A Media Operator

Village Media continues to grow and expanded into Toronto a few weeks ago. But now it's got its next big idea. Jeff Elgie tells A Media Operator that it has created a new product it calls Spaces, which is sort of like if Facebook groups, Reddit and Nextdoor had a baby. #localnews #media https://lnkd.in/gHNTrt7b

Douglas Emslie sold Tarsus Group to Informa in 2023. Now he's working on his next era, first with the acquisition of Raccoon Media Group and now a minority investment in Jacobs Media. Kari McMahon reported on where things are headed with Jacobs. #media #b2bmedia https://lnkd.in/e8gk-xTt

Google has come down hard on publishers like Forbes using third-parties to power their affiliate marketing. And as we wrote on A Media Operator, the question is whether the easy dollars are gone for affiliate marketing. And if so, what comes next? #media #seo #affiliatemarketing https://lnkd.in/e_q3VvVc

Niche Is Good. Niching Deeper into that Niche is Better Andrew Clurman, President and CEO of Active Interest Media, told AMO about how it is building new, uber-niche products to engage its audience. A driver of that has been investments in new tech, including Omeda. #media https://lnkd.in/eynsm8YD

Opus Origin recently acquired Data Center Nation, one of what it hopes will be several purchases as it gears up to be a bigger player in the events business. What's it looking for? How much money does it have? We report that in AMO this week. #media #events https://lnkd.in/ecuJKGmB

Daily Mail announced that it had hit 100,000 paid subscribers after only 10 months. I predicted this plan would fail. Maybe I was wrong? In today's AMO, we ask a simple question: are cheap subscription okay after all? #media #subscriptions https://lnkd.in/e-zz96ik

Who is in charge of representing the audience at media companies? It's not so crystal clear. That's why someone media companies are starting to hire chief audience officers. We spoke with Amanda Landsaw and Nathalie Hill (Con) about this. And Rest of World is in the market to hire a CAO themselves. #media #audience https://lnkd.in/erhKC_DE

News Corp reported its fiscal Q1 earnings yesterday and it saw mixed results within its media divisions. Dow Jones is certainly continuing to grow thanks to its consumer and b2b subscription businesses. But News Media is a drag on results with traffic to New York Post and The Sun continuing to trend down. Our analysis is here. #media #newspapers #b2b https://lnkd.in/eHNmnCVQ

Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK reported its Q3 2024 financials today. This business is in transition with total revenue continuing to drop, but digital revenue rising. The questions are: can digital revenue grow fast enough to offset the drop in print? Does it matter if margin improves due to the digital revenue? #localnews #media https://lnkd.in/eSVJjA3n

The housing market may have been a roller coaster over the last four years, but that doesn't mean HW Media is. We spoke with Clayton Collins, CEO of HW Media, to understand how they've grown the business and where things are going from here. #media #b2bmedia #events https://lnkd.in/eN_GkQt2