Next Summit · September 29, 2026

Publishing is changing.
The hard part is knowing what actually matters.

The next Media Transformation Summit takes place September 29, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern Time. A practical online session for publishing executives and transformation leaders — real examples, honest lessons, and the signals that matter.

From the July 2026 edition · 500+ registrations · around 200 live participants · 9 speakers
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Media Transformation Summit

by Publishing Signal

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September 29, 2026
9:00 AM Eastern Time
Online
At a glance
  • 4th edition
    Series position
  • Agenda coming soon
    To be announced
  • Speakers coming soon
    To be announced
September 2026 status
Waiting list open
Real insights
From publishing leaders
Practical frameworks
You can use
Actionable examples
More show, less theory
Built for publishing
Not generic tech
What to expect

Practical conversations for people building publishing forward.

The Summit is a series. Each edition is small enough to be useful, specific enough to be true — a working session rather than a stage.

  • Format

    Practical conversations, not vendor theater.

    Working sessions with publishing leaders and transformation operators — not a stage for product pitches.

  • People

    Operators sharing real experience.

    Speakers who've actually shipped, paused, or reversed change inside publishing houses — with the trade-offs to prove it.

  • Coverage

    What is actually shifting in publishing.

    Technology, operations, audience, formats, discovery and commercial change — the signals worth acting on.

  • Takeaway

    Sharper priorities by Monday.

    A clearer sense of what to watch, what to test, and what to ignore when everything claims to be transformation.

Agenda and speakers for September 2026 coming soon
Waiting list · September 2026

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Call for speakers & sessions

Have a publishing story worth sharing?

Speaker and session proposals open shortly.

We're looking for practical case studies, real examples and honest lessons from publishing operators and leaders — not promotional product pitches.

  • · Practical case studies over trend decks
  • · Real examples, honest lessons
  • · Publisher operators and leaders
  • · No promotional product pitches
From the archive

Missed the July 2026 Summit?

ArchiveJuly 22, 2026

Media Transformation Summit — July 2026

A practical online summit for publishing executives and transformation leaders.

Explore 7 sessions covering Formats and Revenue · Operations and Technology · Metadata, SEO and GEO · Content, Audience and Discovery.

Sessions
7
Speakers
9
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