Digiday Magazine Issue 13

DTC Era

DTC gold rush leads to the rise of holding companies

‘Companies get addicted to the notion of subscriptions’: Dollar Shave Club CEO Michael Dubin

In streaming video, direct-to-consumer is a lie

marketing

‘We’ve taken more control’: Heineken’s media chief on building capabilities across all its businesses

Marketing on Platforms

S4 Capital’s Martin Sorrell: ‘Direct-to-consumer is a symptom of the disease’

Why Fernando Machado is the most-loved CMO in advertising

media transparency

‘We’re a brand-safety haven’: Hearst UK chief wants to win the brand safety war

Retail Revolution

How companies like Stitch Fix, Rent the Runway and Jetblack are changing the way retailers work with brands

As fast fashion falls out of style, H&M looks to reinvent itself as a champion for the environment

‘The long game’: Wayfair tries to find a retail lane in the Amazon age

The end of DTC: Digitally native brands are acting like normal brands

Publishing in the Platform Era

‘Breakfast is a scam’: A day in the life of Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy

Beast Mode: Daily Beast CEO Heather Dietrick explores the power of the news publisher’s brand

Transparency

‘Comcast made it clear we would run ourselves independently’: Sky’s Debbie Klein on life after the Comcast acquisition

Video Anywhere

The TV revolutionaries: 15 people remaking the television industry

Digiday+

‘It’s just not what people go to Facebook for’: Despite struggles, Facebook isn’t giving up on Watch

Avon calling: The storied marketer looks to reinvent itself through a digital lens

The deconstruction of the MCN: As YouTube matures, middlemen lose ground

Former Amazon sales exec Jeremi Gorman is bringing new energy to Snapchat

‘Do brands ever check on the welfare of influencers?’: YouTube stars confront mental health issues

Why a large-scale bundle could be the only hope for the subscription efforts of mid-tier publishers

‘The middle is going to struggle’: In TV and entertainment’s race to the top, some get left behind

The brand builder: How David Jones became a reformed agency exec

Digiday magazine’s latest issue looks at the shifting role of intermediaries in digital media

Why it’s not all doom and gloom in digital media

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Digiday Magazine Issue 13

Our first issue of the year focuses on the shifting role of intermediaries. If there’s one rule of the modernization of media and marketing, it’s that the role of intermediaries is changing, in some cases becoming all-encompassing and in others (agencies) waning.

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Digiday Magazine Issue 13

Our first issue of the year focuses on the shifting role of intermediaries. If there’s one rule of the modernization of media and marketing, it’s that the role of intermediaries is changing, in some cases becoming all-encompassing and in others (agencies) waning.

Digiday+ Magazine

Digiday Magazine Issue 13

Our first issue of the year focuses on the shifting role of intermediaries. If there’s one rule of the modernization of media and marketing, it’s that the role of intermediaries is changing, in some cases becoming all-encompassing and in others (agencies) waning.