In last night's edition of On Background, my weekly media newsletter, I covered: — (SCOOP): Time Inc. CEO Jessica Sibley admitting that more bots than humans visit the Time website — (SCOOP): CBS News 24/7 concluding its union negotiations, the first such contract under Bari Weiss and David Ellison — (EXCLUSIVE) The parent company of Essence and Refinery29 hiring Netflix marketing veteran Amanda Butler, MBA as its first CMO — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution hiring former The Washington Post social media maven Travis Lyles to lead its social strategy — The real reason behind CNET's return to news-gathering — My favorite stories of the last week, from SEMAFOR, The Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, and The New York Times — A Q&A with podcast executive AJ Feliciano about his new podcast studio, Companion — And a deep-dive into the frothy world of food media M&A, led by BuzzFeed's Tasty and Vox Media's Eater coming to market My latest for ADWEEK: https://lnkd.in/emdKeWdG
