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Online Publishers Association Announces Rebrand to ‘Digital Content Next’
Thirteen-year-old association’s new identity signals its focus on digital innovation and the creation of opportunities for high-quality digital content companies today and in the future
New York, NY (September 19, 2014) – The organization formerly known as the Online Publishers Association (OPA) today announces a new name, Digital Content Next, a rebrand that signals a renewed focus on defining and confronting critical, big picture issues that its members face when creating digital content experiences for consumers and marketers.
Digital Content Next (DCN) is the only trade association that exclusively serves the diverse needs of digital content companies that manage direct, trusted relationships with consumers and marketers. With a diverse and powerful group of members – from established media brands such as The New York Times, Discovery Networks and Sports Illustrated, to digital natives, such as Vox, Slate and Business Insider, Digital Content Next’s membership has an unduplicated audience of more than 220 million unique visitors or 100% reach of the U.S. online population.*
The association hired a new CEO in May of this year, Jason Kint, former SVP and GM of CBS Interactive’s Sports division, and welcomed six new members to its elite membership of 55 brands in early September.
Kint’s focus for Digital Content Next is on guiding its members and the industry and setting the agenda for discussions on issues ranging from net neutrality to revenue innovation to privacy.
“Our members wake up every morning thinking about how to create great content experiences and monetize them,” Kint said. “Together we must pave the way for the content companies of the future to do the same, with powerful, dependable content that brings large audiences to their screens, engages and entertains them and compels them to share across other platforms.”
Digital Content Next will serve as a focal point for issues affecting digital content companies, providing thought leadership and proprietary research through its newly-launched content hub, InContext; hosting highly-focused member events to facilitate open and honest discussion; voicing issues of concern from a legislative perspective and creating a dialogue with the industry-at-large through conferences and summits like its Content All Stars for media and marketing leaders, held yesterday in New York City.
“The entire landscape has changed and the word ‘online’ doesn’t feel as relevant as it did 13 years ago with digital integrated into every corner of our lives,” says Kint, new CEO of Digital Content Next. “We have a responsibility to be forward-thinking in how we help our members and the industry overall imagine their future and to provide them the guidance and shared intelligence to make the bold decisions required to lead and innovate in our industry.
As part of the rebrand, Digital Content Next outlined the core values that underscore the work it does with members, policy makers, advertisers and agencies every day in its Trust Principles, also announced today:
1. We believe in an open Internet in which consumers and marketers may directly associate with our brands.
2. We are aware of the many choices of consumers across more and more platforms. We will honor their trust in our brands and relentlessly advocate for their respect.
3. We are aware of the many choices of marketers across more and more platforms. We will shine a light on the falsehoods and misconceptions in the modern digital marketplace in order to defend members’ businesses, particularly in the areas of ad tech and cross media attribution.
4. We will have a seat at the table representing trusted first party relationships in any discussion among advertisers, policy makers and the press.
5. We will create a trusted forum among members to share strategic insights, best practices and tactics in order to ensure a vibrant original content marketplace.
“The companies that millions of people turn to for their news, commentary, sports, entertainment, educational and professional information rely on us to understand how they can best serve their audiences and bolster their businesses,” says Martin Nisenholtz, who founded the Online Publishers Association. “With this reset, we will be working to push the industry forward to its next level of development.”
Plenty NYC (plentynyc.com), a full service advertising agency specializing in the creation of captivating digital campaigns, designed the Digital Content Next visual identity and new website.
*comScore Media Metrix, January 2014
ABOUT DIGITAL CONTENT NEXT
Founded in June 2001 as the Online Publishers Association, Digital Content Next is a not-for-profit trade organization dedicated to representing high-quality digital content brands before the advertising community, the press, the government and the public. The OPA produces proprietary research on advertising and media consumption online for our members and the public, creates public and private forums to explore and advance key issues that impact content brands, and works to educate the public at large on the importance of quality content brands. More information about Digital Content Next is available at www.digitalcontentnext.com.
Six New OPA Members Announced, Reflecting Changes in Digital Content Business
The Online Publishers Association (OPA), the only trade association that exclusively serves the diverse needs of digital content companies, today announces six new brands joining its elite membership of more than 55 publishers and industry leaders (full list here). As the industry continues to evolve and content experiences extend into new platforms and unique formats, these new members signal what’s next for both the association and the industry.
“It’s integral for an organization like the OPA to help our members react to an industry in disruption, to continue creating a dialogue around sometimes divergent opinions and to add brands to our membership that not only represent the very best but are at the center of this evolution.”
The latest brands joining the OPA are as follows:
- Business Insider, one of the fastest-growing business media companies, was built for the digital age offering real-time coverage of tech, finance and general business news.
- The Daily Caller, a 24-hour news publication providing its audience of 16 million monthly readers with original reporting, in-depth investigations, thought-provoking commentary, entertainment and breaking news.
- NewsBeat Social – launched Feb. 2013 – reaches more than 1 billion global viewers, delivering one-minute video news and brand advertising to hyper-engaged audiences at scale. The premium source of unbiased news, covering world, science, technology, business, culture, health and politics.
- Newsday connects Long Islanders to their passions, their communities and their daily lives and offers comprehensive up-to-the-minute information enhanced with multimedia, interactivity and locally-focused features.
- Telegraph Media Group is a multi-media news company based in the UK that publishes the latest news, business, sport, comment, lifestyle and culture from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and video from Telegraph TV.
- Vox Media owns and operates The Verge, SB Nation, Vox.com, Eater, Curbed, Racked and Polygon which reach passionate audiences of nearly 100 million each month with high value digital storytelling, journalism and branded content at scale.
“Our members wake up every morning thinking about the best new ways to create and monetize content,” says Jason Kint, CEO of the Online Publishers Association. “It’s integral for an organization like the OPA to help our members react to an industry in disruption, to continue creating a dialogue around sometimes divergent opinions and to add brands to our membership that not only represent the very best but are at the center of this evolution.”
All OPA members demonstrate a commitment to creating high-quality content experiences, as well as an ongoing, scrupulous commitment to best practices in delivering value to both consumers and marketers.
In addition to representing the interests of these digital publishers, the OPA will continue lending its voice and intelligence to marketers, advertisers, consumers and the industry at large. On September 18 in New York City, the OPA will host Content All Stars, an exclusive event highlighting the future of marketing and media with compelling content experiences. Along with a roster of world-class speakers, marketing and digital media leaders from a diverse range of businesses will come together to discuss the evolving intersection of content, media, marketing and consumer relationships. Request an invite at www.contentallstars.org.
ABOUT THE ONLINE PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION
Founded in June 2001, the Online Publishers Association (OPA) is a not-for-profit trade organization dedicated to representing high-quality digital content brands before the advertising community, the press, the government and the public. The OPA produces proprietary research on advertising and media consumption online for our members and the public, creates public and private forums to explore and advance key issues that impact content brands, and works to educate the public at large on the importance of quality content brands.