Publisher growth tactics for election season | WEBINAR
Publisher growth tactics for election season | WEBINAR
How Singapore's publishers and brands turn owned audiences into growth in the AI era
Monday, October 12, 2026
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One table. One evening. The advantage of an audience you own.
We’re bringing 14 of Singapore and Southeast Asia’s publishing and brand leaders around one table. This invitation-only dinner gathers the people who run audience businesses day to day — CEOs, Managing Directors, Heads of Audience, Product and Growth leaders from news and specialist publishers, alongside the content-led brand operators building the same muscle. No panels, no pitches, no slides. Just one off-the-record evening on the most durable advantage in media right now: an audience, a dataset and a platform you actually own.
The evening centres on the theme “The Audience Advantage: Turning Owned Audiences into Growth in the AI Era.” The strongest audience businesses of 2026 — publishers and brands alike — share one trait: they own more of their growth. AI is opening new front doors to your audience, first-party data is becoming a genuine growth engine, and a fast, reliable site is turning into a real competitive edge rather than a cost line. Publishing and marketing are converging on the same playbook: build direct relationships on platforms you control.
Over dinner, attendees will trade what’s working: the moves that turn borrowed reach into known, returning audiences; how leading teams are putting first-party data and AI to work for growth; and why performance and reliability increasingly decide who keeps the audience they earn. Before the dinner, every guest answers one question about where their audience actually comes from today — the anonymised benchmark opens the night. You’ll leave with a candid read on where your peers are placing their bets, plus an attendee-only summary of the evening’s insights.
Welcome drinks and informal introductions. Seated at 6:30 sharp.
Why this dinner, the rules of the room, and the “where your audience comes from” results from the pre-dinner question.
Round the table over entrées: “What’s the one owned-audience bet you’re making in the next twelve months?”
A short joint frame from Kinsta and Derick Ng (Clickr) on where the audience advantage is compounding. Conversational, no slides.
New front doors — AI, search, social, newsletters — and turning borrowed reach into known, returning audiences across SEA’s multi-market, multilingual landscape.
First-party data and AI as a growth engine — and getting data governance (PDPA) right without slowing down.
Speed, reliability and security as a growth lever, not a cost line — and what it takes to keep the audience you earn.
Each guest shares one takeaway. Anonymous feedback only.
Coffee or nightcap, unstructured 1:1 conversations.
