by Tim Peterson | May 24, 2022 | Media, podcasts, Publishing in the Platform Era
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify In the roughly two years since Jason Webby joined Future plc as chief revenue officer for North America, the U.K. publisher has acquired eight companies — including Marie Claire U.S., a portfolio of Dennis Publishing...
by Sara Guaglione | May 17, 2022 | Media, Publishing in the Platform Era
Despite significant declines in BuzzFeed Inc.’s commerce business, overall revenue was up 26% year over year in the first quarter of 2022 — its first quarter as a fully combined company, which includes BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Complex Networks — compared to the same...
by Kayleigh Barber | May 5, 2022 | creatormachine, Media, Publishing in the Platform Era
This article is part of a cross-brand Digiday Media series that examines how the creator economy has evolved amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Explore the full series here. TikTok can be a scary place for publishers. Its algorithm segments audiences into interest-based...
by Sara Guaglione | May 4, 2022 | creatormachine, Media, Publishing in the Platform Era
This article is part of a cross-brand Digiday Media series that examines how the creator economy has evolved amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Explore the full series here. BuzzFeed has invested in a program for creators for years. This year the company plans to double how...
by Kayleigh Barber | Apr 19, 2022 | Media, podcasts, Publishing in the Platform Era
Kris Collins was working as a hairdresser at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, and like so many others lost her job. But she soon found solace in posting content on TikTok that made her — and her fast-growing audience — laugh. By July 1 that year, she hit 1...
by Seb Joseph | Apr 13, 2022 | Online Marketing, Publishing in the Platform Era
For French newspaper publisher Groupe Figaro, the best way to make money in media remains lots of ways. Being this open minded has become a perennial state of mind for many publishing execs these days. There’s too much uncertainty around the business of media to be...
