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Don’t own an airport? Build one yourself, then create a real estate empire around it. Oh and run a media company as well. Meet the high flying COO. Amelia Earhart changed the aviation story back in 1927. Flying Magazine picked up the narrative and, still going strong, was acquired by the Flying Media Group in 2021. But what happens when you need a media HQ that reflects your values and can’t find...

How can you know if you’re getting a fair price for your company? You start your own media business and make it your job to find out. Alexis Grant began building They Got Acquired after going through two acquisitions. The lack of information out there, meant she had little idea if the deals were fair or even how the process worked. Adam and Alexis dive into why so few founders plan ahead to sell t...

Brian Morrissey is exactly the guest you’d want as a season opener, with the kind of media knowledge you’d pay to hear. As a reporter he didn’t take much notice of the kind of people who wrote emails and sold ads, until he became the kind of person who wrote emails and sold ads. Now editor and founder of The Rebooting, a weekly newsletter on how media operators can build sustainable businesses, Br...

Media operators know the challenge of executing in a competitive market. It’s tough getting ahead, and it’s even tougher staying ahead in a constantly moving industry. A well-timed prediction can help you smoothly navigate what’s coming around the corner. And that’s what we are lasering in on with season 2 of Media Moves. I’m Adam Ryan, Co-Founder and CEO of Workweek. On this show we’re zooming in...

Boostrapping a media business is hard. Being the de facto leader in your category of coverage while being bootstrapped? Near impossible.  But for Jason Yanowtiz, Co-Founder and CEO of Blockworks, impossible was never on the agenda. Adam and Jason discuss how to grow a financial media brand from an idea into a business, doubling year on year. They’ll zoom in on why Blockworks throws the kinds of e...

The one where Adam goes head-to-head with Nathan Baschez on subscriptions. This is one episode you won’t want to miss. Every is a bundle of business-focused newsletters, accessed through a subscription service. With 40,000 readers already signed up, Every offers insights, news and opinion from creators at the top of their game. Alternate perspectives make the world whole and in today’s special ep...

Bennett Richardson takes a unique approach to media marketing. Discover how his fascinating background is helping set Protocol’s agenda for success. Through his roles as Founder and CMO of dating app Hinge to Executive Director at Politico, there’s a thread that runs through Bennett’s media playbook: Relationship. Having spent time “on the other side of the desk” in marketing and sales, Bennett be...

How do you grow a huge online community, write a high signal 10,000-word essay every week, and keep up with the latest tech trends? Ask Mario Gabriele, he’s doing it all. In the fast moving media landscape, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. Mario is an expert at creating community and has become an incredible thought leader through his company, The Generalist. Adam dives into conversation wit...

Sean Griffey is a rare commodity. Not only is he a legend in the media operating space, he’s also the man to go to for insightful commentary on where media is heading. There aren’t many media operators who can say they’ve bootstrapped a business to more than $100m in annual revenue but if anyone was going to, it was Sean. Adam zooms in on Sean’s B2B company, Industry Dive, helping decision-makers...

Why Media Moves? Because the landscape is constantly shifting and evolving. In that kind of environment, hearing Jacob Donnelly’s highly actionable insights is vital. More than 3 million people start their day with Morning Brew and as the B2B GM, Jacob is always ahead of the curve. As a Founder and former MD at CoinDesk he lives and breathes all things media. Adam and Jacob discuss underutilized t...

Everyone has an opinion about Web3. But not everyone happens to be a media company building in Web3. That’s where Dirt comes in and more specifically, Daisy Alioto. For such a vast topic, actual media operators in the Web3 space are relatively thin on the ground. Getting first-hand experience, accurate data on the impact of this technology and what it means for the media industry is a rare find. T...

She’s an author, CEO and Founder, and she’s crazy gifted at storytelling. She’s Sherrell Dorsey, the talent behind The Plug, a digital news platform reporting on the Black innovation economy. Media companies are built on storytelling, yet very often there’s a disconnect and brands get it horribly wrong. But not Sherrell. This is her superpower and one she’s monetized through her subscription-only...

The world of Media is moving faster and faster. When executives have more to process than ever before, how do you stay ahead of what’s coming around the corner? I’m Adam Ryan, Co-Founder and CEO of Workweek. And as a media executive I know how hard it can be to keep up with our perpetually changing industry. That’s why I started Media Moves: To deliver the latest news, moves and predictions media...