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Join John Shields, Director of Podcasts for The Economist, to learn more about how Economist podcasts come to life, deep dive into podcasts strategies and discover how The Economist‘s series help listeners make sense of the big news shaping the world.

John Shields is The Economist‘s Director of Podcasts. Previously he was director of the Podcast Innovation Lab, which produced The Economist‘s first long-form series The Prince, about China’s leader Xi Jinping. Prior to that he was the creator and editor of Checks and Balance, our US politics podcast.

These virtual discussions bring together DCN members to discuss the most important issues impacting their streaming efforts, from the regulatory landscape to content discovery to data-driven personalization and more. Join your fellow DCN members to share experience and insights – your opportunity to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving industry.

Here are links to resources mentioned during the presentation.

• Podcasts+ sub
• Economist Podcasts
• The Economist on X
• John Shields on X
• Economist Press on X

Agenda: What the 2024 Election Means for the Next Congress and the Policy Issues for Publishers

The DCN Legal and Legislative Committee’s monthly virtual meetings summarize and comment on important policy, legal, and legislative news surrounding digital content.

This is a free event for DCN members.  The unique, members-only attendee list allows for open conversation, information sharing and networking .  Please feel free to share this invitation to colleagues within your organization.

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With the rapid introduction of AI-generated content and hyper-personalization, businesses are seeing a massive increase in advertising efforts, leading to higher volumes. The pressure to scale operations to match the pace of content generation is at an all-time high, which requires a robust approach to Ad Operations. Join Theorem’s Head of Global Accounts, Michele Bavitz, and SiriusXM Media’s VP of Ad Product Marketing, Molly Fuard to learn how businesses can synchronize the “right brain” creativity with “left brain” operational efficiency in publishing by strategically leveraging automation-focused technology.

These hot topic discussions will bring together DCN members to discuss the most pressing issues impacting their ad sales and business teams: From managing a cookie-less future, to brand safety, to tensions between advertising and subscriptions and more – these closed-door, members-only discussions are the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

Session sponsored by:

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Unlocking the Power of Enthusiast Verticals: Advertising to the military community through authentic engagement across platforms

The military community represents a significant and influential market segment with substantial spending power, often exceeding that of the general population in key categories. Advertisers need to connect with this community in an authentic and meaningful way, understanding where they over-index and why this matters.

Join Recurrent’s VP of Military Partnerships and U.S. Air Force Spouse, Katherine Torres-Pummill as she delves into the importance of authentically engaging with the military community. She will discuss strategies for connecting with this powerful audience across digital, video, and event platforms, and how to build partnerships that resonate within the community. Discover the nuances of effectively selling to the military audience and why authenticity is crucial for long-term success.

These hot topic discussions will bring together DCN members to discuss the most pressing issues impacting their ad sales and business teams: From managing a cookie-less future, to brand safety, to tensions between advertising and subscriptions and more – these closed-door, members-only discussions are the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

If your company currently participates in DCN benchmark reports, you will be able to access the Video on Demand by signing into the DCN member center (or create an account) using the link in the top right corner.

Benchmark organizations should have received an email with the report, DCN Digital Subscription Tracking Study – Q3 2024.

If your you did not receive the report, or your company is currently not participating in DCN benchmark reports, and you are interested or have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Join Kate Scott-Dawkins, GroupM’s Global Director of Business Intelligence, at DCN’s Media Insights Exchange for a timely discussion on year-end expectations.

Join your fellow benchmark participants for a timely discussion and insights about market expectations through year-end. Here’s what we have planned:

• Explore key market trends, business strategies, and forecasts for the latter half of the year to help your business thrive in this evolving landscape;
• Assess price sensitivity’s impact on subscription growth and retention;
• Understand how bundling services can optimize customer value and revenue.

We’ll also present NEW data from the DCN Digital Subscription Tracking Study – Q3 2024; and provide time for Q&A and an open discussion with members.

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DCN’s benchmark products include the Quarterly Revenue Report, Annual Benchmark Report, Quarterly Digital Media Subscription Tracking Report, and the Media Insights Exchange events. All products are exclusive to DCN members who participate and contribute data under NDA.

We’d love for others who will benefit from this event to join, so please share this invitation with your organization. We appreciate you and your team’s support of DCN’s benchmark products

Chief Technology Officer Vineet Khosla is leading the charge of infusing AI across all aspects of The Washington Post. With a deep background in technology, including at Uber and Apple, and with AI, machine learning and cloud computing, he is a senior advisor to the CEO leading innovation strategy and building a transformative user ecosystem that enhances the reader experience and provides opportunities for growth.

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Join Mike Nuzzo, SVP and Head of Data Solutions at Hearst, and Alex Dzegar, Customer Success Director at Permutive, as they unpack the inception and evolution of Hearst’s groundbreaking AURA project. The session includes exclusive insights into Hearst’s first-party data infrastructure, the proprietary content taxonomy AURA leverages, critical metrics from AURA’s beta testing, and how they partner with Permutive’s Audience Activation Platform.

These hot topic discussions will bring together DCN members to discuss the most pressing issues impacting their ad sales and business teams: From managing a cookie-less future, to brand safety, to tensions between advertising and subscriptions and more – these closed-door, members-only discussions are the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

Session sponsored by:

Chris Cillizza will be our guest speaker on the October call of the Legal and Legislative Committee where he will discuss the landscape, issues and candidates for the 2024 election. Chris has established himself over the past three decades as one of the leading voices in political analysis, having worked for the Cook Political Report, Roll Call, Washington Post and CNN.

The DCN Legal and Legislative Committee’s monthly virtual meetings summarize and comment on important policy, legal, and legislative news surrounding digital content.

This is a free event for DCN members.  The unique, members-only attendee list allows for open conversation, information sharing and networking .  Please feel free to share this invitation to colleagues within your organization.

This half-day live event in NYC will bring together DCN members to discuss the critical topics impacting the video business today including SVOD/AVOD/FAST strategy, content production, audience dynamics, product differentiation and more. Join us for this closed-door, members-only event, the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

Sponsored by:

This half-day live event in NYC will bring together DCN members to discuss the wide range of factors impacting subscription businesses today including organizational challenges, aligning data and insights with action, balancing ad sales with subscriber experience, creating maximum engagement, and more. Join us for this closed-door, members-only event, the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

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Agenda:

Review of 1st week of DOJ v Google Ad Tech case
Update and Discussion of FTC Negative Option Rule

The DCN Legal and Legislative Committee’s monthly virtual meetings summarize and comment on important policy, legal, and legislative news surrounding digital content.

This is a free event for DCN members.  The unique, members-only attendee list allows for open conversation, information sharing and networking .  Please feel free to share this invitation to colleagues within your organization.

If your company currently participates in DCN benchmark reports, you can access the Video on Demand by signing into the DCN member center (or create an account) using the link in the top right corner.

This is a free event for DCN members but only available to members participating in the Annual Benchmark and Quarterly Revenue Report.

Join your fellow benchmark participants for a timely discussion and insights about market expectations through year-end. Here’s what we have planned:

• Insights from industry analyst on what’s next in the market through year-end;
• NEW data from the DCN Digital Subscription Tracking Study – Q2 2024; and
• Q&A and open discussion with members.

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DCN’s benchmark products include the Quarterly Revenue Report, Annual Benchmark Report, Quarterly Digital Media Subscription Tracking Report, and the Media Insights Exchange events. All products are exclusive to DCN members who participate and contribute data under NDA.

We’d love for others who will benefit from this event to join, so please share this invitation with your organization. We appreciate you and your team’s support of DCN’s benchmark products

If your company is currently not participating in DCN benchmark reports, and you are interested or have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Agenda: Review and Discussion of AI legislation

We will review a handful of the prominent AI legislative proposals currently being considered in Congress as well as a proposal for a federal misappropriation law. Our hope is to sharpen DCN’s perspective on ways that Congress can be helpful in further protecting publishers’ original content and ensuring that AI companies are properly incentivized to seek licensing deals for publishers’ content.

The DCN Legal and Legislative Committee’s monthly virtual meetings summarize and comment on important policy, legal, and legislative news surrounding digital content.

This is a free event for DCN members.  The unique, members-only attendee list allows for open conversation, information sharing and networking .  Please feel free to share this invitation to colleagues within your organization.

DCN members can view the on-demand video by logging in or registering for the DCN website member center using the links in the top right corner of the site. Please note this account is separate from your event registration profile. If you have trouble, please contact us ([email protected].)

Join Jenna Goudreau, VP & Executive Editor of CNBC Make It, the award-winning financial wellness publication that reaches tens of millions of readers each month, to get a look into the launch and first year of Smarter, a new venture providing career-boosting online courses directly to consumers and to understand how it’s driving audience and revenue. Bring your thoughts and questions for Jenna and your fellow DCN member attendees as we dig into new opportunities to drive consumer revenue.

This Next: Conversation brings together DCN members to discuss the essential components of building and growing their affiliate revenue strategy. From audience and advertiser trust to newsroom alignment to pricing and promotion – what are you most interested in discussing? Bring your thoughts and questions to these closed-door, members-only discussions, the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers to shape and grow your business.

Join us for an overview of the newly-launched Symitri, the company that evolved from the DCN-owned private marketplace, TRUSTX. David Kohl, CEO of TRUSTX and Symitri, will share an overview of the new solution and the special member benefits for DCN members who participate in TRUSTX and opt into working with Symitri. Symitri is a new privacy-enhancing technology company that was created to meet a critical need of premium publishers—the ability to offer addressable advertising— while balancing audience accessibility with data protection.

This full-day event in Washington, DC will allow DCN members to meet key Members of Congress and staff who are discussing and developing high-profile policy solutions. From consumer privacy to tech competition to copyright and AI, DCN members will have an opportunity to speak with a collective voice about the importance of high-quality news and entertainment. DCN will organize and lead teams to meet with policymakers on Capitol Hill. At the end of the day, we will gather to network with colleagues, share what we learned and discuss next steps.

This half-day live event in NYC will bring together DCN members to discuss the most pressing issues impacting their tech and product teams: From data management to modern tech stacks, development strategies, UX, compliance, AI, accessibility and more – these closed-door, members-only discussions are the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

Sponsored by:

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Leveraging newsletters to maximize engagement and value of your subscriptions.

Sarah Ebner is an award-winning journalist who is currently executive editor and head of newsletters at the FT, which she joined in April 2021. She is an expert in newsletters and digital journalism and was the first ever head of newsletters at The Telegraph, where subscriptions from newsletters went up from 5,000 in 2018 to over 30,000 in 2020. Sarah is a former deputy editor of the Jewish Chronicle where she had special responsibility for digital and launched a new website in 2016. It garnered record traffic.

These virtual events will bring together DCN members to discuss the most pressing issues impacting their subscription strategy: From audience development, to interplay with advertising, to encouraging maximum engagement and more – these closed-door, members-only discussions are the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

If your company currently participates in DCN benchmark reports, you can access the Video on Demand by signing into the DCN member center (or create an account) using the link in the top right corner.

If you’d like to access the report, or if your company is currently not participating in DCN benchmark reports, and you are interested or have any questions, please contact [email protected].

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Join your fellow benchmark participants for a timely discussion and insights about market expectations through year-end. Here’s what we have planned:

• Insights from a leading industry analyst on business expectations through year-end;
• Trends from DCN’s latest Quarterly Revenue Report;
• NEW data from the second wave of DCN’s consumer subscription research, the Digital Media Subscription Tracking report; and
• Q&A and open discussion with members.

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DCN’s benchmark products include the Quarterly Revenue Report, Annual Benchmark Report, Quarterly Digital Media Subscription Tracking Report, and the Media Insights Exchange events. All products are exclusive to DCN members who participate and contribute data under NDA.

We’d love for others who will benefit from this event to join, so please share this invitation with your organization. We appreciate you and your team’s support of DCN’s benchmark products

If your company is currently not participating in DCN benchmark reports, and you are interested or have any questions, please contact [email protected].

The DCN Legal and Legislative Committee’s monthly virtual meetings summarize and comment on important policy, legal, and legislative news surrounding digital content.

Agenda: Update on Federal Privacy, Kids Safety and AI Legislative Efforts

This is a free event for DCN members.  The unique, members-only attendee list allows for open conversation, information sharing and networking .  Please feel free to share this invitation to colleagues within your organization.

DCN members can view the on-demand video by logging in or registering for the DCN website member center using the links in the top right corner of the site. Please note this account is separate from your event registration profile. If you have trouble, please contact us ([email protected].)

As the news industry navigates the digital landscape and transformation, understanding the core pillars driving subscription growth is paramount. Drawing inspiration from the intense competition witnessed in the Streaming Wars, we’ll delve into how News organizations can harness the successful strategies of streaming giants and also uncover how WSJ is leveraging these pillars to hypercharge subscription growth.

Reema Rao (VP of Marketing Strategy, The Wall Street Journal) is a seasoned marketing and media executive with 15+ years of expertise in consumer products, brand management and digital subscription services. Reema joined Dow Jones in 2023 to lead and operationalize strategic plans to drive The Wall Street Journal’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) digital subscription and revenue growth. She oversees cross-functional workstreams that execute end-to-end strategies across brand, acquisition, engagement and retention.

These virtual events will bring together DCN members to discuss the most pressing issues impacting their subscription strategy: From audience development, to interplay with advertising, to encouraging maximum engagement and more – these closed-door, members-only discussions are the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

DCN members can view the on-demand video by logging in or registering for the DCN website member center using the links in the top right corner of the site. Please note this account is separate from your event registration profile. If you have trouble, please contact us ([email protected].)

Emily Chang is a San Francisco-based host and executive producer at Bloomberg Media. As the anchor of “Bloomberg Technology” and producer of “The Circuit with Emily Chang”, she’s given us breaking news and exclusive access to the people changing our world.

Emily has interviewed some of the most prominent industry leaders including: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Disney CEO Bob Iger and more.

Emily is also the author of the national bestseller “Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley,” and has played herself in several cameos on HBO’s hit show “Silicon Valley.”

George Li is Video & Streaming Analytics Manager at Bloomberg Media. A media professional with over 10 years of extensive experience in Cross-platform Analytics, Data Mining, and Media Strategy, his career spans dynamic roles within leading media companies including BBC, Warner Bros. Discovery, ViacomCBS, and Bloomberg.

Since joining Bloomberg Media in 2022, George has played a pivotal role in transforming the video viewership reporting and analytics process of the company.

Serving as a strategic collaborator for various teams including video partnership, product, editorial, and marketing, George has contributed to the overall success of Bloomberg’s video business.

These virtual discussions bring together DCN members to discuss the most important issues impacting their streaming efforts, from the regulatory landscape to content discovery to data-driven personalization and more. Join your fellow DCN members to share experience and insights – your opportunity to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving industry.

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Jarred Wilichinsky is a senior vice president at CBS Interactive where he focuses on Global Advertising Operations. As an SVP, Jarred is responsible for maximizing the monetization of advertising inventory across Paramount while ensuring the best possible user experience. Jarred works closely with sales, yield, and distribution leadership to drive forward sales strategy, optimize inventory, and campaign execution. Jarred has been with Sportsline/ CBS Digital Media/ CBS Interactive/ ViacomCBS/ Paramount since 2004

These virtual discussions bring together DCN members to discuss the most important issues impacting their streaming efforts, from the regulatory landscape to content discovery to data-driven personalization and more. Join your fellow DCN members to share experience and insights – your opportunity to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving industry.

The DCN Legal and Legislative Committee’s monthly virtual meetings summarize and comment on important policy, legal, and legislative news surrounding digital content.

Agenda

Discussion re Prospects for Competition and Privacy Legislation with special guests: Phillip Berenbroick and Ben Hendricks, Counsel for Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

This is a free event for DCN members.  The unique, members-only attendee list allows for open conversation, information sharing and networking .  Please feel free to share this invitation to colleagues within your organization.

DCN members can view the on-demand video and download the presentation by logging in or registering for the DCN website member center using the links in the top right corner of the site. Please note this account is separate from your event registration profile. If you have trouble, please contact us ([email protected].)

In this session Maureen Hoch (VP, Digital Content – Harvard Business Publishing) will discuss how to create dynamic content guidelines on emerging technology like GenAI; how HBR is developing an AI assistant; and trends, use cases, and her thoughts on potential future disruption, including around search.

DCN members to discuss the emerging issues in AI impacting their business. These closed-door, members-only discussions are the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

DCN members can view the on-demand video and download the presentation by logging in or registering for the DCN website member center using the links in the top right corner of the site.  Please note this is separate from your event registration profile.

Jennifer Dorre, Hearst’s SVP, Ad Products & Data, spent 20 years on the demand side at Yahoo and Amazon. Hear her insights as she’s transitioned her demand side experience into supply side success at Hearst. Jennifer will cover advertiser insights, evolving attention metrics and her thoughts on deepening reader engagement.

These hot topic discussions will bring together DCN members to discuss the emerging issues impacting their tech and product teams including data management, modern tech stacks, compliance, AI, accessibility and more. These closed-door, members-only discussions are the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

DCN members can view the on-demand video and download the presentation by logging in or registering for the DCN website member center using the links in the top right corner of the site.  Please note this is separate from your event registration profile.

Liz Goulding is responsible for design, development and customer experience for The Economist‘s digital product portfolio. Liz will share details about The Economist’s recently launched Podcasts+ subscription product and early learnings about the balance between on and off platform content. She will discuss The Economist’s history (and future) with audio, and how AI tools will impact it.

These hot topic discussions will bring together DCN members to discuss the emerging issues impacting their tech and product teams including data management, modern tech stacks, compliance, AI, accessibility and more. These closed-door, members-only discussions are the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

The DCN Legal and Legislative Committee’s monthly virtual meetings summarize and comment on important policy, legal, and legislative news surrounding digital content.

Agenda – Legal and Regulatory Pressure on App Stores: The Current State of App Store Terms

This is a free event for DCN members.  The unique, members-only attendee list allows for open conversation, information sharing and networking .  Please feel free to share this invitation to colleagues within your organization.

DCN members can view the on-demand video and download the presentation by logging in or registering for the DCN website member center using the links in the top right corner of the site/. Please note this is separate from your event registration profile.

The proliferation of gen AI marks the biggest shift in technology for news publishing since the dawn of the internet. AI expert Traci Mabrey will discuss the opportunities and challenges for media organizations in this new era of AI and how publishers can safeguard their content from misuse. As an arbiter for publishers globally via Factiva (a business intelligence platform owned by Dow Jones), Traci has a unique perspective into the use of journalistic content in AI systems and the steps that news organizations can take to protect their hard-earned intellectual property.

DCN members to discuss the emerging issues in AI impacting their business. These closed-door, members-only discussions are the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

Agenda

• Review of Kids Online Safety Act

The DCN Legal and Legislative Committee’s monthly virtual meetings summarize and comment on important policy, legal, and legislative news surrounding digital content.

This is a free event for DCN members.  The unique, members-only attendee list allows for open conversation, information sharing and networking .  Please feel free to share this invitation to colleagues within your organization.

The DCN Next: Summit is an exclusive gathering of executives from Digital Content Next’s member companies and select invited guests. These leaders and innovators from the world’s most trusted, premium media companies come together to learn from each other and insight-packed speakers. No other media event offers this mix of high-level views on the issues that help to advance the future of media, coupled with a closed-door setting that guarantees candid, open discussion.

This unique event offers a day and a half of programming. Your ticket includes all meals during the event and a suite-style room at the charming Charleston Place Hotel in Charleston, SC.

DCN members can view the on-demand video and download the presentation by logging in or registering for the DCN website member center using the links in the top right corner of the site/. Please note this is separate from your event registration profile.

Looking for a place to start with Large Language Models (LLMs) that doesn’t feel like a gimmick? Making new products out of your unruly archives is a great way to understand the potential of this new technology. Dan Check, Slate’s CEO, will walk you through how Slate is making its archives more accessible by leveraging LLMs for summarization, bringing structure to unstructured content, and responding to user input. There will also be some discussion of issues that publishers must be sensitive to, both in development and deployment. Participants will leave with a basic toolset they can apply to their own data.

DCN members to discuss the emerging issues in AI impacting their business. These closed-door, members-only discussions are the best place to share insights with your senior executive peers that will shape and grow your business.

The on-demand video and report are only available to members participating in the Annual Benchmark and Quarterly Revenue Report.  If your company is currently not participating in DCN benchmark reports, and you are interested or have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Join your fellow benchmark participants for a timely discussion and insights about market expectations through year-end. Here’s what we have planned:

• Insights from the DCN Digital Subscription Tracking Study – Q4 2023 (login for download);
• A year in review and what’s next in digital subscriptions; and
• Q&A and open discussion with members.

Why you’ll want to attend this short, virtual event:

1. Identify market differentiation opportunities;
2. Navigate shifting subscription preferences amid rising consumer price sensitivity and AVOD/FAST trends; and
3. Recognize bundling strategies to drive subscription growth.

DCN’s benchmark products include the Quarterly Revenue Report, Annual Benchmark Report, Quarterly Digital Media Subscription Tracking Report, and the Media Insights Exchange events. All products are exclusive to DCN members who participate and contribute data under NDA.

We’d love for others who will benefit from this event to join, so please share this invitation with your organization. We appreciate you and your team’s support of DCN’s benchmark products.

Agenda

• Analysis and Discussion of Washington state health data privacy law.  Presented by Todd Daubert, Partner, Dentons.

The DCN Legal and Legislative Committee’s monthly virtual meetings summarize and comment on important policy, legal, and legislative news surrounding digital content.

This is a free event for DCN members.  The unique, members-only attendee list allows for open conversation, information sharing and networking .  Please feel free to share this invitation to colleagues within your organization.