by Tim Peterson | Mar 17, 2022 | Coronavirus Fallout, Media, mediabriefing, plusbriefing
In this week’s Media Briefing, media editor Kayleigh Barber looks at the legacy impacts of the pandemic on publishers’ businesses. Two years later3 questions with The Washington Post’s Instagram editor Travis LylesFirst Amendment fears, publishers’ ad tech allegations...
by Max Willens | Dec 29, 2021 | Coronavirus Fallout, Media, plusresearch
At the close of a year, it can be instructive to look back on what’s transpired. And if a picture is worth a thousand words, then these five charts, are worth enough words for a medium-length Harper’s cover story, even though you can plow through them faster than a...
by Max Willens | Dec 3, 2021 | Coronavirus Fallout, Online Marketing, plusresearch
The rise of the omicron variant of COVID-19 could mean that people will have to work from home for a little while longer. That possibility should suit much of the agency world just fine, according to new Digiday+ research. In each of the past three quarters, Digiday...
by Max Willens | Nov 30, 2021 | Coronavirus Fallout, Online Marketing, plusresearch
Over the past two years, the media industry has played a crucial role in shaping the norms and expectations around mask-wearing, vaccinations and how employers should incorporate them into their businesses. It has also largely stopped short of requiring its employees...
by Tim Peterson | Nov 15, 2021 | Coronavirus Fallout, Media
The 2021 edition of Complex Networks’ flagship event, ComplexCon, may have epitomized the current new normal for media companies’ events businesses. The mask mandate and mandatory health screening may have been new additions, but the so-called “cultural Super Bowl”...
by Tim Peterson | Nov 11, 2021 | Coronavirus Fallout, Media, mediabriefing, plusbriefing
This week’s Media Briefing recaps the latest earnings reports from four media companies and reviews what they indicate about the current stages of traditional publishers remaking themselves into digital organizations. The modern media businessComplex Networks’ return...