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"Herding cats is easier": Newspaper trade association News Media Alliance is leading an effort to negotiate with the duopoly for better terms around data, ad revenue and subscription offerings. But those in the industry have their doubts about the initiative.

YouTube prioritizes watch time when promoting and recommending videos on its platform. Publishers are thinking more about the metric as they expand into longer-form content and Facebook starts prioritizing longer videos.

In the latest issue of Digiday magazine, Gwyneth Paltrow shares what she's learned from Goop and reveals why the brand is launching a quarterly magazine. Subscribe to Digiday+ to read the interview.

"Change in the ad ecosystem takes time." Even in 2017, many advertisers are still focused on the 30-second spot and aren't set up to adapt to the new ad formats Facebook and Google have introduced.

The Economist is revamping the comments section on its site with the hope that insightful conversations will occur there. Here's how the publisher is using Quora to do this.

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'Playing defense': Allied or not, news orgs face uphill battle against the duopoly

Lucia Moses

The news industry wants to negotiate better terms with Google and Facebook, but it would face big regulatory, business model and leverage hurdles.

'Views can happen by accident': Publishers are thinking more about watch time -- and YouTube

Sahil Patel

Views matter to video publishers. But so does watch time — which is great news for YouTube.

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Gwyneth Paltrow on building a lifestyle media brand: 'It has to mean something'

Jessica Schiffer

Paltrow started Goop as a newsletter in 2008 and has since expanded the company to include commerce, product lines and books.

'Don't take away our 15s': Advertisers scramble to meet the platforms' new formats

Lucia Moses

As platforms roll out new, shorter ad formats, advertisers wedded to the 30- and 15-second ad have to adjust.

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