5 Takeaways from The Times’ Acquisition of The Athletic

“Over the last 18 months, it’s been a great time to be a seller of two things: companies and talent“ by Mark Stenberg (AdAge) / Thursday, January 6, 2022 After more than nine months of shopping, The Athletic has secured a buyer for its subscription-based sports media operation, agreeing to an acquisition by The New York […]

Vox Media Buys Group Nine: What The Consolidation Trend Means For The Digital Media Marketplace

“The ability to understand context is what you get out of that type of scale…” by Anthony Vargas (AdExchanger) / Wednesday, December 15th, 2021 Another mega merger has shaken up the digital media landscape. One day after reports that Vox Media was looking to acquire Group Nine Media, the two companies made their deal official. Vox Media […]

‘Breadth and depth’: Observers see more pluses than minuses in Vox Media, Group Nine merger

“To move the needle for major marketers, you need both breadth and depth…” by Max Willens (Digiday) – December 15, 2021 When venture capital dollars were flowing freely into digital media startups many years ago, audience scale was the north star.  Today, with venture capital long gone, private equity lurking and an industry-level pivot to […]