by Max Willens | Nov 23, 2020 | Media
Getting people to participate in virtual events is hard. But attendees at ComplexLand, the virtual world that lifestyle publisher Complex is opening for five days beginning December 7, will have no choice in the matter, a key distinction that allowed it to dream up a...
by Max Willens | Nov 20, 2020 | Media
This week, BuzzFeed acquired something that has grown increasingly important to them — access to an older audience. On Thursday, Nov. 19, BuzzFeed announced it was acquiring HuffPost from Verizon Media Group in an all-stock transaction as part of a strategic...
by Max Willens | Nov 19, 2020 | Media
After months of ominous predictions, the second coronavirus wave is now rising over the United States, with hospital beds filling up, school systems closing, cities and states imposing new lockdown and safety measures and people bracing for another stretch of...
by Max Willens | Nov 18, 2020 | Media
Last year, Verizon Media Group CEO Guru Gowrappan told Digiday that commerce could account for one third of Verizon Media Group’s revenues in the next five years, and that it would spend the coming year laying the foundation for that growth. Today, Verizon is still...
by Max Willens | Nov 17, 2020 | Media
News publishers have always promoted the idea that they produce content worth paying for. They are now putting that more aggressively into practice by making more of their content exclusive to subscribers. This past weekend, the Philadelphia Inquirer launched a...
