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4 media companies including Thrillist, The Dodo, and NowThis have merged —...
Discovery Communications is making a $100 million investment in an entity called "Group Nine Media," a new holding company that ties together media brands Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo, and Seeker...
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Ben Lerer's new media empire that Discovery poured $100 million into is...
New media mogul Ben Lerer is beefing up the finance and business side of Group Nine Media — the holding company he created in October that tied together NowThis, Thrillist, The Dodo, and Seeker — with...
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Ben Lerer spent his 20s building an email startup for 'civilized bros' —...
Ben Lerer founded Thrillist and is now the CEO of Group Nine, a digital holding company for four brands: The Dodo, Seeker, Thrillist, and NowThis.Lerer comes from a family of founders. He works closely...
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Following a cash infusion from Discovery and others, Group Nine Media has...
Group Nine Media has named marketing industry veteran Christa Carone as its new president.The digital media company, which encompasses a portfolio of publications including Thrillist and The Dodo, just...
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4 media companies including Thrillist, The Dodo, and NowThis have merged —...
Discovery Communications is making a $100 million investment in an entity called "Group Nine Media," a new holding company that ties together media brands Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo, and Seeker...
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Ben Lerer's new media empire that Discovery poured $100 million into is...
New media mogul Ben Lerer is beefing up the finance and business side of Group Nine Media — the holding company he created in October that tied together NowThis, Thrillist, The Dodo, and Seeker — with...
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Ben Lerer spent his 20s building an email startup for 'civilized bros' —...
Ben Lerer founded Thrillist and is now the CEO of Group Nine, a digital holding company for four brands: The Dodo, Seeker, Thrillist, and NowThis.Lerer comes from a family of founders. He works closely...
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Following a cash infusion from Discovery and others, Group Nine Media has...
Group Nine Media has named marketing industry veteran Christa Carone as its new president.The digital media company, which encompasses a portfolio of publications including Thrillist and The Dodo, just...
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2019 is expected to be another terrible year for media brands, but publishers...
2019 looks to be a punishing year for venture-capital-backed media companies whose advertising growth has slowed.But the heads of BuzzFeed, Refinery29, and Group Nine Media say they're bullish on their...
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Group Nine CEO Ben Lerer's last attempt at e-commerce ended in mass layoffs,...
Group Nine Media is seeking a senior executive to build an e-commerce business as it tries to diversify its revenue.Group Nine's lifestyle site Thrillist's past e-commerce operation, JackThreads, ended...
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Digital media companies Group Nine Media and Refinery29 are said to be in...
Group Nine Media and Refinery29 are in talks to merge, three people familiar with the situation say.The digital media business has been rife with speculation about mergers between venture-funded...
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New Apple services, sonic boom, and digital media merger talk
Hello!Thanks for subscribing. If you got this newsletter forwarded, sign up for your own here.Apple revealed a new video service, news subscription package, an exclusive games platform, and a credit...
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Rumors keep swirling about a Group Nine and Refinery29 merger, but pulling it...
Rumors about a potential Group Nine Media-Refinery29 merger were still flying this past week, but such a merger would face steep hurdles, M&A experts say.M&A experts say mergers of private...
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Group Nine Media is shaking up its sales leadership to jumpstart its revenue
Group Nine Media CRO Todd Anderman is leaving after more than six years at the company.He's being replaced by a triumvirate of executives with agency and digital backgrounds who will try to jumpstart...
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Hollywood talent firms encroach on ad agencies, Amazon's plans to disrupt...
Hello!Welcome to the Advertising and Media Insider newsletter, where we round up interesting stories we've covered over the past week, ICYMI. I'm Tanya Dua, a senior advertising reporter filling in for...
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Refinery29's finances are getting tight, and it's urgently trying to close a...
Refinery29 is in talks to combine with Vice Media as its financial situation gets increasingly tight, according to a report and sources close to the companies.A merger could help the two big...
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2019 was a tumultuous year for the media industry, with 7,800 jobs slashed...
Digital media went through a bloodbath in 2019, with investors seeing billions in theoretical value wiped out and scores of people losing their jobs.Some venture-capital funding continued to pour into...
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How Petco is capitalizing on a boom in pet ownership in the pandemic
Petco is trying to cash in on the pandemic-driven pet upswing by sponsoring an animal-focused vertical on publisher The Dodo called DodoWell.The vertical is focused on pet health and wellness as pet...
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Media faces upheaval — and deal opportunity
Summary List PlacementHi and welcome to this weekly edition of Insider Advertising, where I break down the big media and advertising stories.It's also our last newsletter until Dec. 30. But you can...
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SPACs are circling the media sector. Here are 11 high-profile blank-check...
Summary List PlacementA growing number of execs and investors are looking to cash in on media through special-purpose acquisition companies.SPACs are blank-check companies set up to acquire and take...
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