Matthias Dang

This morning, Dirk Voigtländer and I presented ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE’s key financial results for the first quarter of 2024 and we can clearly say: Our strong start to the year shows that we are on the right track.   In 2023, we have set a new course both operationally and strategically. In the first quarter, we are now seeing the first clear effects of our efficiency measures with Group revenues increasing by 6% and adjusted EBITDA growing by 35% year-on-year. The advertising business, which is particularly important for us, is continuing to recover – especially #Joyn is growing strongly. This shows that our strategic focus on digital reach pays off. At the same time, the Commerce & Ventures segment once again recorded significant double-digit revenue growth. Verivox GmbH and flaconi in particular are performing strongly.  Even though the market and economic environment remains challenging, we are looking to 2024 with confidence and are therefore confirming our full-year outlook. We will continue to focus clearly on the strategically relevant business areas related to our Entertainment portfolio and continue our consistent management of costs and cash flows.   You can find more about our #Q1 financial performance on our website: https://lnkd.in/dqg2HY5q

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I can't believe it, but it’s already been more than three years since Rolf Hermann 🤘🏻 asked me to participate in a podcast episode about Data Segmentation in Email Marketing. Listen to the episode 🎧: https://lnkd.in/eZ7q79Tg (German only). While we’re not in the midst of COVID anymore, many of the topics we discussed back in 2020 remain relevant when it comes to data management and segmentation to enhance email marketing. Agree or disagree? Also, it might have been three years already, but I remember like it was yesterday how nervous I was to speak and afraid of blurting out nonsense. It was, I believe, only the second podcast episode I ever recorded. #emailmarketing #emailstrategy #clv #segmentation #podcast #omr

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✨ I'm thrilled to announce that I've joined Media Lab Bayern's MEDIA TECH Lab's Batch 5 🤩 I’m developing a browser extension tailored for editors and professionals involved in text-related research, writing, and editorial reviewing. This MIT licensed open-source "AI toolbox" enables direct interaction with any website's content for tasks such as extraction (and Markdown conversion), audio transcription, translation, summarization, re-phrasing and more. It supports all major open-source and commercial AI models (OpenAI, Anthropics, Google, Cohere, Meta, etc. pp.), whether cloud-based, deployed on-premise, or locally. A pivotal goal is to foster a community that collaboratively creates and refines the open-sourced, high-quality dynamic prompts that drive the AI models within a professional, journalistic context. One technical challenge I'm tackling here is to minimize costs and enhance privacy by ensuring that AI tasks are processed locally whenever possible. This includes demonstrating how to implement vector embedding, indexing, and search in-browser using HNSW and cosine similarity algorithms, accelerated by WebAssembly and WebGPU. 🚀 This journey began last week at Media Lab Bayern with an exceptional group of fellows including Dr. Mirza Klimenta, Tobias Sterbak, and Sabine Wieluch, who also secured funding for their impressive projects 🙌 — definitely worth checking out! Special thanks to Jason Shen and Erkan Kasap from Media Lab Bayern for this amazing opportunity and their amazing support and guidance! 🙏💚 Stay tuned for regular updates, tech insights, and research results from this project right here on LinkedIn. And what's going to be the first content created with the help of FTR: KI-Tools? Well, that'll probably ftr.news, a Newsletter that Ute Muendlein and I plan to publish by Q3 2024 -- hence the project name. Well, there's so much to come, just stay tuned! ☺️ #Innovation #AI #Tech #vectorembedding #vectorstore #browserextension #llms #bayern #technologieland #innovationsland_bayern

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📣 Footprint Technologies featured in Berliner Morgenpost! 🗞️ Some days ago Carolin Kleinert and me had the opportunity to give an interview about our product, vision and current status of our business to FUNKE Media. Many thanks to Dominik Bath for your article about the return issue in general and our work and solution in particular. Have a good read and please utilise tools like ours, that help cutting down online return rates! - Germany 🇩🇪 should get rid of the title #World #Champion in #Returning #Stuff! 😉 #startup #innovation

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ivoflow has been featured in the latest issue of Beschaffung Aktuell! 📰 In this feature, we explore how companies can tackle cost pressures and explain why ivoflow is more than "just" a Spend Cube. Our platform empowers businesses to uncover and implement savings effectively, while also focusing on sustainability and environmental goals. Check out the article to learn more about our solutions! A big thank you to Beschaffung Aktuell for the publication!  #ProcurementSolution #CostSavings #StrategicSourcing #ivoflow #beschaffungaktuell

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Bringing Practical Insights to Today’s HESSENMETALL Event Today, I have the privilege of speaking at Haus der Wirtschaft in Offenbach, where I'll share how integrating gaming skills can positively impact HR practices, especially for apprentices. Coming from a working-class background, I understand firsthand the nurturing and commitment required to unlock an apprentice’s potential. These young individuals need more than just traditional training; they need environments that recognize and cultivate their unique skills. 🎮 Gaming as a Development Tool In my talk today, I’ll explore how the strategic and team-oriented skills developed in gaming can be valuable in the professional growth of apprentices. At metagame, we see these skills as crucial for personal and professional development, helping bridge the gap between youthful enthusiasm and professional expectations. 🌐 Engage and Empower Join us as we discuss practical ways to enhance apprenticeship programs through gaming insights. It’s about providing the right tools and opportunities for personal development that align with the evolving demands of our digital world. Looking forward to connecting with fellow leaders and shaping supportive pathways for our future workforce. Pia Büßecker Matthias Ruhland Tobias Scholz

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𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀! "𝗕𝗲𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗲 𝗳ü𝗿 𝗠ä𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿" 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵! We've heard you loud and clear: many of you have been asking for a digital version of "Beziehungsmagie für Männer: 100 Impulse für mehr Verbindung und Liebe" in English. We're thrilled to announce that it's finally here! 🎆But here's the even better news: We've integrated the core ideas of the book into our brand new platform, "𝟲𝟲 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲" 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝟲𝟲 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲? This transformative platform delivers daily messages to your inbox for 66 days, designed to help you reflect on and improve on a specific topic. It is perfect for anyone looking for a change to grow in business or life. We are starting the platform with three topics and more coming soon: * Get Your Sh*t Done in 4 Work-Days * Know Your Why & Fly * Create Magic within your Relationships 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! 🚀 https://lnkd.in/erEYr5wD The 66 days program "Create Magic within your Relationships" is perfect for anyone looking to grow and connect more deeply with the people in their lives, regardless of gender. 🆓𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲. Sign up and start experiencing the positive impact on your relationships right away! #relationships #growth #transformation #selfhelp #english #newrelease P.S. Spread the word! Share this post with anyone you know who might be interested in improving their relationships. 💪👍

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𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝❗ We’re thrilled to unveil #LIFT+, powered by our cutting-edge THX. panel 🎉! This groundbreaking innovation in cross-media measurement opens up a whole new era. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰? With our new tech-enabled passive panel, we can maximize your multi-channel campaign impact because we know where your consumers are most receptive and track their real-time behaviour for maximum impact – 24/7 across all channels from out-of-home to audio content recognition and geolocation data to enable complete campaign impact measurement in a cookieless world 🌐❗ So, no more guesswork, no more crossing your fingers but full control of your multichannel campaign performance to make informed decisions immediately. 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬? Then, please join our webinar this Wednesday, June 5 (Webinar will be held in English): https://lnkd.in/griqfbXK. Any questions? Please reach out to: Yulia Kalner, Steffen Kutzner, Ruben van Aardenne and myself! 𝔸 𝕓𝕚𝕘, 𝕓𝕚𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕥 Kantar&MeMo² - #WeAreKantar ♥ #Insights #Marketing #Advertising #Multichannel Insights by Kantar, Consulting by Kantar, Kantar Media, Worldpanel by Kantar, Numerator, Blackwood Seven | Part of Kantar Group, Kantar IBOPE Media, Profiles by Kantar, Kantar Belgium

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🗣 Announcing our Cashwalk Premium Partner: SevenAccelerator SevenAccelerator is an early stage Venture Capital unit of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE whose aim is to identify strong founders and startups at an early stage and help them to become category leaders in their segment through their media volume, as a sparring partner and through operational support. In their own words..... SevenAccelerator: START. SCALE. SUCCEED. We are one of the leading accelerator programs in Germany and Austria with more than 30 early-stage consumer-driven companies in our portfolio. We provide you with media convertibles, tailored media deals and our full expertise to boost your brand awareness and accelerate your growth. We invest premium TV and digital media into ambitious, scalable B2C startups with mass market-ready products and services which want to take the next big leap on their growth journey. 3 reasons why SevenAccelerator is the right investor for your startup:  1️⃣ SevenAccelerator offers startups access to the full premium, 360° media reach of ProSiebenSat.1 Group. Our integrated network of premium TV channels, streaming, digital video and podcasts as well as influencers allows you to reach every target group with scale. 2️⃣ Early stage startups benefit from our holistic services and expertise including campaign creation/planning/optimization, consulting and mentoring on all media and creative matters: from spot testing to introductions to experienced production agencies. 3️⃣ Companies can accelerate their growth through our unique investment approach and profit from our cash-free and flexible media convertible deal construct. This allows you to boost your company valuation and minimize the equity that needs to be issued in the future. 3 things that grab our attention in a startup:  1️⃣ Passionate founders who truly believe in their product/service and focus on delivering added value to consumers. 2️⃣ Heterogeneous teams with diverse professional experience and industry expertise who are open to questioning their own decisions. 3️⃣ And foremost attractive, highly digital and scalable B2C business models in GAS (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) which address a mass market and benefit from long-term TV brand building effects. ........ Wow ! Increase your funding chances and build lasting connections, no matter the event.    Connect with SevenAccelerator today !! ....... #Cashwalk #SevenAccelerator #invest #entrepreneur #funding #vc #pitchevent #premiumpartner #investment #startup #scale

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Interested? PM me and visit us in our Cologne Office :) What can you expect? Hot topics around AI with your peers and big tech representatives in different formats (panel discussions, keynotes or just chit chat with Kölsch) - let me know!

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Marketers tend to overcomplicate when it comes to TikTok. Reaching millions of impressions with his TikTok ads and receiving thousands of orders, here's the strategy that Aaron Nosbisch adheres to when creating great TikTok ads:

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+++ Now for free (no paywall!) until Monday and including a new feature with suggested follow-up questions +++ 💡 In Francesco Marconi 's book "Newsmakers" I learnt about the concept of "iterative journalism" and instantly got hooked on the idea. In a slightly different setting, we're applying this concept now with our AI tool for the upcoming European elections sz.de/europawahl-bot . 📊 We are analyzing our users' input and questions (completely anonymized) and provide this to our editors and journalists. They use this information for creating new stories. This not only let's us create stories that are really relevant to our users but also enables them to participate in our journalism. Usually, these types of features are part of our subscription. We are offering it for free, just for a few days, to get a much broader sense of relevant topics and questions that are on people's minds.

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Many thanks to the Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW) e.V. for having me as a guest author on this exciting topic and format. In my view, user consent will continue to be necessary in order to fulfil basic requirements such as customer journey tracking or frequency capping in digital marketing. There are options for the post-cookie era, including various identity solutions, first-party data, contextual targeting and the use of data clean rooms, to name the most promising solutions. Contextual is certainly a good addition but is not enough on its own. The Google Sandbox is still in the test phase and the initial test results from the IAB Tech Lab, for example, raise questions about its possibilities. ID solutions still seem to be the best approach. The big and yet unresolved question is which one(s) will ultimately prevail. I strongly believe, that an independent solution that supports all relevant ID providers is and will still be required. #Adform #digitalmarketing #programmatic #changethegame #cookieless

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More than 2 Mio. visitors to musicals in Hamburg   Hamburg is a "Musical City" with several permanent Theater venues and a long history of successful shoes with a nationwide appeal. In the 1980s, the larger commercialization of music and dance shows started and built on a tradition of revues and operettas from the late 19th century. The first large-scale successes were the notorious hit shows by Lloyd Webber - Cats and Phantom - and the trend continues until today with the inescapable Disney productions of Lion King, Tarzan and Frozen.   With more than 2 Mio. musical visitors, Hamburg fares well in relation to other German cities, it leads well ahead of Bochum, Stuttgart or Berlin, the latter with less than half a million yearly visitors. But Hamburg is dwarfed by London and New York with yearly numbers more than seven times as high, each around at least 15 Mio. visitors. But then again, both cities are more than 10 times as big. And where can you find specialized boat trips to the theaters with a view on the skyline, the Elbphilharmonie etc. … #datadriven #music #media Photo by Florian Wehde on Unsplash

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Yesterday ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE published its quarterly results. The segment Commerce & Ventures concluded yet another very strong quarter with an adjusted EBITDA that even quadrupled compared to the first quarter of the previous year and overall dynamic growth throughout the portfolio. An astounding 20% YoY revenue growth, even 23% on a portfolio-adjusted basis, means the investment business of the media company contributed around half of ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s total turnover increase. In the first quarter of 2024 the portfolio and its teams achieved an adjusted EBITDA of 17 million euros versus 4 million euros in 2023, and 206 million in external revenues compared to 172 million euros last year. Especially the comparison platform Verivox GmbH and the online beauty retailer flaconi faced another extraordinarily strong quarter, generating 49%, respectively 27%, in revenue increase. Based on better advertising market conditions also our SevenVentures team increased the unit’s turnover by 4% in Q1 2024 compared to 2023. You can find more details in the slides from ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s results presentation. Aroundhome, FLOYT Mobility | billiger-mietwagen.de | CARIGAMI, CamperDays, Jochen Schweizer mydays Group, marktguru Deutschland - ein Unternehmen der ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, wetter.com GmbH, SevenAccelerator

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How you build your networks with routines. Marco Voigt, the GreenTech Festival and the strategy of routines for impact networking.

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𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄! 🎉❤️ We are delighted to be able to show you our new corporate design today. Over the last few months, together with the great Marc Brugger, we have given succeet GmbH a new, fresher and more modern look. We are super proud of the result and hope that you like it too. Take a look and let us know what you think! #succeet25 #marketresearch #marktforschung

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"The future of the #news industry is bright." Dr. Rainer Esser, CEO of ZEIT Verlagsgruppe, gave a positive and inspiring keynote during #beBeta24. Referring to the 4P's of Kotler, his advice to the audience was 👉 Price: Defend the value of your journalism, keep your price high enough Quality journalism costs money, and the industry needs to dare to keep a high price level for online access to news. Zeit uniquely keeps same subscription price for print and online readers (26 EUR/month). 👉 Product: Make your content "spannend", "lustig", "aktuell", "informativ" ZEIT has invested heavily in its newsroom (from 90 to 470 journalists). The content is no longer organized in the classical categories (Politics, Business,...), but much more thematic, with various new topics as Family, Green, X,... ZEIT now publishes 16 magazines. 👉 Location & promotion: Meet your readers where they are ZEIT is engaging with younger readers on TikTok. It produces 26 podcasts, who have resulted in 20 million downloads. He ended with a positive call-to-action. "Our industry is important. Technology brings endless new opportunites. Think out of the box, and keep going."

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ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE published its final figures for Q1 2024 today. With a Group revenue increase of 6% to EUR 867m (organic +7%) and an adjusted EBITDA increase of 35% to EUR 72m, the preliminary results we published on 14 May were confirmed. The Entertainment business and non-core activities each contributed about half to Group revenue growth while strong growth of Commerce & Ventures (especially Verivox GmbH and flaconi) more than offset a softer performance of Dating & Video. As the following chart shows, the recovery of the advertising business continued in the first quarter, achieving clearly positive growth for the first time in eight quarters. We therefore remain optimistic that we will also be able to achieve growth in DACH advertising revenues for the year as a whole. As a result, we have also confirmed our full-year outlook (revenues of EUR 3.95bn (+/-EUR 150m), adjusted EBITDA of EUR 575m (+/-EUR 50m). #financialresults #Q12024 #P7S1 #PSM #PSM777

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