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It has been a lot of fun for creators over the past couple of years. Whether it’s people like me who have…

We all know that the local media market continues to struggle, and there is a multitude of reasons why. But it’s interesting…

It’s time for an existential crisis newsletter. But stick with me because I think once we get past questioning the meaning of…

Every year, the Reuters Institute releases its Digital News Report, which is chock full of fascinating insights. This year is no different.…

Years ago, I had a boss who loved to quote former Intel CEO Andrew Grove, saying, “I am paranoid because only the…

If there is one thing publishers can always depend on, it’s Facebook pulling the rug out from under them. And yet, even…

A year ago, I wrote a piece asking, “are the most successful media companies just good at arbitrage?” And in it, I…

There’s something special about a lock-up period. After a company goes public, most shareholders are “locked” from selling their shares. This ensures…

For years, knowing your audience wasn’t a priority. Instead, publishers outsourced that responsibility to adtech vendors. Since most monetization was done with 3rd-party cookies anyway, the publisher didn’t really care. Or, if they cared, they didn’t have the will to overcome the competitive disadvantage they found themselves in.

Many excellent books have been published over the past few years about some of the most prominent tech startups. Super Pumped by…

Earlier this month, Tim Hartman, CEO of GovExec, and I took the stage at Omeda’s Idea Exchange to do a live recording…

The dream of the internet died when people realized that, while information might want to be free, it’s also expensive to create.…

The thought of a recession might have some operators worried, but for Future Plc., its quest to continue expanding through media acquisitions…

Chris Ferrell is the founder and CEO of Endeavor Business Media, a b2b media company growing unbelievably quickly. His original goal? Hit…

I’ve been thinking a lot about growth over the past few weeks. I went to the Omeda conference last week, and it…

There are two media markets, and their opinions are fundamentally different. On the one hand, you have those who spend too much…

Subscriptions are unbelievable. You have recurring revenue that, ideally, compounds month after month. Nothing else matters because you have growing subscriptions. And…

It’s not often that you write a piece about an acquisition that sounds almost like an obituary. But as I was thinking…