Introducing the Digiday Changemakers: We honored 50 people changing media and marketing on a daily basis in our first list, published in the new issue of Digiday magazine.

"People were following ideas versus following funding": Find out why a growing number of ad tech entrepreneurs are choosing LA to headquarter their companies.

Slate is the latest publisher to venture into virtual reality, applying what it's learned from podcasting to a weekly talk show that will launch in July.

Some publishers hurt themselves by giving away free content. The Economist, however, has grown its pool of potential subscribers in the U.K. by 5,000 in the last week by offering a free copy of its forthcoming endorsement issue, which focuses on the June 8 U.K. election.

Contactless payments have spread quickly around the world, but the U.S. has hesitated to adopt them due to the number of card issuers and failed pilot projects, Tearsheet reports.

June 16 is the date to remember: This is the absolute final deadline for Digiday's Publishing Awards Europe. Submit your entries here.

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