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Could Dotdash Meredith compete against big-tech companies?

Mar 21, 2022

Redacción Mapfre

Jonathan Boyar, CEO at Boyar Value Group, interviews Dotdash Meredith’s Chief executive Officer Neil Vogel, the head of the largest digital and print publisher in America. In this new episode of ‘The world according to Boyar’ podcast, they discuss about how Dotdash, which is included in the MAPFRE AM Forgotten Value Fund portfolio, became the largest publisher in the United States in a relatively short period of time.

Furthermore, they not only talk about opportunities that Vogel’s company intend to take advantage of, but also the reasons why he believes they now have the scale to effectively compete against big-tech companies such as Facebook and Google.

If you want to listen the full episode, click here.

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