“One of the downsides of a YouTube influencer's quick rise to fame is a sudden need for increased personal security.”— Amanda Perelli, businessinsider.com
“This week, the digital lifestyle publisher plans to announce the launch of Glow, a type of marketplace for fitness goods and classes offered by fitness influencers and by PopSugar itself.”— Max Willens, digiday.com
“This is not feminism. This is corporate media doing what corporate media has always done and trying to fool you into thinking there’s some cooler, nobler angle. Spoiler: There isn’t.”— Bitch Media, bitchmedia.org
“The real scandal of Tumblr isn’t that it’s now worth a fraction of its former selling price. The scandal is that Tumblr was ever valued so highly at all.”— Christopher Mims, wsj.com
“The content is made by Butter Works, an “outsourced video department” that handles everything from production services to video strategy for publishers and brands.”— Max Willens, digiday.com
“Live events offer podcasts the opportunity to monetize outside of audio ad revenue, which is growing but still pretty small compared to radio ad revenue.”— Sara Fischer, axios.com
“Another move in this vein, the people say: Instagram and WhatsApp employees will soon have to use @fb.com email addresses”— Bloomberg, bloombergquint.com
“Verizon is set to sell the social network Tumblr to Automattic Inc, the owner of online publishing tool Wordpress.”— Axios, axios.com
“Five years ago, the idea that Instagram could be your job was unheard of. Now, it’s becoming increasingly common.”— James Wellemeyer, marketwatch.com
“Vingan Klein will report to Emma Rosenblum, who is the EIC of the company’s new lifestyle group. The group includes the brands Bustle, The Zoe Report, Elite Daily and Romper.”— Melynda Fuller, mediapost.com
“Most like-sellers promote two distinct products: one-time purchases, usually starting from around 99 cents per 100 likes, and expansive monthly packages that promise likes, followers and story views with customized delivery and automatic renewal.”— Ethan Craft, adage.com
“We have been somewhat immune to some of the critiques about native and performance: We have been able to connect branded content to some outcome, whether it’s driving sales or sign-ups, and have been singularly focused on being the bridge builder between inspiration and action. That’s how we structu…”— Geoff Schiller, adexchanger.com
“What is unique is the current environment. Every company that wants to reach consumers needs advertising, and most brands rely on it one way or another, but the ecosystem is broken. Our advantage is that we know how and why.”— Joe Marchese, adexchanger.com
“It was distressing and it was admirable—journalism is often inaccessible to young people and those lacking privilege; I loved its irreverence, a punch up at the institutions that often guard said privilege—and at times misguided, as though the lesson to be learned from the Aziz story was the conserv…”— Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, jezebel.com
“As the only woman on the previous revenue leadership team, I started to wonder if women were being considered for leadership roles.”— Laura Wagner, deadspin.com
“This isn’t the first time Spanfeller has been accused of micromanaging.”— Laura Wagner, deadspin.com
“t Playboy’s height of influence in the 1960s and early 1970s, it was what we might consider the 1960s version of ‘woke.”— Carrie Pitzulo, msn.com
“When I think about things that grow that wildly and that successfully, I don’t think of a media company ― I think of cancer.”— Esther Bergdahl, huffpost.com
“We’re not necessarily sick of listening to interesting programs; but we’re definitely tired of hearing from every friend, relative and co-worker who thinks they’re just an iPhone recording away from creating the next 'Serial.'”— Jennifer Miller, nytimes.com