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Crypto Media Might Not Always Look This Great
It’s been a remarkable 2021 for the major players in crypto-related media. So many publications are seeing their audiences catapult above traditional…
Future pushing deeper into US [Contributor]
Future plc – the UK’s largest magazine publisher – has signalled further expansion with this week’s acquisition of the US edition of…
Are The Most Successful Media Companies Just Good at Arbitrage?
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Twitter Leans Further Into Publisher Relationship
Twitter’s product release schedule has been fun to watch over the past few months with a multitude of new features and some…
How M&A Will Revive Trade Shows [Contributor]
The international exhibitions market is slowly coming back to life after the 2020 standstill. Its been a huge shock for a global…
Your Team Should Change As You Grow
The team you have today might not always be the team that you have working at your publication. And while that might…
Food52 Makes an Intelligent Buy With Dansk
Food52, one of the best examples of content and commerce being inextricably linked, announced on Monday that it had acquired Dansk, a…
What Next for Immediate Media? [Contributor]
Ten years ago, the BBC and KPMG were organising an auction for the UK state-owned broadcaster’s magazine publishing. Within three months, Exponent…
Is Now The Time to Raise Money?
Anyone who has spent much time with me and discussed various ways of building media businesses has likely heard my stance on…
Overtime Is an Example of Building Audience Before Product
There has always been this debate about what should come first: a great product or an audience. Some argue that the product…
Remove Friction From The Experience
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The World Learns That Advertising Is Still A Thing
If you do something long enough, you start to see trends appear. The pendulum swings and history repeats itself. Based on a…
When Taking the Check Is a Bad Idea
What happens when a company approaches you with a check to create content? Imagine you’re a young creator or a newer media…
Look Where We Are Now
It’s been thirteen months since the world for many of us here in the United States changed. And during those 13 months,…
Tribune Takeover Drama & What Comes Next
The saga of Alden Global Capital acquiring Tribune Publishing looked to be headed toward the same destination as many other papers over…
Two Big Numbers to Look At For 2022 Event Planning
With every jab of a vaccine, we get just a tiny bit closer to returning to a semblance of normalcy here in…
Does the Rumored Axios/Athletic Merger Make Sense?
Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that there were talks between Axios and The Athletic about a possible merger. If Axios…
Early Audience Development Doesn’t Scale and That’s Okay
When I think about some of the media companies I respect the most, I admire how loyal their audiences are and how…