Dec 8, 2025
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When the media holding company Woven Digital purchased BroBible in 2012, the idea was that the guy-focused publisher would benefit from all the business synergies that come from being part of a larger media network. Instead, BroBible was neglected and undermonetized. So...
Aug 27, 2025
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When Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter launched the Design Better podcast, they did it on behalf of InVision, a tech platform used by designers and other creatives. Aaron was the head of content at the company, and the goal of the podcast was to educate the designer...
Apr 9, 2025
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Earlier this year, China crossed a major milestone when BYD, an electric car company based in its Shaanxi province, surpassed Tesla in total sales. What’s more, most experts believe the country is only at the beginning of its EV dominance. In a recent Washington Post...
Apr 1, 2025
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They walk among us, almost completely undetected. If you notice them at all, it’s because they’re pulling a discreet tin out of their pockets so they can replace the small, white pouch hidden above or beneath their molars.
Yes, I’m talking about Zyn...
Feb 26, 2025
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When JJ Hornblass got his first journalism job in the 1990s, his dad made a deal with him: he could spend a few years as a reporter, but he had to eventually make his way over to the revenue side of the media business. It only took JJ a few years to follow through on...