Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips on life after Google

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Sherry Phillips discusses the changes at Forbes in response to shifts in how Google directs traffic to publishers.

Press Gazette UK editor Charlotte Tobitt speaks to Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips about how the US business brand has changed tack in response to massive changes in the way Google refers traffic to publishers. She said: "I think a lot of publishers were in the same spot, or still are in the same spot. And so for us, it's getting back to those core communities and those businesses and our editorial journalism that we take pride in and protect. And so how do we look at that in new revenue models? "And as the business evolves, as the digital ecosystem changes, there were certain parts of the company that were fully just servicing that digital ecosystem, which is now evaporating quite quickly." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Charlotte Tobitt

Guest: Sherry Phillips

Topics covered

• media industry
• digital ecosystem
• revenue models
• publishing
• editorial journalism

Keywords

• Forbes
• Sherry Phillips
• Google
• publishing
• revenue models
• digital ecosystem
• editorial journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Forbes, Google, Press Gazette

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