On this week’s edition of LightShed Live, we were joined by Jay Marine, Amazon’s Head of Prime Video U.S., Global Sports & Advertising, to dig into how Prime Video is becoming an entertainment, sports and advertising powerhouse. We talked about the importance of Prime Video to an Amazon Prime subscription, how Amazon’s success in sports…
On last week’s edition of LightShed Live, we were joined by Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone and COO Matt Sanchez to discuss how a thirty-year-old internet pioneer has reemerged as one of the most exciting digital content and advertising growth stories. Our conversation explored how Yahoo is addressing outdated misperceptions about its brand, the strength of…
On last week’s edition of LightShed Live, we were joined by Michael Kassan, Founder and CEO of 3C Ventures, to discuss the rapidly evolving advertising landscape coming out of the recent TV Upfronts and heading into Cannes Lions 2025. Our conversation explored the surprisingly positive tone across the industry, the growing importance of AI across the…
On Monday’s edition of LightShed Live, we were joined by Rob Manfred, MLB Commissioner, to discuss the state of Major League Baseball. Our conversation explored MLB’s active search for a new partner on ESPN’s existing rights deal, why MLB soured on ESPN, MLB’s vision for their 2028 rights renewals, why reach is more important for…
In the latest edition of LightShed Live, we spoke with Brightspeed CEO Tom Maguire and President of Consumer & Small Business Courtland Madock about the company’s strategic priorities and operational execution. Formed through Apollo’s 2022 acquisition of Lumen’s Midwest assets, Brightspeed is shifting from a copper ILEC to a fiber provider. It has already passed…
On Wednesday’s edition of LightShed Live, we were joined by Dmitry Shevelenko, Chief Business Officer at Perplexity to discuss the impact of DeepSeek AI, the sudden rise of Agentic AI and Perplexity’s recent new product launches. Our DeepSeek conversation explored DeepSeek winners and losers including key players such as Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, why public…
On this edition of LightShed Live, we were joined by Marc Hustvedt, President of MrBeast YouTube. We discussed the current state of the creator economy, how James Stephen “Jimmy” Donaldson (aka MrBeast) became the most viewed YouTube creator in the US, what makes successful content on YouTube, balancing science and art when creating content, how short-form video…
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