Publisher Reset: Rethinking Monetisation in the Age of AI with Freestar's Kurt Donnell

Podcast: Life in Digital · Sphere Digital Recruitment

Opublikowano: 2026-10-08

In this episode of Life in Digital, host Daniel Bolter is joined by Kurt Donnell, CEO of Freestar, to explore the changing landscape for digital publishers and what it will take to build a healthier publisher ecosystem in the age of AI. Kurt reflects on Freestar's journey over the past decade and how its publisher-first approach has evolved as the industry has become increasingly complex. The conversation dives into pubOS, Freestar's new publisher operating system, and the challenge of bringing fragmented monetisation tools together. Daniel and Kurt also unpack what real value looks like from a monetisation...