked ads have to pay 30% of the revenue from previously blocked ads to make it on to whitelist
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Adblocking and the power of platforms such as Facebook threaten to block the pipes that lead to readersAs publishers lose control, are newspaper websites a dead parrot?
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Mobile operator Three to introduce adblockingMove to ‘give customers more control, choice and greater transparency’ has prompted concern among digital publishers and advertisers
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Block ads? That only makes you more attractive to advertisersReport says users of adblockers are likely to be tech-savvy and see fewer ads overall
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Adblocking almost as popular on mobile devices as desktopsIncreased use follows introduction by Apple of ability to block ads on iPhones and iPads
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Ad-blocking and fraud pose big questions for online advertisingThreat of consumers taking to adblocking in huge numbers has become a preoccupation for publishers, ad agencies and advertisers
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US digital advertising in 2016: things will get betterSpending time on the web in 2015 was a charmless experience. Next year we’ll see a renewed focus on quality ads
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'Over a quarter' of City AM readers turned off adblockers in trialFinancial freesheet to roll out pioneering anti-adblocking software by Christmas in move watched keenly by news publishers
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Digital disconnection is the last act of youthful rebellionFor the smartphone generation, a digital footprint is a cord connecting them to government and ecommerce – many are choosing to cut ties and go offline
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Could the gig economy transform every industrial process?Doc Searls and Etsy’s Chad Dickerson speak to Matt McAlister about the internet’s power to turn sellers into buyers and buyers into sellers
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Adland must not declare war on ad blockersConsumers want to control how they interact with digital advertising. It’s time the industry reassesses its offering
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Obfuscation: how leaving a trail of confusion can beat online surveillanceThe art of obfuscation has a grand history, from ‘I’m Spartacus!’ to ghost radar in WWII. Could the same blurred approach give us more freedom online?
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Why the future of newspapers is not all doom and gloomLetters: Some of the UK’s biggest print advertisers have increased their year-on-year print spend significantly
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City AM becomes first UK newspaper to ban ad blocker usersFinancial freesheet launches trial that will blur out text of stories for desktop Firefox browsers who are detected using ad blocking software
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Blocking web ads is 'as bad as Napster', says data firmPublishers’ revenues are being hit by ad blocking software now used by 150 million internet users - but what can they do about it? By Alex Hern
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Would you pay to use an ad-free internet?
According to a survey, an advert-free internet would cost each person in the UK £140 a year. Tell us whether you'd be willing to pay
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Adblock Plus is trying to kill intrusive ads and promote acceptable ones
Many hate online ads but accept those in the established media. It's time for online ads to grow up and become more acceptable, says Till Faida
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Anti-adblock startup secures $400,000 fundingPageFair helps publishers see which adverts are being blocked by consumers - a major problem for big web publishers. By Alex Hern
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Three factors that could scupper the growth of online video advertisingExperts identify inconsistent measurement, ad blocking and creative optimisation as sticking points for video advertising investment
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Adblock Plus: the tiny plugin threatening the internet's business modelAre Eyeo, developers of the Adblock Plus plugin, campaigning for better adverts, or just holding the web's biggest businesses hostage?
French news sites block the adblockers, telling readers to uninstall or lose access