Identifying a medical emergency on a recent ski trip taught me a valuable lesson in trusting my gut
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Meet the members of my team at Viacom Velocity.
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The PR ordeal that Equinox and Soul Cycle became entangled in this week illustrates the power (and vulnerability) of being a brand that takes a stand on issues that matter to its consumers.
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How mentoring founders of other companies makes me better at my job and overall
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Last week I attended my 3rd VidCon. Here are a few patterns and observations I saw emerging across the community, creator and industry tracks that may serve as indicators for where the social media ecosystem is headed
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Unilever’s strategic investment in a leading influencer data platform represents an important brand-led effort to tame the influencer marketing business
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3 reasons why leading social media creators make excellent leading indicators for big media and brands
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Media companies of all sizes may have to get used to creating and selling content to rivals who are cannibalizing their core business models
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Jeffrey Katzenberg’s short-form streaming startup, Quibi, is raising another $1 billion as they prepare to enter the red ocean of competition for bite-sized pieces of our attention.
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An unexpected encounter with screaming throngs of Gen Zers brought to life a timely trend about cultivating global cultural awareness, dialogue and inspiration through content.
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Want to learn 4 strategies that corporate innovators and startup founders can use to navigate change?
I interviewed transformation expert and "Predicting the Turn" author, Dave Knox, on the mindset required to lead innovation within large companies and straight-forward frameworks that are being used by leading brands like Coca-Cola, P&G, UnderArmour and Chobani, that we can all adopt to participate in the startup ecosystem.
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Case study about how big companies and startups in the media world can work together to reach bigger audiences, with programming that matters, while making money in the process.
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3 strategic frameworks that managers can use help navigate their organizations through change, and which can mean the difference between soaring high with power or bailing out as a failure.
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Barry Diller, the former CEO of Paramount and Fox, and Founder of IAC, on the transfer of power between movie studios and big tech.
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My hot take on another hot take on the hot topic of Amazon, HQ2 and subsidizing private industry with public money. It’s a Möbius strip of hot takes.
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As premium streamers like Netflix and Amazon add animation to their lineup of original series to attack families and children, driving prices of cartoons up by 2x, a quiet revolution in animation is happing on YouTube as well.
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Spotify just spend nearly 2x the annual value of media sales for the entire podcast market on two of the leading producers in the space. Was it worth it?
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The best way to be valuable in an industry facing constant disruption is to be able to adapt. The best way to become great at this skill is through lifelong learning.
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The lessons I learned nearly a decade ago as a broke indie filmmaker, with no connections, are helping me thrive in today’s constantly disrupted media landscape.
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Together with his business partner, Sean Holladay, Shaun McBride is navigating the next phase of his career as a creator through diversification tied to his core competencies.
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