Publishers are on a hiring spree--they're looking for new talent to manage and coordinate relationships with platforms including Facebook Instant Articles and Snapchat, according to
The Wall
Street Journal. As publishers integrate emerging platforms like these into their daily business, they're finding the need for specialists to coordinate all the relationships between social media,
video, gaming and other real-time platforms including messaging apps. "For example, Condé Nast International recently posted a job opening for a 'platform relationships manager' to help
coordinate and deepen its relationships with social media and video platforms, messaging apps and even hardware manufacturers. The person appointed will be tasked with identifying new distribution
partners, managing the implementation of those partnerships from a technical and commercial standpoint, and maintaining ongoing relationships."
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