Media's next chapter

We are focused on the next phase of the media industry. I lived through the past traffic era. That’s over, and it’s not coming back. Media has never been more valuable, only the distribution and monetization mechanisms are largely broken. We are focused on what’s working in building the new models. Media’s next chapter starts with an audience focus.

We will have the right people in the room. We have executives from just about every major publisher coming, as well as many up-and-coming and independent publishers. This is a high level group field with C-level executives. See a sample list here.

We will get the big picture and the specifics. On the main stage, I’m leading conversations with top executives like The Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson, USA Today Co CEO Mike Reed, People Inc chief innovation officer Jon Roberts and The Associated Press CRO Kristin Heitman. In our salons, we have conversational case studies on topics like AI licensing and tooling, audience development and new revenue operations, led by executives from The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast and Morning Brew.

We structured the day around participation. I’m a believer that the best events move people from attendees to participants. The salons are designed to foster meaningful and valuable conversation.

We built the day around conversation and connection. Ross Douthat had a great conversation with Ezra Klein where he noted that conversation is more important than ever in a time of great change. That shoe fits the media industry. The Rebooting is built around conversation, and I’m eager to have them not just on stage but throughout the event. We have ample time for connection throughout the day, and after the event at the Media People Mixer presented by Raptive.