Posts by Michael Gately
The Good and the Bad of AI in Publishing
September 26, 2023 | Michael Gately
Should it stay, or should it go? Generative AI, that is.
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Today we’re incredibly excited to announce that we’re bringing back Disqus Channels, letting you create your own discussions regarding the topics you're most enthusiastic about!
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The only thing constant in life is change. And we know that publishers have been experiencing a ton of it in the last few years.
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Social media is now only driving a sliver of referral traffic for publishers
May 31, 2023 | Michael Gately
The Press Gazette, a publication in the UK, just published a detailed article about Twitter’s and Facebook’s declining roles as traffic drivers for news publishers based on data from several sources.
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We’re incredibly excited to announce the launch of our newly redesigned website.
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For digital publishers, it's time to party like it's 1999
April 26, 2023 | Michael Gately
Britney Spears. Boy bands. Reality TV game shows. Harry Potter mania.
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Stop me if you've heard this one before (but this time it's different—I promise).
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A Whole New Era: What AI Tools Like ChatGPT Might Mean for Your Site
January 25, 2023 | Michael Gately
The new year is off to a dynamic start with a confluence of macroeconomic factors at play, much hullabaloo at major tech companies, and, now, the emergence of new generative AI tools that we could have used to write this blog post (but didn't, we promise).
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The Key to Preserving Publisher Revenue on the Open Web: Data
January 03, 2023 | Michael Gately
There’s much to distract publishers of late. Misinformation, disinformation, and a rash of related and serious current events abound. Third-party cookie deprecation looms, as ever. Leadership, privacy, and measurement-and-reach changes in the big tech platforms have disrupted both advertising and publishing to a large degree.
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Last month, we announced that we were working on a refresh of the Disqus comment section. Today, after weeks of listening to and incorporating tons of awesome feedback from our awesome community of commenters and publishers, we’re taking a huge step forward in fully deploying the new comment section across our entire network. It's a very exciting day!
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A is for Automation—and It's Boosting Engagement and Revenue for Publishers
December 06, 2022 | Michael Gately
A new report from the International News Media Association (INMA) highlights how publishers are using artificial intelligence and automation to grow both their editorial coverage AND their revenue.
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Hi all, As some of you may have heard, we’re currently working on a redesign of the Disqus comment section. Starting today, we're officially moving our redesign into limited production and we wanted to take this opportunity to share a little bit about our process and the thinking behind what we're doing.
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