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A barbell has developed in media. You’ve got very large media brands on one side and on the other, you’ve got niche…

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that BuzzFeed Inc., Group Nine Media Inc. and Insider Inc. were joining together to “create…

When I first started building websites over a decade ago, there were a couple of ways for a small site to make…

Before we get started, I wanted to thank everyone for sharing my last issue about The Athletic’s valuation. So many new people…

I have had The Athletic on my mind for a while now for a couple of reasons. The first is because I…

When we talk about media being purchased by private equity, it tends to be a sad story. But perhaps—and this is still…

Or why scale doesn’t mean anything to B2B brands

The discussion around user privacy is on the rise. The amount of information that companies have about you is massive and they…

August 16th was the last day for Pacific Standard’s operations after its lone benefactor, Sage Publications, decided to pull funding. This came…

When brands were doing most of their ad deals with insertion orders, they had a lot of control over where their ads…

Axios reported that Facebook is funding two new BuzzFeed shows, which we’ll get to. But buried in the report, a little tidbit…

The Wall Street Journal broke the story today that “Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress.com Owner.” And Axios’ Dan Primack reported that…

This has been an idea I’ve had on my mind for some time now. I think so much about the media business…