Reading List: Podcasting

I argued in my recent post What’s Next for Podcasting? that we’re at a pivot point…

What’s next? The top media executives on the job market

Keep an eye out for the next moves by these entrepreneurs and executives. A number of…

The tactics behind The Athletic’s breakout success in sports subscriptions

Local newspapers may be shuttering and people may be consuming most news on social media, but…

What’s next for podcasting?

The podcast market will discover the answer to a foundational question about its future in the…

Why IGTV should go premium

It’s been four months since Facebook launched IGTV, with the goal of creating a destination for…

What Spotify can learn from Tencent Music

On Tuesday, Tencent Music Entertainment filed for an IPO in the US that is expected to…

The war over music copyrights

VC firms haven’t been the only ones raising hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in…

Live streams of karate and niche sports are terrifying major sports leagues

Of the 100 most-watched live telecasts in the US in 2005, 14 were sporting events; in…

Old media giants turn to VC for their next act

The Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 eras weren’t kind to the world’s largest media conglomerates, throwing…

MasterClass is mastering scale as a media business

MasterClass’ $80M Series D announced last week marks a triumph in validating the potential venture-scale of…