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5/17/2022
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Future Extends Linear Commerce Play With Who What Wear Acquisition
Plus... Bloomberg and Britain Future Extends Linear Commerce Play With Who What Wear Acquisition The thought of a recession might have some operators worried, but for Future Plc., its quest to continue
5/10/2022
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Don't Throw Baby Out With the Advertising Bathwater
Plus... Endeavor buys two more companies Don't Throw Baby Out With the Advertising Bathwater There are two media markets, and their opinions are fundamentally different. On the one hand, you have
5/3/2022
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The Pivot to Advertising Has Begun
Plus... Vice is late with its rumored studio sale The Pivot to Advertising Has Begun Subscriptions are unbelievable. You have recurring revenue that, ideally, compounds month after month. Nothing else
4/26/2022
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CNN+ Was Doomed From the Start and Closure is the Right Move
Plus... Local means local CNN+ Was Doomed From the Start and Closure is the Right Move I'm so excited to jump in and offer my totally useless take on Elon Musk buying Twitter because it seems like
4/19/2022
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Quartz Is Right To Get Rid of Its Paywall
Plus... Adtech takes such a large cut Quartz Is Right To Get Rid of Its Paywall It's pretty rare for a media company with a paywall to decide to remove it. This is because it's too difficult to
4/12/2022
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There's No Safety With the Nonprofit Label
There's No Safety With the Nonprofit Label Over the past couple of years, there has been a lot of conversation about news not working as a for-profit model. We've seen many media companies
4/8/2022
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Ad Revenue Is A Lagging Indicator of Performance
Ad Revenue Is A Lagging Indicator of Performance In the AMO Slack channel (you get access as a premium member), there was a short discussion about increasing the value of ads for partners to then
4/5/2022
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Hypebeast Tries Its Hand at a SPAC
Media focuses on the right priorities Hypebeast Tries Its Hand at a SPAC After the fumble that was BuzzFeed's SPAC, many media companies that were otherwise excited about the prospects of going
3/29/2022
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BuzzFeed Fumbled, But It's Still Early Days
Plus... CROs getting all revenue BuzzFeed Fumbled, But It's Still Early Days Going public can be a blessing and a curse, depending on how your business is doing. In the case of BuzzFeed, it may
3/22/2022
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STAT and Applied XL Create Paid Product Around Structured Data
Plus... Acquiring a job STAT and Applied XL Create Paid Product Around Structured Data The majority of media companies are trying to identify possible paid products. The most straightforward answer,
3/15/2022
13 : 34
BDG Parenting Bet Is the Right Move
Plus... My thoghts on Substack App BDG Parenting Bet Is the Right Move As someone who spends most of his time thinking about b2b media, I forget that one of the largest consumer audiences is the "
3/8/2022
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Disney+ Introducing Ad Option is Smart
Disney+ Introducing Ad Option Is Smart Read online Streaming services used to be exclusively subscription-based. But as time has gone on, every one has started offering a cheaper, ad-supported version.
3/1/2022
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Publishers Correctly Giving Up on AMP
Plus... When digital publishers buy magazines Publishers Correctly Giving Up on AMP Page speed has been one of the significant improvements Google has encouraged publishers to make with their websites.
2/22/2022
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More Publishers Should Be Thinking About International Licensing
Plus... Pubs can't monetize on IG More Publishers Should Be Thinking About International Licensing There is an unbelievable demand for content around the world. Increasingly, that demand is in
2/15/2022
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Informa Sells Pharma Product For More Than Expected
Plus... Binance and Forbes Informa Sells Pharma Product For More Than Expected Informa revealed back in December that it was looking to sell its Intelligence data businesses. So far, it is off to a
2/8/2022
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Largest Newspaper Brands Keep On Growing
Yet... BuzzFeed appears to have more struggles Largest Newspaper Brands Keep On Growing It's fascinating how the biggest digital success stories over the past decade have been the media companies
2/1/2022
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Hits Drive Subs; Library Retains Subs
Hits Drive Subs; Library Retains Subs Read online Churn is a natural part of running a subscription business. In the streaming world, user behavior is developing where a large percentage of users
1/25/2022
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There's Gold in The Evergreen
There's Gold in The Evergreen One of the big mistakes that media companies large and small make is they focus most of their energy on the next piece of content. When they publish a piece, the
1/18/2022
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Will Investors Make The Same Mistake Again?
Plus... Benioff structures the Time team differently Will Investors Keep Making the Same Mistakes? Read online "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Philosopher
1/11/2022
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Confidence in Media Business Is Rising for Good Reasons
MJBiz bought Confidence in Media Business Is Rising for Good Reasons Read online If you spent time in the media business over the past 10 years, optimism and confidence are not words that you'd