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After The New York Times walked away from acquiring The Athletic, I could see very few remaining acquisition options for the subscription…

We’re well into the fourth quarter and if yours is looking anything like mine, the conversation du jour is what’s coming in…

With the pandemic ebbing and flowing (and currently looking to be ebbing here in the United States), operators might be looking at…

The writing has been on the wall for a while now, but we’re starting to see some of the early signs of…

Anyone that has heard me talk about media has heard me say the phrases “own your audience” and “don’t build on rented…

There are two parts to a users’ relationship with a media company. The first is everything done before they sign up for…

In 1999, Blogger was released, making it easier for people to publish on the internet. Four years later, Google bought the platform.…

When building a media company, newer operators tend to bias toward advertising or subscriptions. More seasoned operators realize that choosing one over…

Trying to build a quickly scaled media company is incredibly difficult. We’ve seen numerous other companies try and the outcome has often…

Often times when we’re building things, we look at potential choices and if it feels wrong to do it, we simply ignore…

There is a semblance of schadenfreude when The New York Times publishes a pretty intense piece confirming what many in media already…

We’re taught in our careers that competition is inherently bad. We have to compete with everyone until there is only one business…

In a shocking change of events, Axios went from the target of Axel Springer to watching from the sidelines as Politico came…

When we think about running our media businesses, the things that come to my mind are content creation, ad sales, finding subscribers,…

I wanted to thank everyone for responding to last week’s newsletter about Vice. I always want to hear from readers, so don’t…

It oftentimes feels like business models are dogma. You are either pro-subscription or pro-advertising. There is a right way and a wrong…

In what can only be described as déjà vu, news came out while I was off that the deal Vice had been…

Before we jump into today’s newsletter, I wanted to let you know that I will be taking some time off. There will…