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A Media Operator / Jacob Donnelly / Oct 18, 2019
“Unlike over the past few years where media companies were looking at growth at all cost — buying revenue in many respects — the name of the game is now profitability and cash flow…It’s one thing to chase scale for scale’s sake, but it’s entirely different to run a business. Running a business means having profit. Media companies that are spending venture do not operate the same way that people that spend profits do.”
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