Digiday+ Research’s 2025 ad snapshot: Are publishers becoming less dependent on ad revenue?

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Advertising has to be at the heart of publishers’ businesses in the digital age, but publishers have also been working hard to diversify their revenue streams and, hopefully, become less dependent on ads. Those efforts might be starting to bear fruit — fewer publishers are saying the vast majority of their revenue comes from advertising this year, compared with last year.

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