Asked whether, back in 2006, he could have possibly envisioned that the tech review blog he co-founded, using rented office space above an Oregon furniture store, would one day grow into a profitable digital media enterprise spanning three offices on two coasts and attracting talent from the likes of Facebook and The New York Times Co., CEO Ian Bell responds first by laughing out loud. "Never." Fourteen years later, Digital Trends has done exactly that, drawing more than 30 million unique visitors to its site each month—an audience that balloons to more than 100 million when accounting for distributed content, video and social media—all without taking on outside funding or compromising on its core mantra, "Tech for the way you live," laid out from the beginning by Bell and his co-founder, CTO Dan Gaul, and permeating every aspect of the company's strategy from business to editorial. "We’ve always had a passion for the aesthetics of products and what they could actually help you achieve: connect you to other people, save time in your day, enhance your experiences in general," says Bell. "Everyone else was focused on specifications, stats, benchmarks, but they never really applied those to a better life experience. Hardware and specifications mean nothing if you aren’t able to enjoy a better experience." If the driving force behind the Digital Trends' evolution from blog to website to cross-platform operation is, as all of the staffers we spoke to asserted, strong,... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-03-31 17:01:10 UTC ]
It's the second time in about 16 months that the Mountain View digital media company said it would shut down. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2023-03-02 23:25:40 UTC ]
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Michael Weaver, senior vice president, business development and growth, Al Jazeera Media Network As the digital media industry has dedicated itself to more diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) practices, newsrooms have diversified their staffs and advertisers have followed suit, aiming to... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2023-03-02 15:43:20 UTC ]
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Owner of Politico urges focus on investigative journalism and original commentary, as company prepares for job cuts at German papers Die Welt and BildJournalists are at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the CEO of German media group Axel Springer has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-03-01 01:23:51 UTC ]
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The founders of this Houston digital media company focus on an underserved market. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2023-02-27 20:46:59 UTC ]
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Here are some of the crimes allegedly perpetrated by Ozy CEO Carlos Watson and other executives at the digital media company. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2023-02-25 01:13:18 UTC ]
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Some of us are destined to lead successful lives thanks to the circumstances of our birth. Some of us, like attorney Bruce Jackson, are destined to lead such lives in spite them. Raised in New York's Amsterdam housing projects and subjected to the daily brutalities of growing up a black man in... Continue reading at Engadget
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Let’s once again put that cost in perspective and take a look at what $7 million can afford a buyer elsewhere elsewhere in the media landscape. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2023-02-10 05:01:00 UTC ]
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For a product that its own creators, in a marketing pique, once declared “too dangerous” to release to the general public, OpenAI’s ChatGPT is seemingly everywhere these days. The versatile automated text generation (ATG) system, which is capable of outputting copy that is nearly... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-02-03 18:00:31 UTC ]
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Tinuiti's analysis of fourth-quarter activity shows most corners of the digital media landscape saw less than stellar financial results. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2023-02-02 05:01:00 UTC ]
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Shares of the digital media company have been struggling since it went public in a SPAC deal in late 2021. If you’re an owner of BuzzFeed stock (Nasdaq: BZFD), the last 24 hours have been very good for you. Yesterday, the stock soared thanks to news that BuzzFeed was partnering with OpenAI to... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2023-01-27 08:45:00 UTC ]
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Most senior media agency professionals want their clients to invest in emerging media and explore new digital channels this year. With global advertising spend forecast to slow this year from record levels of spend and the rising cost of digital media spend, marketers will be scrutinizing where... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2023-01-11 13:54:14 UTC ]
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Australian Communications and Media Authority wants social media companies to hand over information on how they respond to complaintsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s updated misinformation code still fails to tackle large-scale group messaging... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-01-08 14:00:51 UTC ]
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Digiday compiles a list of who's been naughty and who's been nice in this year's digital media landscape, a list of pugnacious billionaires, privacy crusaders, sustainability advocates, and those that up-end orthodoxy. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2022-12-21 05:01:00 UTC ]
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At industry events and inside board rooms, digital media executives talk a big game about diversity, equity and inclusion, but the conversation often falls back on the same excuse: The technology, or the media, simply isn't there to achieve the goals that sound good on record. Advertisers... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2022-12-12 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The digital media company Vox Media, which houses editorial titles including Vox, New York Magazine and Thrillist, is discontinuing its business of licensing its content management system, Chorus, to publishers, Adweek has learned. Chorus, which has six clients currently, will no longer take on... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2022-12-09 19:51:02 UTC ]
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Sarah Martinez, senior vice president, Americas Revenue, IAS The digital media landscape is a revolving door of content that vies for consumer attention. Between social feeds that scroll to infinity with the swipe of a finger and the state of television undergoing a digital revolution, content... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2022-12-08 16:10:20 UTC ]
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Mercer Mayer, author of 300 books including the long-running Little Critter series, has partnered with digital media developer John Sansevere to form a new company, Twelve/30. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Traditional TV shunned in favour of digital media and last-minute promotional campaignsMore than two-thirds of the UK’s biggest advertisers intend to cut back spending on traditional TV next year, as the recession fuels a shift to digital media and last-minute bursts of promotion.A survey of 59... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-11-21 00:01:39 UTC ]
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The 2022 Digiday Technology Awards winners demonstrated how companies are diving head-first into new technologies and adapting to meet the needs of the digital media industry. This year, e-commerce, sustainability and influencer marketing emerged as themes most often seen among the entrants and... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2022-11-17 19:30:00 UTC ]
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Brick-and-mortar stores are being transformed into an interactive digital media and merchandising experience thanks to in-store smart screens. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2022-11-04 13:00:00 UTC ]
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