Scouting Report: Buy-side pros evaluate TheMaven as it aims to make $160m this year

The owners of this network of sites, ranging from Hubpages to Sports Illustrated, plan to deliver nine figures of revenue this year. Digiday asked three media executives about the publisher's prospects in 2020.

The Rundown: Seeds of discontent in the workplace

For years, these issues -- entitled and flaky employees, infantilized work cultures (thanks Google), constant pestering for unearned promotions -- were best filed under “WTF millennial.” Now, however, it’s clear that the changed nature of work and the office is more than yet another skirmish in the rolling generational wars. For starters, millennials aren’t new to the workforce, they’re your boss.

To win in a shifting market, the streaming industry is bundling up

Media companies, platform providers and advertisers are playing the aggregation game while waiting for the streaming wars to play out.

The Rundown: Video metrics will never be totally reliable

Until the ad tech industry standardizes video metrics and requires more transparency overall, people will never totally trust the numbers garnered from any source, first party or not. But after witnessing the fallout from Facebook's faulty video metrics, marketers are a lot more prepared and smarter about how to handle things.

Digiday Research: 78% of publishers offer paid maternity leave

About 78% of the publishers polled by Digiday said they now provide paid maternity leave. But when it comes to paternity leave, many publishing organizations don't seem to be as generous. Only 57% of the respondents in a fresh survey said their company grants new fathers paid leave.

Pitch deck: An inside peek at how Hulu is selling its pause ads

Hulu is allowing just four advertisers to run pause ads each month, which helps to explain why this new type of inventory is selling out several months in advance.

The ROI of snacks: How companies track the impact of free food in the office

Free food, snacks and beverages are now a staple at many media and marketing-related companies. But for companies picking up the tab for such perks, justifying the expense is more of an art than a science.

The Rundown: In the media unionization wave, the stakes are rising

Fighting over pay increases is one thing. The next phase of conflict between management and labor in media is about who is in charge.