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Acast: Partnership
Acast achieved strong profitable growth in Q1 2026 with 20% sales growth and first-ever profitable first quarter (SEK 4.7mn), demonstrating market traction and sustainability
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The leadership read
Alliances like this can broaden media commercial leadership bench strength.
Market context: the MitchelLake Talent Market Index reads 114.6 — Hot (+16.3 vs prior month); Americas signal share is steady (-1.3pts).
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Senior Product Manager
Yanka Industries Inc. (Masterclass)
Americas · Sport, Media & Entertainment · product · edtech
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The Athletic Media Company
Americas · Technology · data · media
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Tubi, Inc.
Americas · Sport, Media & Entertainment · product · streaming
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More signals across Media
Ma Activity · Americas
Shutterstock →The Shutterstock–Getty Images merger has cleared its regulatory path and is progressing toward completion.
Ma Activity · Oceania
Nine →Nine Entertainment divested its digital media investment Pedestrian.TV after $49M investment write-down. Asset transferred to Richard White's Vinyl for nominal consideration.
Leadership Change · EMEA
BBC →Matt Brittin, former Google executive, appointed as new Director General of BBC. In his first memo, he warned staff of 'tough choices are unavoidable' and is implementing cost-saving measures.
Geographic Expansion · Oceania
Substack →Substack is expanding focus in UK market with paid subscriptions to UK-based creators surpassing half a million. UK is now Substack's second-largest market after the US.
Partnership · Americas
Kin →Kin (co-founded by Kwame Taylor-Hayford) has secured ongoing partnership with Intuit to produce social content series 'Life-ing' for the financial software giant, launching in 2025. This represents new business win after previous Mailchimp partnership ended.