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Truth, Trust, and Experience: Protecting Brand Value in the Age of Deepfakes


Heather Holst-Knudsen & Philip Thomas
Charting The Channel Company’s AI‑Powered, Human‑Led Journey
Heather Holst-Knudsen
Industry in Motion at RevvedUP: Data Monetization Is Rising Faster Than Readiness
Heather Holst-Knudsen
From Chaos to Coordination: Why RevOps Has Become a CRO Imperative
Heather Holst-Knudsen
How the Next Audience Is Rewriting the Media Business Model
Heather Holst-Knudsen & Billy Carney
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Heather Holst-Knudsen · Apr 13th, 2026
The Channel Company is moving from AI experiments to an AI‑native operating model by embedding human‑in‑the‑loop agents into search, research and workflow products, with 80 % of staff trained, more than 70 k prompts executed, and use cases like CRN Answers tripling search engagement while saving employees roughly 6½ hours per month. Matt Yorke’s roadmap highlights how building proprietary answer engines, data‑driven insights and generative agents can unlock revenue growth, margin expansion and enduring enterprise value for media and events businesses.
# Digital transformation
# CEO Strategy
# AI readiness
# Artificial Intelligence
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Heather Holst-Knudsen · Apr 13th, 2026
At RevvedUP, the Industry in Motion Survey presented by Bombora and H2K Labs showed media and event leaders racing toward data monetization and AI-led growth before most have the infrastructure, ownership, and talent to support it. The survey is open through the end of May.
# 1st-party data
# Data monetization
# Revenue
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Heather Holst-Knudsen · Apr 13th, 2026
Learn why Revenue Operations has become essential for CROs. See how RevOps improves forecast accuracy, sales productivity, retention, and revenue efficiency.
# Revenue governance
# CRO
# Revenue Operations
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Heather Holst-Knudsen & Billy Carney · Mar 18th, 2026
In this episode of The Revenue Room™ Podcast, Heather Holst-Knudsen sits down with Billy Carney, Co-Founder of RocaNews, to explore how a next-generation media company built for Gen Z turned social attention into owned revenue and profitability.
# Gen Z
# Media Strategy
# Revenue Growth
# Product-Led Growth
# Audience Development
# Subscriptions
# Digital Media
# Content Strategy
# Business Model
# CXO Insights
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Heather Holst-Knudsen · Mar 18th, 2026
Over two decades, Metter has grown regional food festivals into nationally recognized economic drivers. Her thesis is simple: live experiences are not cost centers. They are revenue platforms capable of compounding value across multiple stakeholders.
# Revenue Strategy
# Revenue Operations
# Revenue leadership
# Ecosystem Strategy
# Event Monetization
# Experiential Marketing
# Sponsorship Strategy
# B2B Growth
# B2C Growth
# Hybrid Revenue Models
# Data Strategy
# Pricing Power
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Heather Holst-Knudsen & David Newcorn · Mar 12th, 2026
Why the next competitive advantage for B2B media companies is not producing more content, but helping their audience make faster, better decisions.
# B2B Media
# Media Business Models
# Audience Monetization
# Buyer Intent
# Decision Support Tools
# Product Discovery Platforms
# AI in Media
# B2B Marketing
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Heather Holst-Knudsen · Mar 5th, 2026
In this episode of The Revenue Room, host Heather Holst-Knudsen sits down with Jacob Donnelly, founder of A Media Operator (AMO). They discuss why media business models built on algorithmic traffic are operating on borrowed time, and why anyone dependent on it is simply "done for". Between the threat of AI replicating "average" content and a shifting M&A landscape heavily influenced by Private Equity, the old publishing playbook is broken. Jacob reveals how the smartest CEOs are future-proofing their businesses by abandoning the mass-reach illusion and building a durable "three-legged stool": Media, Events, and Data.
# media business model
# reader revenue
# first-party data strategy
# media and events integration
# AI disruption in publishing
# private equity media
# enterprise value growth
# audience monetization
# workflow data products
# recurring revenue media
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Heather Holst-Knudsen · Mar 5th, 2026
Enterprises do not suffer from a lack of data. They suffer from a lack of monetization.
This conversation outlines how leaders can turn passive data lakes into active revenue engines by reframing data as a customer strategy, delivering value in 100-day cycles, prioritizing real-time behavioral signals, separating governance from commercialization, and preparing for the rise of AI-driven agent operating models tied directly to performance.
# Data Strategy
# Data Monetization
# AI Agents
# Agent Economy
# Enterprise AI
# Revenue Growth
# Digital Transformation
# Customer Intelligence
# Real-Time Data
# SaaS Disruption
# Revenue Operations
# Governance Strategy
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Heather Holst-Knudsen & Max Gabriel · Mar 4th, 2026
Enterprises do not suffer from a lack of data. They suffer from a lack of monetization. This conversation outlines how leaders can turn passive data lakes into active revenue engines by reframing data as a customer strategy, delivering value in 100-day cycles, prioritizing real-time behavioral signals, separating governance from commercialization, and preparing for the rise of AI-driven agent operating models tied directly to performance.
# data strategy
# data monetization
# ai agents
# agent economy
# enterprise ai
# revenue growth
# digital transformation
# real-time data
# saas disruption
# revenue operations
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Heather Holst-Knudsen & Jacob Donnelly · Feb 27th, 2026
In this episode of The Revenue Room, host Heather Holst-Knudsen sits down with Jacob Donnelly, founder of A Media Operator (AMO). They discuss why media business models built on algorithmic traffic are operating on borrowed time, and why anyone dependent on it is simply "done for". Between the threat of AI replicating "average" content and a shifting M&A landscape heavily influenced by Private Equity, the old publishing playbook is broken. Jacob reveals how the smartest CEOs are future-proofing their businesses by abandoning the mass-reach illusion and building a durable "three-legged stool": Media, Events, and Data.
# Media business models
# reader revenue
# first-party data strategy
# media and events integration
# AI disruption in publishing
# private equity media
# enterprise value growth
# Audience monetization
# workflow data products
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