Defy Media was a YouTube giant, but its wintertime in digital media and the company's creditors got restless.

New York Media announced its first subscription product on Monday, which will cost $5 per month, though readers who sign up for a $70 annual subscription will get New York Magazine's print edition too.

For Digiday+ members: With its wealth of purchase data, Amazon has focused mostly on carving out a piece of direct response advertising. For now, that's overshadowing efforts it has made to attract brand advertising budgets, according to media buyers.

In Digiday's retail briefing: While Singles Day, may be in danger of hitting a plateau, it still provides some indications of how Alibaba is using it to grow adoption of its other products among brands.

Learn how Jen Kavanagh, svp of marketing and media for the Philadelphia Eagles, defines and measures success in today's experience economy next month at the Digiday Brand Summit in Palm Springs.  

 

'We wanted people to know we were big': How Defy Media went from YouTube heavyweight to abrupt shutdown

Sahil Patel

Defy Media was a YouTube giant, but it’s wintertime in digital media and the company’s creditors got restless.

From hard paywalls to meters to dynamic paywalls: Why New York Media is taking a flexible approach to subscriptions

Max Willens

Five months of development work and weeks of sales staff meetings went into the product, which New York expects to drive more than incremental revenue.

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For all its growth, Amazon has yet to make a dent into brand budgets

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Advertisers don't see Amazon as a brand ad buy.

Retail Briefing: What Singles Day says about Alibaba's expansion plans

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While Singles Day, may be in danger of hitting a plateau, it still provides some indications of how Alibaba is using it to grow adoption of its other products among brands.

The most important metric for publishers: Which sources generate the highest user value

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