by Max Willens | Apr 22, 2019 | Media
For years, publishers cobbled different tools and services together into a stack that would help them scale their audiences — and make money from advertising — as much as possible. Today, many of them are finding those tools fit poorly into their plans to build...
by Max Willens | Apr 18, 2019 | Media
If Apple wants to be in the services business, it has to build out teams that can draw new users to those products. The company is looking to hire accordingly. This past week, Apple posted a number of job postings on LinkedIn for roles designed to help acquire...
by Max Willens | Apr 17, 2019 | Advertising
Podcasting looks poised for a major infusion of consumer revenue in the next few years. The question is whether audio platforms, rather than individual creators or studios, will reap all the benefits. Next week, on April 23, a venture-backed podcast app called...
by Max Willens | Apr 16, 2019 | Media
Medium calls itself a publisher and a platform. But founder Ev Williams thinks partnerships with outside editors and other publications could play a bigger role in Medium’s continued subscriber growth. To get there, Medium will have to overcome publisher skepticism...
by Max Willens | Apr 15, 2019 | Media
According to several publishers, Apple News+ is off to a rough start. Five participating publishers Digiday spoke to detailed a series of early headaches, including struggles with Apple News+ article formatting, confusion about user experience and design, worries...
