Last week, Halloween and Bonfire Night fired up engagement with our Events & Attractions category. From the must attend to the small scale, our premium publishers help guide activity planning among our readers to ensure FOMO is never a thing. Our latest Reading the Nation has more.

South Africa made history at the Rugby World Cup last week to win back-to-back championships and lift the Webb Ellis Cup for a record fourth time. During the championship, Rugby’s share of total Sport engagement has doubled to a 12% overall share as interest has intensified as the tournament unfolded.

We’re delighted to announce a new capability to help publishers increase programmatic monetisation of app inventory across both iOS and Android platforms.

The Ozone View leads every issue of The Pivot, our publisher newsletter. In a nutshell, it’s our take on industry developments and opinions from across digital media, from publisher strategies to innovations from ad tech.

With the Indian summer well and truly over, readers up and down the country have been turning to our publishers for top Autumnal tips for their homes. Whether it’s great gadgets, household hacks or energy efficiency, engagement with Home & Garden content has increased by +13% week on week, to levels not seen since the early summer. 

Last night, at the annual MPA Awards, our regional sales team picked up the much coveted award for Media Sales Team of the Year against some very stiff competition.

Our recent CTRL event brought together participants from our publisher customer community to delve into the transformation of premium publishers as they shift from a third-party web to a safeguarded first-party ecosystem.

Thrilling quarter finals matches between eight of the world’s best Rugby Union teams grew engagement with our Rugby content to a record level. More than 10m Rugby page views grew +31% week on week.

Our fabulous front office commercial team have welcomed four new agency sales partners and a super sales strategist in the last few weeks to expand our coverage and capabilities across our UK agency partners. Say hello to Phil Quy, Hannah Palmer, Khanya Pama, Frankie Berger and Noah Farmery.