How Media Companies Are Deciding Employee Policies in the Age of Coronavirus

As media companies continue to navigate these uncharted waters, leadership needs to, well, lead. Vox Media’s 10-person leadership team, made up of the company’s C-suite and a couple other high-ranking execs, can make decisions pretty quickly, said a person close to this group. Sometimes in seconds. Read on to see not only which but how decisions Vox and SHE Media are making in this new normal.

In the past week, as the coronavirus pandemic has enveloped the globe—with governments shutting down nearly every facet of society to control the outbreak—Reddit says it has seen a “surge” in traffic, not a 20% year-to-date increase in Reddit’s chat platform among other data points.

GEMG didn’t have plans to sell until it was approached by Growth Catalyst Partners, according to Tim Hartman, GEMG's CEO, in an interview with Adweek. “As we worked with sharing our strategy, it really aligns just perfectly,” Hartman said.

“We are disappointed that bad actors are attempting to artificially raise prices on basic need products during a global health crisis and, in line with our long-standing policy, have recently blocked or removed hundreds of thousands of offers,” an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement. “We continue to actively monitor our store and remove offers that violate our policies.”

The $400 million in cash deal will give Fox, which owns the Fox broadcast and sports networks along with Fox News and its affiliated properties, a leg up in the ad-supported video-on-demand space, which could serve as a possible growth engine for the broadcaster as audiences move away from linear television.

As more people are choosing to stay home and practice social distancing, many are gravitating toward virus-related streaming content.

The 1995 film Outbreak, for example, has been one of Netflix’s top 10 most popular movies in the U.S. since March 10.