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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Columbia University's Emily Bell: Facebook is reshaping newsrooms
Facebook and Google wrecked the media landscape in 2017, and while publishers might retrench slowly in 2018, the collateral damage has been massive. The platforms have been the breeding ground for fake news and newsroom restructurings, leading to...
Best of 2017: Facebook, subscriptions and commerce were the big themes for publishers this year
On this episode of The Digiday Podcast, we recap the big themes that emerged for publishers this year, from Facebook to the pivot to video to the focus on subscriptions. We bring you clips from top publishers like Bloomberg's Justin Smith, Axios' Jim...
HuffPost's Lydia Polgreen: Trump is not 'topic A' for most Americans
HuffPost editor-in-chief Lydia Polgreen recently wrapped up a listening bus tour that made stops in various cities across inland America. On this week's Digiday Podcast, she said that in her many interviews, Donald Trump's name didn't come up....
Live Podcast with Vox Media’s Lindsay Nelson: ‘Digital media was drunk on scale’
As the new year approaches, media companies are evaluating their misses in 2017 and goals for 2018. It was a tough year for digital media, with Mashable selling for one-fifth of its one-time valuation, BuzzFeed missing its revenue targets and...
Bustle’s Bryan Goldberg on digital media in 2018: ‘Consolidation has to happen’
There are many blaming digital media woes on ill-thought pivots to video and an addition to venture capital. Nonsense, according to Bustle Digital Group CEO Bryan Goldberg. The fundamental issue is there are too many digital publishers competing for...
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 potential for ad dollars or an alternative revenue model. Some are experiencing success with subscription models, particularly those...
Al Jazeera's Yaser Bishr: Publishers are platform 'sweatshops'
"Social media platforms are very bad to retain the audience."
Bloomberg Media's Keith Grossman on platforms: 'Be very wary'
"Just putting all of our eggs in one basket because it’s the right short-term thing to do is not where we want to be."
Attn’s Matthew Segal: Directing audience to your own properties from Facebook is ‘a losing strategy’
Attn, the 3-year-old media brand that distributes video stories through social platforms, built itself into a short-form video giant by taking a Facebook-first approach. The publisher has tried to align its content with Facebook’s interests. On this...
Tasty’s Ashley McCollum: Big video view counts aren’t everything
BuzzFeed food brand Tasty has reached 1.8 billion views monthly on its Facebook videos, but it's looking increasingly beyond views to driving real-world action. Besides making food videos for social feeds, the brand is also selling merchandise...