Media Is Arguing About What It’s For. The Answers Are All Over the Map.
From a former NBC News chief to a Danish documentary festival, the industry is renegotiating its purpose in real time.
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Inc. Is Hiring Two Editorial Roles and Independent Media Keeps Growing
Legacy business publishing and scrappy newsrooms are both staffing up, while AI content editing becomes a real career path.
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Your Agency Burned You Out. In-House Teams Are Betting You’ll Trade It for a Four-Day Week.
In-house creative teams are dangling compressed schedules to lure agency talent. Some offers are genuine. Some will evaporate the moment a project heats up. Here's how to tell the difference.
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Publishers Are Building Their Own Tech. Here’s Why It Matters.
The Spectator spent £1m to own its subscription stack. Málaga became a co-production hub. The smartest bets in media are happening outside the headlines.
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Remote Media Jobs Today: AI Editing, Crypto, and Direct Response Roles Hiring Now
The remote hiring pipeline keeps expanding, and today's standout roles reveal how AI workflows, niche expertise, and conversion skills are reshaping who gets hired.
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Why Publishers Are Spending to Own Their Subscription Tech (And Whether You Should)
The Spectator's proprietary build saves £500K a year. Here's the decision framework and team configuration you need to evaluate this move.
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When ‘Head of Social’ Really Means Game Designer: Today’s Most Interesting Media Jobs
The Job Title Says One Thing. The Role Says Something Else Entirely. Scan today's freshest listings on Mediabistro, and you'll notice something: the most compelling roles refuse to stay inside traditional category lines. A "Head…
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Who Gets the Money? Documentary Financing, Nonfiction Publishing, and Social Media Consolidation
Who gets the financing to make films? Whose books get commissioned? Which brands commit serious budgets to social strategy? The answers shape who builds careers in media and who doesn't. Adam McKay is attaching his…
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Subject-Matter Expertise Is the New Competitive Advantage
Generalists had a good run. For years, media hiring rewarded versatility above all else. Today's freshest postings tell a different story. Four of the most compelling roles on Mediabistro's job board right now require candidates…
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Who Gets In: Credentials, Creators, and the Shifting Gates of Media
The media industry runs on access. Access to opportunity, to audiences, to the institutions that grant legitimacy. Consider a handful of recent data points about who has it and who controls it. A British journalism…
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