Engagement, monetization and moderation are three key challenges for any media platform or social network. Kumu, a livestreaming app that's blowing up with Millennial and Gen-Z Filipinos all around the globe, seems to have figured out all three. In this episode, Peggy Anne Salz talks with Roland Ros, co-founder of the innovative app, which combines elements of YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and even Amazon into one super app, featuring 2 million monthly active users and tens of thousands of live broadcasts every day. Ros shares insights on how he's striking a chord with young users, the ways he's lined up an impressive array of investors, and how media companies can more effectively take advantage of live streaming video and audio platforms.

The news media has been in a long-term state of transformation since the rise of the internet. Today, change is the only constant. How can leaders at journalistic outlets navigate the present while building sustainable business models for the future? Continuing our series, Peggy Anne Salz talks to Anita Zielina, director of innovation and leadership at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. Anita draws from her own change-making career at several news organizations as well as her current role molding the media leaders of the future to share valuable wisdom on the skills organizational leaders need to ensure the news media's survival.

Audience relationships are everything in media, and never was that more true than during the earliest months of the COVID-19 pandemic. To kick off our new series, Peggy Anne Salz talks to Maureen Hoch, editor of HBR.org and managing director of digital content at Harvard Business Publishing, about how the publication quickly adapted to continue serving business leaders with vital journalism, analysis and commentary in a time of crisis—in all of the right formats. Additionally, Maureen shares insights on growing the brand's portfolio of audio content, engaging audiences across various channels and mediums, and much more.