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Media Briefing: DoubleVerify casts itself as news ally in Cannes — as scrutiny mounts

Tags: media
DATE POSTED:June 19, 2025

2017 called. It wants its keyword blocklists back.

Ask a publisher a few weeks ago what kept them up at night, and it wasn’t (just) AI-powered search eroding their traffic or ad tariffs squeezing margins — it was something far more familiar: keyword blocking. 

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Tags: media