A few lessons for the events industry from digital turning points in music, video, and news industries, as Zoom transforms events like Napster changed music
All types of business events are in danger of their revenue streams of tickets, sponsorships, memberships, and other types of fees being eroded. Tweets: @waxy , @ruudwjanssen , @rashmi , @chr1sa , @ck...
Newsletter platforms like Substack, which recently raised a $15.3M funding round, offer some writers a sustainable business model, but others see a bubble
Venture capital has finally come for the least sexy communication style. — It's unclear to me whether anyone has ever fallen in love over email … Tweets: @awilkinson , @zachgins , @thomasls , @jenny...
Newsletter platforms like Substack, which recently raised a $15.3M funding round, offer some writers a sustainable business model, but others see a bubble
Venture capital has finally come for the least sexy communication style. — It's unclear to me whether anyone has ever fallen in love over email … Tweets: @trengriffin , @justinmduke , @alishalisha ,...
Brooklyn-based Atlas Obscura, an online magazine and travel startup, raises $20M Series B led by Airbnb to expand its trips and local experience offerings
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @lalpert1 , @davidplotz , @lindaperlstein , @hannarosin , @rafat , @alexisohanian , @charlierybak , @besvinick , @lukesbeard , @wsjeurope , and @keithr...
Major European cities including Paris and Berlin ask the EU to help establish “strong legal obligations” compelling Airbnb to comply with local regulations
Rosie Spinks / Skift : Tweets: @rafat Tweets: Rafat Ali / @rafat : This hand to hand combat for Airbnb continues, there is a reason why it is expanding beyond accommodation to tours/trips. https://sk...
Source says Medium has 200K-400K paying subscribers, which at $50 per user amounts to a minimum of $10M per year from subscriptions alone
For Medium CEO Ev Williams, building a profitable business isn't an immediate concern. — “We're focused on building revenue and building a subscription business … Tweets: @rafat and @alexeheath See ...
A deep look at how Airbnb has influenced the housing market and transformed neighborhoods in Barcelona, where 1.5M visitors stay in Airbnbs annually
filled with restaurants selling paella, tapas, and sangria, none of which have local origins, but which conform to a generic image of Spain.” http://www.newyorker.com/... Ben Detrick / @bdetrick : if ...
A deep dive into Google Maps and its potential to become an all-encompassing, ubiquitous “super app” in the West, similar to WeChat in China
Consumers in the West reach almost reflexively for the Google Maps app as the service becomes a nearly ubiquitous utility despite a dearth of messaging and payments. Tweets: @skift , @denschaal , @the...
IAC's Dotdash, which owns Investopedia and remnants of About.com, posts $131M revenue in 2018, up 44% YoY, and expects 21% revenue growth YoY for 2019
Max Willens / Digiday : Tweets: @rafat and @pkafka See also Mediagazer Tweets: Rafat Ali / @rafat : Also congrats to @neilvogel & team for crossing $100mn revenue mark and great profit margins for co...
Facebook's News Feed changes are good for media industry in the long term; journalism engineered to be picked by an algorithm is not journalism, it's marketing
and less news from journalists Alexandra Burlacu / Tech Times : Facebook News Feed To Feature Less News And Public Content, More Posts From Friends And Family Farhad Manjoo / New York Times : The Diff...