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Verizon Media Unveils Personal-Finance Site Called Cashay

Digiday:  Verizon Media is launching on Wednesday a new personal finance site for Generation Z and millennials called Cashay. The site will feature a mixture of content, including original stories by Cashay’s editorial staff, special reports and series from the Yahoo...

IAC’s Dotdash Acquires Two More Digital Media Publishers

Axios:  Dotdash, the IAC-owned digital publishing company that grew from About.com, has acquired two new digital publishers, TreeHugger and Mother Nature Network, to create a new sustainability vertical within its portfolio. Dotdash still makes most of its money from...

Vox Media, Group Nine Say Trump Presidency Imperils Ads

Axios:  Media execs are ramping up the public pressure on companies to invest in advertising against quality news. While the the Trump presidency was at first seen as a boon to news, media execs now call it a liability to their ad businesses. "A lot of big brands are...

New York Times Plans to Hike Price of Digital Subscriptions

CNN:  The New York Times will raise the price of its digital subscription from $15 every four weeks to $17, its first-ever price bump. The 13% increase will take effect on March 8, the company said on Tuesday. The discount rate for students and educators remains $1...

Conde Nast CEO Toasts Architectural Digest on 100th Year

ADPro:  To ring in a century of Architectural Digest, luminaries of the design, fashion, art, and entertainment worlds filled the halls of Pace Gallery in New York. The night was full of bold-faced names who came out to wish Architectural Digest a happy 100th...

Bauer Tests Bundled Magazines as Path to App Profitability

What's New in Publishing:  Bauer is one publisher that has persisted with its app editions where many others have given up. Last October, Bauer decided to try a new approach. Bikes Unlimited is the result. It's an app that includes all six of Bauer UK's motorcycle...

Forbes Offers Digital Video Network to Help Entrepreneurs

TalkingBizNews:  The latest innovation from Forbes comes in the form of Forbes8, an on-demand digital video network brimming with expert content designed to help the next wave of entrepreneurs take their first steps into the business sphere. "It's based on Forbes'...

Media Star Says Thanks to Professionals in Media Industry

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AT&T’s Warner Bros TV Promotes Exec to First-Ever Chief

World Screen:  Peter Roth, who has been at Warner Bros. for the past 21 years, has signed a contract extension that will make him the first-ever chairman of the Warner Bros. Television Group. Roth has served as president and chief content officer of the group since...

Facebook’s COO Updates Relationship Status to Engaged

People:  Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg is set to tie the knot with boyfriend Tom Bernthal. The couple — who were set up by Sandberg's former brother-in-law Rob Goldberg — were engaged after a mountain hike and picnic lunch at Vermejo Park Ranch on...

Gannett Staffers in Missouri Town Vote to Establish Union

Springfield Business Journal:  The bulk of the Springfield News-Leader’s editorial staff voted unanimously on Friday to unionize. The 13-0 vote establishes the Springfield News Guild. "We look forward to finally having a voice at the table on how we are treated by our...

News Corp, McClatchy Hunt for New Readers at Starbucks

Digiday:  These days newspapers are scrupulously focusing on eliminating the ways that people can circumvent their paywalls. But some news publishers are finding that a Starbucks pilot program that launched late last year appears to be a worthwhile exception to that...

Washington Post Staffers Call Out Sexism at Bezos Paper

HuffPost:  The Washington Post doesn't value women and men in the same way, according to current and former employees. This appears literally true when it comes to pay: Women in the newsroom are paid less than men, according to a union report published last...

Maven Media Reports Audience Spike at Sports Illustrated

MediaPost:  Sports Illustrated is reporting steep increases in audience numbers and more over the past few months, a trend that has gained steam since Maven took over operations of the brand in October 2019. Unique users across its website increased by 36% last...

Conde Nast Taps Teen Fan to Design Vogue Digital Cover

Vogue:  When Vogue reached out to Nastya Kovtun, 16, of Chaykovsky, Russia, and Kaylee Yang, 20, from Canton, Michigan, to commission portraits of Billie Eilish for the March issue, both thought they were being duped. "At first I thought the email was a...

G/O Media Sells Parody Site ClickHole to Card-Game Firm

BuzzFeed News:  Cards Against Humanity, the card game company, purchased ClickHole.com from its owners at G/O Media on Monday for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash deal. ClickHole’s employees will become the majority owners of the...



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