Interviews With Digital Entrepreneurs Reveal Tips for Media Startups

Posted Thursday, March 29, 2018 12:30 pm

James Breiner | IJNET

Digiday has a weekly podcast about the business of digital media, and two recent interviews with founders of startups had nuggets of wisdom applicable to any media startup.

Digiday's editor-in-chief, Brian Morissey, interviewed The Business of Fashion's Imran Amed about its move to a subscription model, and the founders of TheSkimm, Carly Zakin and Michelle Weisberg, about how they used email to build a loyal community.

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