Tastemade has had quite a year. The company, known for its quirky short-form videos about food, travel and lifestyle topics, hit the 100 million monthly active users mark, with more than 1 billion monthly views. On Facebook alone, Tastemade grew its audience from around 100,000 fans to more than 5.7 million. This year, the company joined Apple TV—the only food and travel channel on the platform—linked up with Facebook's Anthology and Suggested Videos, partnered with Spotify on the streaming music company's video service, and landed one of the 15 prized spots on Snapchat's Discover platform. As Tastemade, which was founded in 2012, heads into its fourth year, it will do so with deeper pockets. The video publisher announced this morning it has closed a $40 million Series D funding round led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Raine Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Liberty Media, Scripps Networks Interactive, and Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. Tastemade had previously raised $40 million, bringing the total funding to $80 million. With the extra cash in hand, Larry Fitzgibbon, one of Tastemade's co-founders, wants to continue Tastemade's momentum, especially when it comes to working with brands. "All of that work has culminated into us reaching the exact consumer we thought we would at a scale we thought we would as well," said Fitzgibbon. "We are truly becoming the brands for our categories for that audience." Fitzgibbon noted... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
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While reporting big attendance numbers, the Sharjah Book Fair this year is most memorable for events affirming its deepening world publishing relationships. The post Sharjah International Book Fair Draws a Record-Breaking 2.52 Million Visitors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-11-11 08:13:34 UTC ]
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The dense, interconnected network charts decades of collaboration and research. Nature, the multidisciplinary scientific journal founded in London in 1869, celebrates its 150th anniversary this week. Known for its innovative approach to publishing original research across all sorts of scientific... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-11-11 08:00:45 UTC ]
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In the driver’s seat is Brad Parscale, Trump’s digital media director, who led the efforts to raise a record-breaking $125 million in just the last quarter, according to the New York Times. His ability to turn impeachment into this many millions... Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-11-10 20:11:52 UTC ]
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Packaged-goods focus of the Connect business Nielsen is spinning off meant less attention for the other 91 percent of the market. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-11-07 23:07:47 UTC ]
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Booker director Gaby Wood, Faber chief Stephen Page, Dialogue publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove and Bluebird founder Carole Tonkinson are the latest speakers to be announced for FutureBook Live, The Bookseller’s publishing conference, to be held on 25th November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 00:49:04 UTC ]
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Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson's Pinch of Nom (Bluebird) has sold one million copies to date, with last week's 7,067 copies sold pushing it into seven figures through Nielsen BookScan's TCM. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-05 13:55:45 UTC ]
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The legacy news publisher is closing in on 10 billion video views this year. And thanks to a focus on its owned and operated properties, plus a stable of OTT partnerships, less than half of those views will come from Facebook. The post USA Today is repackaging video to create streaming series... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-11-04 05:01:40 UTC ]
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NEW YORK—Magazine and digital media professionals from all over the country gathered Wednesday evening to celebrate honorees for excellence in editorial and design. B2B, consumer and regional brands competed for Folio:’s 2019 Eddie and Ozzie Awards, the largest and most comprehensive such... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-11-01 14:44:10 UTC ]
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To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of V.C. Andrews’s series-launching blockbuster this year, Gallery Books is planning a social media campaign and a new trilogy by Andrew Neiderman, who continued the series after Andrews’s death in 1986. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicholas Lemann traces the effects as corporations changed from paternalistic to ruthless. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-31 21:46:02 UTC ]
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Indie 404 Ink has landed a part-memoir, part-investigation of how video games can positively impact mental health from journalist Joe Donnelly. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 16:31:20 UTC ]
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Embattled ad tech company Criteo has tapped 15-year Nielsen veteran Megan Clarken as its new CEO -- described a smart operator who 'gets stuff done.' The post ‘She gets stuff done’: Why Criteo tapped a Nielsen vet to turn around its business appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-10-31 04:00:58 UTC ]
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More than 33% of students at UK schools are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, but only 4% of the protagonists in children's books in the UK are BAME. The publishing industry has made big claims about its push for inclusivity both on and off the page, but some believe progress is... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-10-29 10:10:28 UTC ]
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Print sales of The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris have surpassed the one million mark in the UK, nearly two years after publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 19:47:14 UTC ]
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Two years after Nielsen rolled out its SVOD Content Ratings to measure viewership for Netflix programs, the company is expanding the service to also cover Amazon Prime Video. The SVOD Content Ratings tool will now measure audiences for Amazon Prime Video content through connected televisions and... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-10-21 16:54:19 UTC ]
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The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association’s fall conference demonstrated a deepening commitment by indie booksellers to professionalizing their trade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In “Indulge Your Senses,” the Knitting Factory mastermind talks about cracking the code on catering to serious music fans. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-18 15:49:40 UTC ]
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Amid what Amazon Publishing's Mikyla Bruder describes as 'the unconscious bias you're confronted with every day,' panelists call for equal pay for women. The post Publishing Perspectives Talks: Executive Women on Pay and Bias in the Book Business appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-18 04:27:59 UTC ]
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FUSE Media Summit is coming up next month, and we're preparing to delve into the most pressing topics for digital media executives today. From productization and marketing automation to data privacy and the consumer experience, there’s a lot to discuss over just 2 1/2 days. Here's a look at the... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2019-10-17 18:06:42 UTC ]
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But another bad year for magazines doesn't mean the end of print altogether. The post The End of Family Circle Is Business as Usual appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-10-17 15:38:58 UTC ]
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