u/jason23a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV_7PkO1Kk4

Great new interview. They went deep.

In all his interviews, he really drives home how much deeper this film is compared to the others. Excited to see it tonight.

Have been to a few of their supper club events. Great food, music, and overall vibes. Next event is August 2nd!

They are giving away 10 pairs of tickets to her performance and the whole weekend!

We're a long-running entertainment news publisher planning a major redesign and are looking for an experienced WordPress developer (or small team) with genuine publisher/media website experience.

This is not a typical blog build.

The site has a large archive, significant mobile traffic, custom WordPress functionality, and an ad-supported business model. Preserving SEO performance while modernising the user experience is a key priority.

We're open to either:

• A custom WordPress build
• A heavily customised publisher/news theme used as a foundation

The end result must feel bespoke rather than an off-the-shelf template.

Experience with the following is highly desirable:

• Publisher/news/media websites
• High-traffic WordPress sites
• Custom themes and templates
• Core Web Vitals/performance optimisation
• SEO-aware development
• Taxonomy/category architecture
• Ad-supported environments

Please include:

1. Examples of publisher/news/media sites you've personally worked on
2. Your role on those projects
3. Whether they were custom builds or customised themes
4. One thing you think most publisher websites get wrong from a UX, performance, or SEO perspective

Happy to share more detail and references with well-aligned candidates.

Budget is pending and subject to agreed-upon scale (which is modular at this stage, but will absolutely be in alignment with the $15+/hr frame.

I look after a handful of publishers. Mainly in sports and entertainment verticals. More advisory than anything else.

Interested in feedback on any of the following for mid-sized sites with primarily US traffic. Across the sites, these names have repeatedly popped up as options:

Freestar: know they have a strong rep, but in an actualized capacity, what are performance and experience like? CPMs? RPMs? Support?

Ezoic: a polarizer, I've read. But interested to know what present-day performance is like?

Publisher Desk: hearing good things, especially within sports sites. As the name suggests, it seems they are pretty pub-focused.

Playwire, Mediavine, Snigel, Aditude, Longitude, Snack Media?

Also, would be good to hear about small/er-but-mighty players not listed that are worth looking into.

In one regard, rev uplift from premium demand is the goal (less ads, high/er RPM). But also noticing a lot of my pubs seeking out more full-service solutions (e.g., partner that does adops, helps with SEO/Core Web Vitals, LLMs, design, hosting etc. Expectedly not all, but intrigued that some seem able to combine aspects).

Feedback /insights would be appreciated.