Sam Reich: College Humor’s head of video shares his big break

College Humor's head of video, Sam Reich, dropped out of high school, and was fired as a waiter at the age of 16. Now, he spends his days creating original video for College Humor, and crafting content for different platforms, which he says is key to making successful video.

Vox Pop: Vox Media chairman and CEO Jim Bankoff on platforms and ad blocking

Jim Bankoff doesn't care where you read Vox Media's stories, as long as you read them.

Day in the Life: Walk a mile in Shingy’s shoes

David Shing flies around the world on behalf of AOL to translate internet trends for brands and agencies. He walks us through a recent typical day.

The Snapchat effect: Fashion designers are making ephemeral fab

The ephemeral photo-sharing app has become the next frontier for fashion designers as they seek to reach consumers with behind-the-scenes looks at products — and their own personal lives.

Shine’s Roi Carthy: The most hated man in publishing

Ad blocking is a royal pain for publishers, but no company rankles them more than Shine, with its military metaphor-loving frontman.

The programmatic manifesto

Programmatic is firmly in the trough of disappointment, beset by problems of fraud, bots, viewability and ad blocking. But it's also the future. Fixing programmatic will entail transparency, quality over quantity, client control -- and treating people like humans, not "users."

Editor’s note: Rise of the machines

Programmatic is the theme of this issue of Pulse, Digiday's new quarterly print magazine. You’ll find pieces about brands taking programmatic in-house, a look at how agencies are scrambling for ad tech talent, and a look inside Mitch Oscar’s “programmatic cabal.

Asics offers NYC marathoners 3D statues of themselves

Marathon running is hard. And in America, when you do something hard you get a trophy. In that spirit, Asics is 3D printing 550 mini-statues of actual runners competing in this year's TCS NYC Marathon as a way to commemorate their efforts.