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Quartz's Jay Lauf: Being completely ad-dependent was never good for anybody
Quartz is onto its next big move to diversify reader revenue. The publisher, which originally launched as an ad-supported model, launched a membershi…
7 years, 3 months ago
CNN's Andrew Morse: A paywall isn't the answer for us
The pivot to paid models is on. Next up: CNN, who is focusing its strategy on creating a variety of paid products for specific subsets of the CNN aud…
7 years, 3 months ago
BuzzFeed’s Craig Silverman: Digital advertising's infrastructure has been weaponized
Craig Silverman’s stories have it all: lies, fraud and billions of stolen dollars. But they’re far from a true crime podcast. The Toronto-based BuzzF…
7 years, 3 months ago
CBS Interactive’s Jim Lanzone: VC-funded digital media companies were sexy because they were new
Digital-only media brands with millions of dollars in venture capital funding have gotten a lot of attention. However, slowly but surely, they’re hit…
7 years, 4 months ago
Bauer Media Group's Steven Kotok: If we’re gonna make a big bet, it should be in women’s service
As the end of 2018 approaches, we're also coming to the end of an era of VC-funded media companies, perhaps because the industry was not conducive fo…
7 years, 4 months ago
BBC’s Jim Egan: Ad-supported news operation is sustainable but not future-proof
This year the buzz has been around subscriptions. At the most recent live podcast event for Digiday Plus members, BBC Global News CEO Jim Egan said t…
7 years, 4 months ago
Industry Dive's Sean Griffey on building a $22 million media business with no venture capital
Industry Dive, an online-only B2B company based in Washington D.C., is a good proof point that the sky is not falling for all "ad-dependent" media. F…
7 years, 4 months ago
PopSugar’s Brian Sugar on getting profitable and focusing on staying profitable
For female media brand PopSugar, the name of the game now is profits. The 12-year-old company has finally gotten into the black, and it intends to st…
7 years, 5 months ago
Bloomberg’s Justin Smith: We’re projecting 15-20 percent growth
Bloomberg is not immune to the pressures of old business models, but it does have a plan. It launched a subscription offering, struck a partnership w…
7 years, 5 months ago
Skift’s Rafat Ali: 'B2B has always been about diversifying revenue streams'
Skift CEO Rafat Ali is vocal about his beliefs about building sustainable media businesses -- and the advantages of focusing on more narrow niches th…
7 years, 5 months ago