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Complex Acquires the Food Festival ‘Family Style,’ Part of Its Broader Rebuild

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According to chief executive Aaron Levant, the fashion and lifestyle publisher Complex has acquired the food festival Family Style for an undisclosed sum, part of a larger bid for the media company to rebuild its food vertical. for $108.

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Impossible Foods Latches Onto Tiny Food Trend to Tout Eco-Friendly Footprint

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Fans of the tiny food trend will immediately recognize the drill: social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok are stuffed with diminutive dinners cooked and plated for. A teeny pair of fake hands unpacks a minuscule bag of groceries on the way to serving up a fully-loaded burger the size of a human's pinky nail.

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Tastemade Cooks Up a Recipe App to Engage Its 100,000 Subscribers

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The independent food publisher Tastemade launched its first recipe app, Tastemade Cooking, in mid-November to deepen engagement among Tastemade+ subscribers and capitalize on the culinary fervor surrounding Thanksgiving.

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Marc Lore’s Wonder Acquires Tastemade to Build an Advertising Business

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Food-delivery service Wonder is adding digital media to its menu with its acquisition of independent media company Tastemade. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but the deal reportedly cost $90 million, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Dotdash Meredith Lays Off 143 Staff, Citing a Shifting Media Landscape

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The digital media company Dotdash Meredith, which is home to dozens of editorial brands including People, Southern Living, and Food & Wine, laid off 143 staff in a round of cuts on Thursday morning, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company confirmed the layoffs to ADWEEK. The cuts affect staff across multiple.

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The Future of Food Media and Content Commerce With Food52 CEO Erika Ayers Badan

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Host Jenny Rooney speaks with Erika Ayers Badan, CEO of Food52, about her unconventional career path and her vision for transforming food commerce and content. Welcome to this episode of the Marketing Vanguard podcast.

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Jack in the Box Blazes a Trail in Food Marketing With a Weedmaps Partnership

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Jack in the Box has never been subtle about its ties to cannabis culture, from its Munchie Meals and Wakey Bakey Hash to its past collaboration with Snoop Dogg's digital media platform Merry Jane. The Southern California-based chain also aired a notorious ad in the mid-2000s featuring a clearly stoned dude who was stymied by.

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