By Stephanie Mehta March 11, 2024 Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up … Continue reading Exclusive: Consumers are putting themselves first, according to new research
By Chantel Tattoli November 08, 2023 Salon, the left-leaning news and opinion website, is being sold to a team of French entrepreneurs behind the two-year-old Malta-based media company, Find.co, sources involved in the deal tell Fast Company. Salon was founded and staffed in 1995 by former San Francisco Examiner journalists as one of the … Continue reading Online news pioneer ‘Salon’ is sold for an undisclosed sum
By Jessica Bursztynsky September 21, 2023 Expedia is leaning further into artificial intelligence with its suite of new products that CEO Peter Kern hopes will cement consumer loyalty to the travel giant’s brands. “Providing all these tools that are the new technology can allow for what we think creates the best product experience, and that’s … Continue reading Expedia’s Project Explorer uses AI to curate trips based on budget and time of year
By Stephanie Mehta July 05, 2023 MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen became a central figure in the debate over executive compensation when a clip of her telling employees to “leave pity city” went viral in April. The 90-second segment, which came at the conclusion of a 75-minute March town hall, shows Owen responding to a … Continue reading Exclusive: MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen talks RTO and what she learned from that infamous town hall
By Elizabeth Segran June 19, 2023 A decade ago, Aurora James, founder of the luxury shoe label Brother Vellies, was eager to grow her nascent business. She needed a cash infusion to expand production and create a more robust website. But as a Black woman, it wasn’t easy to secure funds. James wasn’t … Continue reading Fifteen Percent Pledge founder launches a fund for Black founders
Taboola will be the exclusive ad provider for Yahoo. The two companies will split ad revenues.. Constantine von Hoffman on November 28, 2022 Content publisher Yahoo announced today it is buying nearly 25% of content recommender Taboola as part of a 30-year exclusive advertising agreement. What Taboola gets. Taboola — which The Wall Street Journal … Continue reading Yahoo and Taboola sign “30-year” exclusive ad agreement
By Michael Grothaus October 17, 2022 A new “Future of Creativity” study from Adobe shows that gender and ethnicity disparities continue to persist in the creative economy when it comes to “non-professional” creatives. Just what is a non-professional creative? It’s someone who produces content but does not consider it their primary job. … Continue reading Exclusive: BIPOC and women ‘non-professional’ creators earn up to 23% less in the creative economy
The company announced original content deals with several news and entertainment organizations, including Univision, Wall Street Journal, Live Nation and MTV. Amy Gesenhues on April 30, 2019 Twitter announced multiple video content partnerships with a variety of news and entertainment outlets on Monday during its Digital NewFronts event. The list includes deals that will bring … Continue reading Twitter puts focus on exclusive media partnerships to attract video advertisers
Wondering if you should advertise on Facebook and Instagram this holiday season? Survey says – yes! Here’s a sneak peek at how 260 business owners plan to attract shoppers this holiday season. Brian Handly on September 13, 2018 With consumer confidence at an all-time high, we should all expect increased ad spend with new … Continue reading Exclusive: Survey shows social media poised to capture holiday ad spend
Researchers were able to infer attributes of individuals using the tools. Ginny Marvin on March 23, 2018 Exclusive: Facebook said Friday that it will stop showing audience reach estimates in any campaign using Custom Audience targeting. The move comes after a research team from Northeastern University notified the company through Facebook’s Bug Bounty program … Continue reading Facebook will no longer show audience reach estimates for Custom Audiences after vulnerability detected
