by Kayleigh Barber | Jan 20, 2022 | Beyond Ads, Media
Like many media companies, Axios is in the process of scheduling its 2022 events calendar and has set its first in-person event of the year to take place at the beginning of April. The event is expected to reach a couple of milestones as it is projected to be the...
by Kayleigh Barber | Jan 18, 2022 | Media, Publishing on the Blockchain, wtf
A slew of new buzzwords were inducted into the media industry dictionary last year, including “the blockchain”, “NFTs”, and “metaverse.” All of which made room for another term: the all-encompassing “Web3,” which is the latest label to describe this next era of the...
by Kayleigh Barber | Jan 18, 2022 | Content & Commerce, Media, podcasts
Over the past eight years, Leaf Group (formerly known as Demand Media until 2016) has transformed itself from a SEO-focused content farm to a commerce-driven media company that sold for $323 million to Graham Holdings last June. Much of that transition was done at the...
by Kayleigh Barber | Jan 12, 2022 | Masters of Uncertainty, mastersofuncertainty, Media, Publishing in the Platform Era
This story is part of Digiday’s Masters of Uncertainty series, a look at people and companies at the center of media’s defining storylines. Find the rest here. The time is ripe for media acquisitions, and many acquisitive companies are using a similar playbook: snap...
by Kayleigh Barber | Jan 11, 2022 | Media, podcasts, Publishing on the Blockchain
To many, the metaverse might feel like an obscure, perhaps mysterious, part of the internet that’s exclusive to gamers, NFT collectors and over zealous tech CEOs. However, as the metaverse develops, the truth is that it has the potential to reshape the entirety of the...
