At Industry Conference, Publishers Vent About Power of Social Media Companies

The angst was palpable at Digital Media Strategies 2016, an annual industry conference held on Wednesday and Thursday at a hotel in Times Square.While there are myriad challenges facing the media companies of today, combatting the power and market share of the social media giants -- often called "the platforms," with an increasingly ominous tone -- seems to be top-of-mind, and came up repeatedly throughout the conference."The damage that the platforms ... can do to journalism and to news is pretty profound," said M. Scott Havens, Bloomberg Media's global head of digital, who spoke Wednesday. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Crains New York | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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