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Reggie Renner Bet the Internet Could Tell Him What It Wanted
A cold email to Mark Cuban opened the door. A recommendation engine supplied the evidence. Reggie Renner used both to build an Indiana media company that now measures attention across 33 brands without pretending a spreadsheet can write the story.
Stephanie Fried Spent 20 Years Studying Attention. Now She Has to Earn Trust.
The marketer who learned to read audiences at NBCUniversal, Vevo, Discovery, Condé Nast and Fandom has taken on a trickier subject: what makes people feel safe online.
Jasmyn Rowley Turned Local Attention Into a Habit of Giving
At Village Media, Jasmyn Rowley has spent more than a decade proving that audience growth and community care can reinforce each other - one newsletter signup, one local partnership and one well-timed surprise at a time.
Paul Slavin
Paul Slavin is the CEO of Skillshare, the New York online-learning marketplace, a role he stepped into in August 2025. He arrived by an unusual route: 33 years at ABC News, where he ran worldwide newsgathering, executive-produced World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and collected a dozen Emmys and a Peabody before pivoting fully into digital. He went on to lead web video at Everyday Health, run the digital book publisher Open Road Integrated Media to profitability, advise on media M&A at Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips, and now steers a 30,000-class platform for creative learners and teachers worldwide.