Brand Communications
Brands are sidestepping the constructs of conventional media and are evolving into cross-platform content creators.
 

   

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"As content consumption adapts to the digital age, brand touch points and media formats are diversifying. Print publications were among the first of the old guard to feel the effects; now, mainstream media is hustling to keep up, pivoting to a new community-based consumption model.

"Traditional channels are merging and morphing, with online platforms such as Refinery29 branching out into experiences with its 29Rooms immersive exhibit; print titles like Glamour developing into entertainment brands with bespoke video content and podcasts; media conglomerates such as Condé Nast expanding into creative agencies and consultancies with in-house studio CNX; and luxury retailers like Matchesfashion.com shifting to content creation and curation with live-streamed in-studio talks. Even the prestigious cornerstone of culture New York Times is crossing channels, with a television adaptation of its popular column “Modern Love”—which has already found success as a podcast—airing on Amazon in October 2019."

Article: New Brand Narratives