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Commentators make the case for premium

 Commentators make the case for premium

One of the hot topics to be debated at the Cannes International Festival of Creatively this week is a need for digital ad spend to be shifted away from made for advertising websites and the long tail of the web to the premium web – like our trusted, editorially governed environments.

Ozone triumphs at two industry award shows

Ozone triumphs at two industry award shows

Ozone has been named Commercial Team of the Year at The Drum’s Online Media Awards, while at the same time being highly commended for Best Technical Innovation for Ozone Smart Bidstream. This proprietary publisher technology – designed to help publishers maximise the value of their digital assets and audience addressability, while reducing data leakage – also picked up the Digital Publishing Innovation award at the AOP’s Digital Publishing Awards the following evening.

Rising temperatures heat up engagement (w.e Jun 11)

Rising temperatures heat up engagement (w.e Jun 11)

Last week, the Met Office issued its first heat alert of 2023 as a plume of hot air from southern Europe made its way to the UK to push temperatures into the 30s. With millions of Brits sizzling in the sunshine we saw engagement with our Weather content and related topics rise.

Travel’s back and booming as Brits getaway (w.e Jun 4)

Travel’s back and booming as Brits getaway (w.e Jun 4)

Last week’s school half term put Travel on the agenda for families nationwide. With many Brits making a break for it, even the busy roads, train strikes and malfunctioning electronic passport gates couldn’t stop them enjoying a well-deserved break. Our latest Reading the Nation has more.

Record week for Sport as seasons conclude (w.e May 28)

Record week for Sport as seasons conclude (w.e May 28)

Last week, our Sport category enjoy a record seven days for engagement as weekly page views hit 67.7m for the first time. Looking ahead, we can expect even more engagement for Football, Tennis and Auto Racing in the coming weeks as the 2023 summer of sport begins.

That's Entertainment as reader interest grows (w.e May 21)

That's Entertainment as reader interest grows (w.e May 21)

Last week, a combination of seasonality and headline news made it a blockbuster seven days for multiple Entertainment categories across our premium publishers. Combined Entertainments page views for Video Gaming, Fine Art, Movies and Television were +22% higher vs. the four-week average.

Eurovision interest soars on home soil edition (w.e May 14)

Eurovision interest soars on home soil edition (w.e May 14)

Liverpool, a city synonymous with world-famous music, played host to the Eurovision Song Contest last week and pop’s biggest party truly delivered. Our Music & Audio category recorded the biggest increase in page views with 21.5m of them up +63% week on week.

Ozone's sustainability commitments for the reduction of carbon emissions

Ozone's sustainability commitments for the reduction of carbon emissions

Following a full year carbon emissions audit by independent environmental consultants Green Element, we have published the results or our business in 2022, plus our commitments and targets for emissions reduction moving forward.