Jacob Cohen Donnelly
I spend most of my time thinking about how to build media companies at A Media Operator, a twice-a-week subscription newsletter.
Supercharge 1st-Party Data With Interactive Experiences
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
April 16, 2025
Ad Spend Could Get Hit If Tariffs Lead to a Recession
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
April 8, 2025
Meta’s Content Policy Reversal Makes Almost No Difference for News Pubs
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
April 7, 2025
Newsletter-Only Businesses Need to Start Diversifying
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
April 4, 2025
The Economics of an AI Future Doesn’t Work for Publishers
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
April 1, 2025
Why beehiiv Was the Right Choice for TIME
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
March 26, 2025
Foundry’s TechTarget-Like Transformation Ends in Sale
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
March 25, 2025
What Went Wrong With Food52?
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
March 21, 2025
What’s so Wrong With Paid Growth? Stop Looking Down on it
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
March 18, 2025
Boost Revenue Through Personalized Experiences
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
February 28, 2025
Publishers Should Avoid Custom Tech Mistake
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
February 27, 2025
Axel Springer Has a B2B Platform Play It Should Lean Into
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
February 24, 2025
Pubs Deepen Relationship With Independent Creators
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
February 17, 2025
News Pubs Need to Incentivize Marketers to Ignore Brand Safety
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
February 14, 2025
Government to Cancel Media Subscriptions: How Bad Is It?
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
February 7, 2025
A Media Operator Has Acquired Toolkits
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
February 5, 2025
What I’m Looking For in Q4 2024 Earnings
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
February 4, 2025
Go Back to Former Readers to Grow Your Audience
By Jacob Cohen Donnelly •
January 31, 2025