Beginning next month, The New York Times will make its audio subscription available for purchase through Apple Podcasts and Spotify. (Axios) The Times will launch podcast subscriptions on the audio platforms, requiring users to pay if they want to access archived episodes of programs like The Daily and The Ezra Klein Show, or receive early…Read More
If you are a U.S. news publisher, you likely know that your traffic from social media has fallen–the question is just how much. (Nieman Lab) Now, some publications have found a glimmer of hope elsewhere: WhatsApp, the world’s most popular messaging app. Late last year, the app introduced WhatsApp Channels, a kind of one-way broadcasting…Read More
ByteDance said it is shuttering its music streaming service, TikTok Music, in November. The service was available in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and Mexico. (TechCrunch) TikTok Music’s shuttering marks the end of a four-year experiment in streaming by the company’s owner, ByteDance. It never arrived in the U.S., despite the company filing a trademark application…Read More
More than one-half of journalists in the U.S. considered quitting their job this year due to exhaustion or burnout, according to a new report by Muck Rack. (Poynter)Read More
Koch Inc.’s private equity arm is in ongoing talks on a bid to buy Forbes in partnership with another individual investor, sources told Axios. (Axios)Read More
Digital media company Vice relaunched its print magazine and debuted its first subscription product Tuesday, part of a broader renaissance of the publisher following its May 2023 bankruptcy filing. (ADWEEK)Read More
Ryan Seacrest’s first week as host of Wheel of Fortune pulled in a lot of curious viewers–who then seemed to stick around past his debut episode. (THR / Live Feed)Read More
Once an organization figures out a successful model, it begins to grow.
And when it grows, it needs more staff. And they often hire for specific tasks and the skills that go with them.
They need a person who will reliably and obediently deliver what they need right now.
And that’s the foundation for stuckness.
When the world changes, and it always does, the organization is filled with people who signed up for (and were hired for) a specific competency.
What would happen if instead, we hired problem solvers and resilient improv artists who were willing to do today’s job because it needed to be done, but were prepared (and eager) for tomorrow’s challenge as well?
Oh, what a beautiful mornin’ for Good Morning America. ABC News’ flagship morning news program wrapped up the 2023-2024 season with a first place finish among total viewers–the 12th straight season that its perched at the top of the roost. But GMA had to cede the advertiser-treasured Adults 25-54 demo to Today as the NBC…Read More
Green Goblin and Spider-Man. The Montagues and the Capulets. The CEO and their top marketer. Peaceful coexistence might seem like a pipe dream, but at least there’s a viable path forward for C-suite execs. Speaking at ADWEEK’s annual Brandweek conference in Phoenix, Ariz. on Tuesday, Nespresso’s North America CEO Alfonso Gonzalez Loeschen and vp of…Read More
