After a year of post-pandemic optimism, everyone’s starting to feel pessimistic about media businesses again. — Editor’s note: Hi there Medium readers! I’m Simon Owens and I’m a journalist who writes about the media industry and Creator Economy. Below is my weekly roundup of links to industry news. Enjoy! Is the media industry entering yet another downturn? [The Rebooting] After a year of post-pandemic optimism, everyone’s starting to feel pessimistic about media businesses again.

Editor’s note: Hi there Medium readers! I’m Simon Owens and I’m a journalist who writes about the media industry and Creator Economy. Below is my weekly roundup of links to industry news. Enjoy! CNN’s team projected that it would reach 30 million paying subscribers for CNN+ [Axios] That’s three times the current subscriber base for The New York Times. Yeah right! How a former Cosmo editor built Australia’s largest women-focused media company [Simon Owens]

Editor’s note: Hi there Medium readers! I’m Simon Owens and I’m a journalist who writes about the media industry and Creator Economy. Below is my weekly roundup of links to industry news. Enjoy! Rolling Stone is at its most profitable in two decades. [Axios] It’s been interesting to watch Rolling…

Just because a media company contracts work from a freelancer, does that mean it therefore owns all the IP associated with that work? Editor’s note: Hi there Medium readers! I’m Simon Owens and I’m a journalist who writes about the media industry and Creator Economy. Below is my weekly roundup…

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