Publisher growth tactics for election season | WEBINAR
Publisher growth tactics for election season | WEBINAR
The Intent Economy: Making Every Journey Count in the Age of AI
Thursday, September 17, 2026
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One table. One evening. The intent your audience already has.
We’re bringing 12 of New York’s publishing revenue leaders around one table at Ai Fiori, The Langham’s acclaimed Fifth Avenue dining room. This invitation-only dinner gathers Chief Revenue Officers, Commerce and Affiliate VPs, and founder-operators from leading media companies across news, lifestyle, travel and newsletter publishing – plus a fireside with Dave Nemetz, co-founder of Bleacher Report. No panels, no pitches, no slides – one off-the-record evening on turning the audience intent you already have into durable revenue.
The evening centers on the theme “The Intent Economy: Making Every Journey Count in the Age of AI.” AI search is rerouting the referral traffic commerce publishing was built on – yet the intent hasn’t gone anywhere. Audiences are still planning trips, comparing products and booking journeys inside publisher content; the winners of the next cycle will be the publishers who capture that intent with owned data, smarter affiliate economics and monetization they control.
Over dinner, attendees will work through three discussion areas: the commerce and affiliate plays genuinely scaling revenue right now; turning AI, search and social discovery into revenue rather than just reach; and monetizing the high intent you already have – travel especially – without rebuilding the business. 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.
Co-Founder, Bleacher Report & Inverse
Dave lived the full build-monetize-exit arc this room cares about: growing Bleacher Report into one of the defining audience businesses of modern media before its ~$200M sale to Turner, then building Inverse past 30M monthly users before its sale to BDG. Today he advises media and consumer founders on audience monetization and durable media businesses. In a moderated fireside – followed by open table Q&A – he’ll cover where commerce and affiliate fit in the modern media P&L, and what makes an audience business valuable and acquirable in an AI-disrupted landscape.
Ai Fiori’s semi-private dining room is set apart from the main room – one long table, fourteen seats, and the Michelin Guide-listed kitchen’s Italian and French Riviera cuisine. An intimate space built for exactly one conversation.
Guests are seated on arrival at their name card; aperitivo and wine poured at the table. This time sets the tone for open, collaborative discussion.
Welcome from Stay22 and SODP, then around the table. Icebreaker: “What’s the monetization win you’re proudest of in 2026 so far?”
Building, monetizing and exiting modern media – Bleacher Report, Inverse, and where commerce fits in the modern media P&L. Moderated by SODP, closing with open table Q&A.
Discussion 1: “The commerce & affiliate plays winning right now – what’s scaling revenue, and where would you double down?”
Discussion 2: “New front doors to your audience – turning AI, search and social discovery into revenue, not just reach”
Discussion 3: “Monetizing the high intent you already have – travel especially – without rebuilding the business”
Dessert and coffee are served as each guest shares one monetization play they’ll test in the next 90 days – captured into the attendee-only insights brief.
A short thank-you from Stay22 and SODP; final one-on-one conversations for those who linger.
