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How Bleacher Report Focuses on ‘Authenticity and Speed’ to Super-Serve Young Sports Fans
5 Questions: “Audiences expect to participate in the conversation,” says chief content officer Sam Toles says
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Video Publishers Sour on Facebook Watch: New Content ‘Mathematically Is Not Justifiable’
The video platform continues to be a hit or miss for publishers looking to drive revenue
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Pocket.watch CEO Chris Williams on Key Trends Shaping the Future of Media (All Things Video Podcast)
“I look at Netflix as basic cable for the world,” Williams explains. “They are literally basic cable, so everybody is going to have Netflix, and then it’s about what else”
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How Ad-Supported Streamer Xumo Aims to Quadruple Time Spent on the Platform This Year
“Our goals are aggressive,” Xumo SVP of Marketing and Content Operations Fern Feistel says
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FuboTV to Launch Free Ad-Supported Streaming Channel This Year – and Original Content (Exclusive)
The subscription streamer is also in the early stages of putting together an original content team
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How to Advocate for Equal Pay: ‘Stand in Your Success’ (All Things Video Podcast)
“If you don’t feel like you’re doing a great job, then other people may begin to question your competency as well,” ZeroGap founder Jacqueline Twillie says
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Is Facebook’s New Privacy Bet a ‘Masterstroke’ by Mark Zuckerberg?
“Everything Facebook is doing as a company should be interpreted in the context of its own survival and self-interest,” one expert tells TheWrap
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Why Condé Nast Entertainment Is Doubling Down on Longer-Form Digital Content
5 Questions: “What the data has told us is audiences are watching more and more of our content in longer and longer episodes,” Condé Nast Entertainment president Oren Katzeff says
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How ABC News Is Dominating in Livestream Video – and Eliminating the Need for Second Screens
“When viewers watch live, they’re watching eight times longer than they do VOD on the Facebook platform,” ABC News’ SVP of content and partnerships Colby Smith says
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Inside Newsy’s Plan to Use Live Video – With a Focus on the Midwest, Not the Coasts
After more than doubling revenue in 2018, the company looks to live video to build its operations
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Why the Hollywood Studio Model Is Outdated in the Current ‘Arms Race for Talent’ (All Things Video Podcast)
“I had too many really good projects die because I was forced to hire who was hot, not who was right for it,” former Paramount exec James DeJulio says
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Next 10 Ventures’ Ben Grubbs on Why Digital-First Content Is King (All Things Video Podcast)
“Digital is absolute. It’s not a panel, which is what you get from TV,” Founder Ben Grubbs says.
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How Jake Paul Became the ‘First Postmodern YouTuber’ (Hint: Social Media Lacks Any Oversight)
All Things Video Podcast: “He’s very transparent about the fact that this is all done to game the algorithm and make a business out of it,” journalist Chris Stokel-Walker says
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Inside ABC News’ Live OTT Strategy: ‘I Don’t Frankly Care If Anyone Over 40 Watches’
Reaching more than 5 million monthly viewers in less than a year, ABC News Live seeks to reinvent the way news is delivered
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Newsy’s Ahmed Al-Kalby on Why OTT Data Can Be a Double-Edged Sword
“The numbers can also overstate successes — as well as problems,” he says
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