The latest trend in profit and brand expansion is not isolated to the music industry. It’s the writing on the wall for what media companies should and need to do with their brand prowess. What you read/ watch is as much a part of your personal brand as the music…
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Did you miss PubForum+ last week? It's ok, we won't berate you for missing one of the hottest digital media and advertising events of the year. We decided to share a couple of highlights from the event publicly. And aren't you lucky that Complex Networks CEO, Rich Antoniello's Keynote, Tomorrow's…
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“We haven’t always been a big fan of programmatic or arbitrage-oriented stuff,” says Rich Antoniello, Founder and CEO of digital media company Complex Networks. During his PubForum+ keynote, “Tomorrow's Publisher Today,” on Tuesday, December 8, Antoniello will share how the company’s multiprong strategy of building a fervent community, revenue diversification, and…
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At the 2019 Ops conference, a somewhat unexpected word echoed throughout the sessions, from the morning keynote to the final talk: community. The idea of audience is out of date, and the term too limiting. Publishers and brands need to be thinking about their visitors, viewers, readers, users, consumers, and…
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At a time when the media is regularly under a litany of changes, publishing powerhouse and entrepreneurial advisor, Morgan DeBaun, CEO & Founder Blavity Inc. is moving full steam ahead. Blavity Inc. is her venture-backed new media company, home to the largest network of brands specifically serving black millennials through…
Read MoreLast fall I wrote about my experience at the inaugural OpenCo festival here in San Francisco. OpenCo launched last week with an Indiegogo campaign and a calendar of events covering New York (May 22-24, as part of Internet Week), London (June 6-7), Detroit (September 12-13), and San Francisco (October 9-11). I'm proud…
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