UK December 15

With venture capital long gone, private equity lurking and an industry-level pivot to privacy underway, scale is back en vogue. Consequently, media insiders see a lot to like in Monday night’s news that Vox Media will merge with Group Nine Media in an all-stock transaction. Read more below.

• Observers see more pluses than minuses in Vox Media, Group Nine merger.
• The Digiday+ Future of TV Briefing this week looks at how TV and digital video producers have settled into a new normal in 2021.
• Why a leading esports organization is inviting its players to become investors.
• As the marketing and advertising industry thinks about the future of work, agency holding company Publicis is looking to make the future workplace a more gender-inclusive one.