With product, design and technology under her oversight, Levien was the natural choice to inherit the CEO mantle.
At 49, Levien is the youngest person to reach the New York Times' CEO job, and her rise at the paper has been astonishingly swift. In 2013, she was hired away from Forbes and by 2015, she had been promoted to chief revenue officer followed by chief operating officer in 2017. “I don’t know when she sleeps. She must, but it’s a mystery to everyone,” said Mike Perlis, her former boss at Forbes. Read more about the new chief executive below. With product, design and technology under her oversight, Meredith Kopit Levien was the natural choice to inherit the CEO mantle. For Digiday+ members, Amazon's IMDb TV plans to add a more TV-like viewing experience, while Pluto TV's latest update plays up its TV programming. This week, Google has ramped up its lobbying efforts in Australia after the competition regulator there issued a draft bill that proposes forcing tech giants to pay publishers for their news content. Here's what global publishers need to know. While brands were skittish to buy at first, Condé Nast is using its first-ever Virtual Events Upfront to get them on board to sponsor its 200 virtual events scheduled through the end of the year. The Democratic and Republican party conventions can be the Super Bowl for news publishers. The move to virtual conventions has made 2020 very different. Other things to know about ICYMI: On a recent episode of The New Normal, Jill Manoff, editor-in-chief of Glossy -- a Digiday Media brand -- discussed how high-end fashion is finally joining the shift to digital, including how Instagram has positioned itself as the next generation department store. Watch the on-demand recording and view a breakdown of the key takeaways here. Minimizing churn and keeping subscribers close is the key to stabilizing and returning to growth for publishers in uncertain times. Join this virtual event to learn how leveraging data and creative pricing can help retain valuable audiences on any site. Sponsored by Recurly. | |
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