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M&A Buyers and Sellers Still Don’t See Eye to Eye on Price
There is an inherent disconnect in the M&A world between buyers and sellers over what companies should be trading for, which has…
Weak Signals of Success: The Lesser-Known Metrics That Determine an Article’s Worth
Not every article converts a reader into a subscriber, but there are plenty of weaker signals that contribute to conversions.
Facebook and Google Are Both Sending Less Traffic to Publishers
This week’s newsletter is dense because we’ve covered four different public company financials, a feature of the AMO Pro membership. Also, next…
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Richard Lander on 25 Years of Building Citywire
My guest this week is Richard Lander, Director at Citywire, a UK-based media company that serves the asset management and wealth industries.…
TechTarget Revenue Drops Year Over Year, But Exceeds Target
TechTarget, a b2b media company, announced its financial results on May 9th. In a shareholder letter, the company said, “We are pleased…
The New York Times Doubles Down on Bundle Growth in Q1 Earnings Release
The New York Times announced it had finished the first quarter generating $594 million in revenue, with 72.2% of that tied directly…
News Corp’s Dow Jones Sees Small Growth in Earnings Release; News Media Stagnates
News Corp is a conglomerate of numerous brands, but our coverage focuses exclusively on its Dow Jones and News Media divisions. News…
Every Announces Plans to Incubate Software & Services Products as Core Part of Business
Every, the media company that prides itself on having the “best business writing on the internet,” announced today that it had hired…
Dotdash Meredith Reports Small Revenue Growth; Shrinks Its Operating Losses
Dotdash Meredith reported its Q1 2024 financial results and remains a business clearly in transition 2.5 years after it acquired the Meredith…
To Sue or to License… That is the AI Question
I announced some big news last week to the AMO Pro audience, and the response has been great. I will announce it…
SEBPO’s Todd Handy on Outsourcing Tips for Media Companies
This week we have a special edition of the AMO Podcast with Todd Handy, the chief revenue officer at SEBPO, a leading…
1440 Has Built a Big Business Going “An Inch Deep and a Mile Wide”
Everyone says pick a niche, but for 1440, covering everything for its busy audience is the winning strategy. And it’s generating $15m in revenue along the way.
Think There’s No Money in Virtual Events? Think Again
Virtual events were all the rage during the pandemic, but then publishers ran away. This could be a mistake.
Firecrown Acquires Multiple Brands From Kalmbach Media
In what has become one of its largest M&A deals to date, Firecrown Media announced today that it had acquired the railroad…
Contextualized 1st-Party Data is the Moat for Media Companies
I’m really excited about this week’s podcast guest because he’s built not one but two massively successful media companies. Jim VandeHei co-founded…
Jim VandeHei Talks About Everything Axios, Past and Future
Jacob Donnelly: I recognize that you’re likely doing many of these podcasts in the lead-up to your new book launching, Just the…
Exploring Ways to Incentivize Talent
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Scaling Your Business Through Smart Outsourcing
This is a special edition of A Media Operator, sponsored by SEBPO. In these sponsored deep dives, we dig into a specific…