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The Digiday Podcast

The Digiday Podcast is a weekly show on the big stories and issues that matter to brands, agencies and publishers as they transition to the digital age.

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Business Insider’s Henry Blodget: ‘We don’t want to aim for reach growth anymore’

Business Insider’s Henry Blodget: ‘We don’t want to aim for reach growth anymore’

On this week's Digiday Podcast, CEO and co-founder of Business Insider Henry Blodget said the publisher, which has over ... Read more

6 Sep 2017

41mins

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Hearst’s Mike Smith explains WTF is programmatic advertising

Hearst’s Mike Smith explains WTF is programmatic advertising

Programmatic advertising is playing a larger role in the future of publishing. Recent Digiday research found that over ... Read more

23 Apr 2019

42mins

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Conde Nast's Craig Kostelic: 'We’re completely embracing programmatic'

Conde Nast's Craig Kostelic: 'We’re completely embracing programmatic'

The Food Innovation Group is home to legacy brands like Bon Appétit, but in the shift to digital, the magazine has becom... Read more

18 Oct 2017

38mins

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News industry analyst Ken Doctor 'People will pay for quality content'

News industry analyst Ken Doctor 'People will pay for quality content'

This has been yet another turbulent year in the media industry, and publishers have pivoted to wherever they found poten... Read more

29 Nov 2017

29mins

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Quartz’s Kevin Delaney: Advertising is still a great business model for news

Quartz’s Kevin Delaney: Advertising is still a great business model for news

On this week’s Digiday Podcast, Quartz’s co-president and editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney defended the advertising busines... Read more

20 Sep 2017

36mins

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The Atlantic's Taylor Lorenz: Facebook is irrelevant to Gen-Z

The Atlantic's Taylor Lorenz: Facebook is irrelevant to Gen-Z

Gen-Z is the latest object of marketer fascination. The teenage demographic has its own language and very different trai... Read more

5 Feb 2019

34mins

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Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall on making subscriptions half of revenue

Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall on making subscriptions half of revenue

Talking Points Memo founder Josh Marshall started the website as a personal blog in 2000. Today, TPM is a 25-person inde... Read more

25 Apr 2018

48mins

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Digiday's reporters on what 2020 holds for the publishing industry, from the streaming wars to the end of the cookie

Digiday's reporters on what 2020 holds for the publishing industry, from the streaming wars to the end of the cookie

This week's episode of the Digiday Podcast is a look ahead at what 2020 may have in store for the publishing industry.Th... Read more

24 Dec 2019

30mins

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Bleacher Report’s Howard Mittman: Better to be a 'need' publisher vs 'feed'

Bleacher Report’s Howard Mittman: Better to be a 'need' publisher vs 'feed'

It's the year of loyalty for publishers, and as reverberations from Facebook's news feed change subside, only those that... Read more

31 Jan 2018

56mins

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Hayley Romer: Advertisers must choose between publishers and platforms

Hayley Romer: Advertisers must choose between publishers and platforms

It’s been about nine months since Emerson Collective, a philanthropic organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, acqui... Read more

2 May 2018

40mins

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BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti: ‘We’ve proven we can be profitable’

BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti: ‘We’ve proven we can be profitable’

Buzzfeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti talks about profitability versus growth, his company's relationship with Facebook... Read more

10 Jul 2018

36mins

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Hodinkee’s Ben Clymer: “Making the flip from 100 percent ads to a majority in commerce is difficult”

Hodinkee’s Ben Clymer: “Making the flip from 100 percent ads to a majority in commerce is difficult”

Hodinkee has built a media brand around those passionate about watches. It started as a Tumblr page by Ben Clymer, who w... Read more

14 Aug 2018

28mins

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NYT's head of ads Sebastian Tomich: The role of the publisher is to sell ideas

NYT's head of ads Sebastian Tomich: The role of the publisher is to sell ideas

In which NYT's global head of advertising Sebastian Tomich argues that publishers will change direction on their agency ... Read more

27 Jun 2018

37mins

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Mic’s Chris Altchek: Facebook’s news feed is not the place to build a loyal audience

Mic’s Chris Altchek: Facebook’s news feed is not the place to build a loyal audience

This week's guest is Chris Altchek, the CEO and co-founder of Mic, a news publisher focused on young people. Mic has rai... Read more

11 Apr 2018

44mins

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Cheddar’s Jon Steinberg is betting big on OTT bundles

Cheddar’s Jon Steinberg is betting big on OTT bundles

9 May 2018

37mins

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The Atlantic's Taylor Lorenz: People like TikTok because it's free of toxicity

The Atlantic's Taylor Lorenz: People like TikTok because it's free of toxicity

Since short-form video app TikTok, formerly known as Music.ly, burst onto the scene in 2018, it has captivated young aud... Read more

6 Aug 2019

34mins

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The Athletic co-founder Adam Hansmann: 'We believe there is a $1b company to build here'

The Athletic co-founder Adam Hansmann: 'We believe there is a $1b company to build here'

With over $100 million in outside funding, The Athletic is quickly racking up subscribers, recently crossing the 600,000... Read more

15 Oct 2019

33mins

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Google’s Richard Gingras: Platforms didn't destroy journalism's business model

Google’s Richard Gingras: Platforms didn't destroy journalism's business model

Richard Gingras, vp of news at Google, discusses working with publishers, local news, advertising, and more on this epis... Read more

17 Jul 2018

44mins

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Hearst’s Kate Lewis: One-third of Hearst’s magazine content is video

Hearst’s Kate Lewis: One-third of Hearst’s magazine content is video

Last year, the big wave of pivoting to video washed over many media companies. Troy Young, global president for digital ... Read more

10 Jan 2018

32mins

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Brit+Co’s Brit Morin: Modern media brands are human brands

Brit+Co’s Brit Morin: Modern media brands are human brands

Publishers are coming up with a variety of ways to support content and encourage direct reader revenue. But it all start... Read more

28 Aug 2018

37mins

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