The #1 Role Your Content Team Needs in 2026 Is a Managing Editor
AI makes content cheap to produce. What separates brands that matter is editorial judgment. Why every content team in 2026 needs a managing editor.
The Content Strategist
AI makes content cheap to produce. What separates brands that matter is editorial judgment. Why every content team in 2026 needs a managing editor.
The Future of Content Belongs to the Tastemakers Polished copy is easy now with AI. You can quickly write blog posts, social campaigns, video scripts, thought leadership essays, white papers, and podcasts at scale across every imaginable format and channel. And yet, after the content is published, it’s quickly forgotten. What now separates authentic, smart…
In late 2023, Sports Illustrated became ensnared in the editorial version of a doping scandal — the outlet was caught publishing dozens of AI-generated articles under fake bylines. The fallout was swift. Within days, the editor-in-chief was fired and the brand’s credibility took a beating. Though the SI snafu occurred in the early, Wild West…
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Ask a marketer to describe the ideal brand voice, and you'll hear one word: conversational. Judging by our research, that's causing a problem.
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