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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Google’s Richard Gingras: Platforms didn't dest...
Richard Gingras, vp of news at Google, discusses working with publishers, local news, advertising, and more on this episode.
44 min
377
BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti: ‘We’ve proven we can ...
Buzzfeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti talks about profitability versus growth, his company's relationship with Facebook, and more.
36 min
378
LinkedIn’s Dan Roth: 'We don’t want to burn new...
The news industry has a love-hate relationship with platforms, but for LinkedIn, that doesn't need to be the case. Roth, a former editor at Fortune, discusses LinkedIn’s relationship with publishers, its differentiation from other social platforms,...
33 min
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NYT's head of ads Sebastian Tomich: The role of...
In which NYT's global head of advertising Sebastian Tomich argues that publishers will change direction on their agency businesses. Native is not going to save publishers. Instead, agency services are sitting alongside subscriptions, display,...
37 min
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Complex's Rich Antoniello: Media is a game of m...
For Complex Networks CEO Rich Antoniello, the pivot to reality in digital media couldn't come soon enough. He joined Digiday for a live podcast at the Cannes Lions festival.
32 min
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FT’s Jon Slade: We stopped advertising on Faceb...
Facebook has rankled publishers with its political ads policy, which lumps promoted publisher content in with political advertising. For Jon Slade, the global chief commercial officer at the Financial Times, the policy was enough for the FT to pull...
28 min
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CBS’ Christy Tanner: 'Platforms are absolutely ...
The media industry’s struggle with Facebook is increasingly looking like a "Game of Thrones" episode to Christy Tanner, evp and gm of CBS News Digital. The focus is on the wall while other armies are amassing behind you. CBS works...
19 min
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Reddit’s Jen Wong: Ads will be a big business f...
Reddit has 330 million monthly users on its platform but still struggles to woo advertisers. That’s why Jen Wong, its newly minted chief operating officer, is at Cannes. She talks about Reddit's advertising ambitions.
23 min
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The New York Post’s Jesse Angelo: Facebook is a...
Publishers are more vocal than ever about the threat of Facebook to their industry, but Facebook is also a looming national security threat, according to New York Post CEO and publisher Jesse Angelo. Facebook will have to create better artificial...
29 min
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USA Today’s Nicole Carroll: 'We can’t be all th...
USA Today is for “the entire United States,” but that does not mean it can be “all things to all people,” said Nicole Carroll, the publisher's new editor-in-chief, on this week’s Digiday Podcast. As local news publishers struggle to...
32 min
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Glamour’s Samantha Barry: Building habit trumps...
When Glamour tapped social and digital media aficionado Samantha Barry as its new editor-in-chief, she steered the team effort toward making Glamour a habit for readers online. She is building habit for Glamour among readers through differentiated...
30 min
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‘People who suck at media use the duopoly as an...
Digiday+ held an exclusive member event on May 23 featuring a rapid-fire discussion between Dotdash CEO Neil Vogel, Bustle CEO Bryan Goldberg and Digiday Editor-in-Chief Brian Morrissey. 
45 min
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Genius’ Ilan Zechory: YouTube, not Facebook, is...
Genius has spent the past two years expanding beyond being an annotations site to adding original video content, with series like "Verified" and "Deconstructed." But Genius is not betting on Facebook, once the go-to for publishers new to video....
50 min
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The Telegraph's Robert Bridge on pivoting to a ...
In the pivot to subscriptions, a variety of paywall and subscription models are emerging. The Telegraph chose a freemium model to make sure visitors to the site power its advertising business, and subscribers keep coming in for distinct...
34 min
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Cheddar’s Jon Steinberg is betting big on OTT b...
37 min
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Hayley Romer: Advertisers must choose between p...
It’s been about nine months since Emerson Collective, a philanthropic organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, acquired a majority stake in The Atlantic. On this week’s Digiday Podcast, The Atlantic’s svp Hayley Romer talks about the...
40 min
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Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall on making s...
Talking Points Memo founder Josh Marshall started the website as a personal blog in 2000. Today, TPM is a 25-person independent publisher that's moving from an ad-dependent model to over half of revenue coming from 26,000 subscribers. Marshall...
48 min
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HuffPost’s Jared Grusd: Subscriptions won't wor...
The New York Times has proved to be a success story for publishers contemplating a pivot to subscriptions. But HuffPost CEO Jared Grusd says a subscription business is not for everyone, particularly digital-first news media organizations. Grusd...
28 min
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Mic’s Chris Altchek: Facebook’s news feed is n...
This week's guest is Chris Altchek, the CEO and co-founder of Mic, a news publisher focused on young people. Mic has raised nearly $60 million -- and it was one of the first publishers to talk about the pivot to video. Chris discusses whether the...
44 min
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Time Out CEO Julio Bruno on making commerce cor...
When CEO Julio Bruno joined Time Out three years ago, it was a publishing guide for cities. Today, the company has diversified into commerce, events and operating branded food markets. Last year, the group drove 700,000 transactions, from restaurant...
36 min
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‘You’re constantly building the plane while fly...
For Digiday’s 10th anniversary, founder and CEO Nick Friese joined the Digiday Podcast to talk about the company's first 10 years and its diverse revenue streams.
26 min
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Recode’s Kara Swisher: Facebook only pretends t...
On this week’s Digiday Podcast, Recode executive editor Kara Swisher said Facebook’s relationship with the media has long been based on lip service. Swisher discusses the need for Facebook to clean up its act, whether platforms will ever pay media...
38 min
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Axios’ Jim VandeHei: 'Don’t ever tether your bu...
In the year since Axios launched, the company has raised $30 million in two rounds of funding and is already a touted news source, especially for Washington heavyweights. We checked in with Jim VandeHei, CEO and co-founder of Axios, on this week’s...
36 min
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The Daily Beast’s Heather Dietrick: 'Trust in p...
In the nine months under CEO Heather Dietrick’s charge, The Daily Beast has entered the competition for Donald Trump coverage with big players like The New York Times and The Washington Post. Like with other publishers, the Beast's Trump coverage...
26 min
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Business of Fashion’s Imran Amed: Subscriptions...
Imran Amed began The Business of Fashion as a blog he wrote for himself. Today, it has grown into a leading news and analysis website for the fashion industry with offices in London, New York and Shanghai. The publication has grown several revenue...
47 min