Jason Kint

Jason Kint is one of the most influential and outspoken voices in digital media, serving as CEO of Digital Content Next (DCN), the trade association representing premium publishers including major news organizations, broadcasters, and digital content companies. He is best known for his relentless advocacy against the market dominance of Google and Meta, arguing that their control over the digital advertising supply chain systematically disadvantages quality publishers and undermines the sustainability of journalism. His work has helped shape the policy conversation around platform accountability, data privacy, and antitrust enforcement in the United States and globally. Kint joined DCN in 2011 and has since transformed it from a relatively niche trade group into a leading policy and advocacy force in Washington and Brussels. Prior to DCN, he held senior roles in digital publishing, including as General Manager of CBS Interactive's Sports division (managing CBSSports.com), giving him deep operational credibility in the publisher ecosystem he now represents. His background as a practitioner lends authority to his critiques of programmatic advertising, data brokerage, and the opacity of the ad tech stack. A frequent witness before Congress and a sought-after commentator in outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Politico, Kint has been instrumental in elevating issues like cookie deprecation, identity resolution, and the Google ad tech antitrust case into mainstream policy debates. He is widely credited with helping build the coalition of publishers and civil society groups that have pushed for stronger federal privacy legislation and greater scrutiny of Google's dominance in the open web advertising ecosystem.

• B.S., University of Oregon

• Transformed Digital Content Next into a leading Washington policy voice on platform regulation and publisher rights
• Testified before the U.S. Congress multiple times on digital advertising, privacy, and antitrust issues
• Played a key role in building publisher coalitions supporting the DOJ's antitrust case against Google's ad tech business
• Consistently ranked among the most influential voices in digital media and advertising policy

• Regular op-eds and commentary in trade and mainstream press including Politico, The Guardian, and AdExchanger
• DCN research reports on publisher revenue, platform dependency, and data practices