New Media Summit 2026 – Matt McGarry

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What You’ll Learn In New Media Summit 2026

How I Get Up to 34 Million+ Views a Month Using My AI Clone

Anik will break down his AI video publishing system that can help any founder become famous on social in their niche. It works on every platform, builds your brand, and generates thousands of leads, for free. And it only takes 15 minutes of work per week.

The Newsletter Growth Playbook: Proven Strategies From Creators Who Went From 0 to 50k+

How do creators actually go from 0 to 50k+ subscribers? I’ve spent years analyzing the fastest-growing newsletters to find out. In this talk, I’ll share the specific tactics that actually moved the needle. You’ll get the numbers, timelines, and get real strategies you can steal for your own newsletter.

The Best Way To Build Your Brand & Story

Chandler will share how to grow your impact, income, and business with a book

The Newsletter Growth & Monetization Playbook: What’s Working For 7 & 8-Figure Publishers In 2026

The audience experts behind Industry Dive, Daily Drop, Informa TechTarget, The Information, Puck, and beehiiv breakdown acquisition tactics, monetization models, data plays, and automations driving results for newsletters at scale.

The Data Flywheel: How I Tripled My Media Company’s Revenue Using First-Party Insights, Research Products & Audience Data

A tactical breakdown of the exact data monetization strategy that tripled my revenue before exit—how to turn interviews, newsletters, and audience activity into premium insights, benchmarks, and recurring revenue products.

The Winning Newsletter Format

How to craft habit-forming newsletters.

How Tangle bootstrapped a membership business to 70,000+ paid subscribers from scratch

Isaac Saul breaks down the key decisions, systems, and audience-building principles that turned Tangle into one of today’s most successful reader-supported news publications. Learn how intentional transparency, consistent value, and community trust fueled remarkable membership growth.

A fireside chat Saagar Enjeti

We’ll discuss: How Breaking Points reached 1 BILLION+ views on YouTube. The rise of new media and how Breaking Points is building an independent media company free of corporate influence. And much more.

Advanced List Growth and Monetization Strategies

The “Level 10” strategies and tactics Matt Paulson has used to scale MarketBeat to 6M+ newsletter subscribers, 400k+ SMS subscribers, and ~$50M in annual revenue.

Web + Newsletter: Building a Unified Audience in a Multi-Channel World

As newsletters gain prominence, this session will explore why a strong website presence remains essential. Using real-world examples, the panel will discuss how publishers grow audiences on both fronts, the unique roles each channel plays, and the strategies for monetizing content across web and newsletter platforms.

A fireside chat with Ryan Deiss

The AI-Powered Flywheel: 5 Things Winning Businesses Do Differently

Drawing from the trend data taken from hundreds of thousands of marketers, HighLevel shares the top insights for sustainable revenue growth in 2026. Easy-button AI use-cases included!

5+ Tactics To Take Home

Courses are dead. Newsletter ads are broken. And begging people to “join your newsletter” stopped working years ago. In this session, Matt McGarry — who has helped clients add 10M+ email subscribers and $100M+ in revenue — shares the 5 frameworks he actually uses to grow and monetize audiences in the new media landscape. Simple, specific, and ready to implement fast.

A fireside chat with Tim Huelskamp

Inside the Algorithm: Meta’s Best Practices for Newsletter Advertisers

Learn how 1440 uses Meta to add 300K+ subscribers per month —plus the creative, targeting, and optimization tactics fueling efficient newsletter growth.

How to Build a Viral Brand on YouTube

This session focuses on tactics and strategies that you can implement in your Youtube content today to get people to click, consume and convert into buyers.

How to Build a Sellable Media Business and Exit Lessons from 300+ acquisitions

Real founder stories reveal how to maximize sale price, find ideal buyers, and land the deal you deserve, plus what to do now to sell for more later.

A fireside chat with Codie Sanchez

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