Miles Jennings is CEO of Mediabistro and its parent CognoGroup. He previously founded and led Recruiter.com through its NASDAQ listing, executing more than 10 acquisitions over nearly a decade as CEO and COO.
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Menaka Gopinath on engagement as the universal problem, paywall decisions at a global membership org, the return of live events, and where the C-suite is getting AI wrong.
Menaka Gopinath has spent her career on the audience side of the table. She came up running publicity for music acts in the late 1990s, freelanced for Flavorpill for a decade, and co-produced an ongoing…
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Kirsten Atkinson has spent more than 25 years in media, advertising, and marketing, but her title at Complex barely hints at the scope of what that job actually involves. As SVP of Brand Partnerships and…
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In March 2016, Emily Bell wrote what turned out to be a call to action. "Facebook is eating the world," she declared in the Columbia Journalism Review, and she meant it structurally, not metaphorically. News…
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A designer with eight years of experience and award-level work for a major automotive brand has almost nothing to show on the major portfolio sites. Every significant project is under NDA. The shareable work gets…
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Amanda Bray's career reads a little like a map of everything the media industry has been through in the last two decades. She started at a college newspaper, moved into book publishing, then spent years…
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There are plenty of downsides to reviving an older brand. When I talk to people on the phone, the questions are different than you'd get for a startup. They're not "so, what is Mediabistro?" or…
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Monica Elias has spent nearly three decades operating in that space where broadcast journalism and brand strategy collide. It's where a lot of the employment opportunities seem to be heading, so we thought MB readers…
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A creator with 34,000 LinkedIn followers generated over 100 million impressions in 2025. The average media company page, backed by a full newsroom, didn't come close. The gap isn't about resources or content quality. It's…
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The third round of client feedback just landed in your inbox. The creative director is frustrated. The account manager is scanning the statement of work, trying to figure out if this round is included in…
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You've read the headlines. Condé Nast cutting staff. Sports Illustrated gutted (but now, potentially recovering?). Local newspapers folding across the country. If you're a writer, editor, or content professional navigating a tough market, it's easy…
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