In my view, the online publisher industry is maturing at speed. Proof of this is in the attitude and openness of experts in the field. A great a example of this is when a bunch of prominent online publishers informally congregated in New York recently, to discuss why publishers are integrating their technologies and how. These were some of the outcomes.

The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive), which comes into force on 26 May 2011 has created much attention and speculation on how it will be implemented, enforced and what its ramifications might be. The issue at stake is the use and abuse of cookies.

I am not sure consumers are aware of this fact, but advertising funds the vast majority of the media they consume.  And as the consumption of this media moves online, the online advertising model is going to struggle to generate sufficient revenue to allow for the continued production of the high quality content we come to expect.