Stagwell CEO Mark Penn is a veteran of politics. In this discussion, he examines how shifting audience behaviors and trust... more

AI-powered search engines have clawed a foothold in the critical search market that controls distribution on the open web. Media... more

Blockworks CEO Jason Yanowitz discusses how Blockworks has evolved the company from an events business to podcast network to news... more

Defector Media, the sports and culture publication launched four years ago by former Deadspin writers, is an example of the... more

I was joined by Reid DeRamus to discuss the strategic and tactical decisions that go into building an independent media... more

In this Spotlight episode, Josh Brandau, CEO of The Rebooting partner Nota, discusses how AI can be a critical tool... more

Fitt Insider, a media brand for the fitness and wellness industry, is a good example of the type of media... more

This week, I was joined by one of my favorite media entrepreneurs, Adam White. Adam has built Front Office Sports... more

Adam Mendelsohn operates at the nexus of sports, media, business and culture. Adam is a longtime advisor to LeBron James... more

This week marks an important moment in the history of digital advertising as the U.S. Department of Justice presses its... more

Scott Messer is founder of media advisory firm Messer Media and former svp of media at Leaf Group. Scott is... more

In a spotlight episode of The Rebooting Show, I spoke with Affinity Global CEO Lavin Punjabi for his view of... more

On this week’s episode of The Rebooting Show, I was joined by Ana Andjelic,  a veteran brand executive and writer... more

This week, we are wrapping up a series on The Rebooting Show that examines the role of product at a... more

At the Media Product Forum earlier this month, I spoke with Gannett head of product Renn Turiano, Hearst Newspapers chief... more

At last week’s Media Product Forum, which The Rebooting held in collaboration with WordPress VIP, I had a discussion with... more

In a session recorded at The Media Product Forum in NYC, Bloomberg Media global head of product Marissa Zanetti-Crume shares... more

In a discussion held in Cannes, I sat down with Jason White, chief product and technology officer at The Arena... more

In a session recorded at the Cannes Lions, Hearst Magazines CRO Lisa Ryan and Jen Dorre join the show to... more

In this episode recorded at the Dotdash Meredith villa in Cannes, Dotdash Meredith CEO Neil Vogel and Axios senior media... more

This episode from Cannes of The Rebooting Show, presented by Outbrain, features David Kostman (CEO of Outbrain), Kate Scott-Dawkins (Global... more

Semafor editor in chief Ben Smith sees a fragmenting media landscape and impatient owners running headlong into the peculiarities of... more

In the wake of Jeff Bezos buying The Washington Post in 2013 and the heady “Democracy Dies in Darkness” days... more

Publishing is shifting from prioritizing breadth to rewarding depth. That starts with understanding the audience — and its segments —... more

Scott Porch, founder of Big IP, which operates the business side of several popular lifestyle podcasts like The John Campea... more

Detailed.com's Glen Allsop breaks down the massive Google update roiling the publishing world as Google attempts to gain control of... more

Emma Tucker was named the editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal (and Dow Jones Newswires) in early 2023. She was... more

Jay Rosen, a professor of journalism at NYU, discusses the diminished state of the industry, promising nonprofit models and new... more

I’m joined by Matt Cronin, founding partner at House of Kaizen, which works with publishers and other companies with recurring... more

On this week’s episode of The Rebooting Show, I spoke to writer John McDermott about his recent expose of self-help... more

Stephanie Kaplan Lewis founded Her Campus in 2009 with Annie Wang, and Windsor Western as college undergraduates. They saw a... more

Matt Cronin is a founding partner at https://www.houseofkaizen.com/rebooting (House of Kaizen), a consultancy that works with publishers and other... more

Mosheh Oinounou, a broadcast news veteran, started posting summaries of the news of the day during the early days of... more

The Rebooting is launching paid memberships. All the details are on therebooting.com. In this episode, I speak to my collaborator... more

Digital media veteran Scott Messer discusses the structural changes to the publishing business, from the deprecation of the third-party cookie... more

This week on The Rebooting Show, I spoke to The Juggernaut’s founder and CEO Snigda Sur. We discussed the need... more

This week, I caught up with Larry Fitzgibbon, the CEO of Tastemade. I think of Tastemade as an original digital... more

The media business in 2024 To kick off the year on The Rebooting Show, I spoke to Axios senior media reporter... more

I spoke to Matt Cronin, founding partner of House of Kaizen, a consultancy that works with publishers on their subscription... more

Matt Reustle, CEO of Colossus, a business-focused podcasting network that’s home to Invest Like the Best, Business Breakdowns and Founders,... more

On this week’s episode of The Rebooting Show, I spoke to Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of Big Cabal, a Nigerian digital... more

The Rebooting recently wrapped up its second research project in collaboration with BlueConic. Patrick Crane, vp of sales at BlueConic,... more

Bridget Williams is a veteran of the industry. I first got to know Bridget when she was at Business Insider... more

The Guardian has used voluntary reader contributions as a bulwark of its unique model that blends philanthropy, advertising and voluntary... more

Jeff Selingo spent eight years at the Chronicle of Higher Education, serving as editor in chief and editorial director, before... more

https://blockworks.co/ (Blockworks), founded as a crypto events company in 2018, has rode these ups and downs. It began in the... more

Defector is a worker-owned media company that was born out of disillusionment with the tradeoffs the digital media ecosystem often... more

My former colleague Mike Shields of Next in Media joins me to discuss what to make of Advertising Week, which... more

On a crossover episode of The Rebooting Show and People vs Algorithms, Alex Schleifer and I discuss the end of... more

Video is viewed paradoxically by publishers. They see budgets shifting to sight, sound and motion. Video ads, formerly known as... more