Company: GHC
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000104889-25-000022
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Company: Graham Holdings Co
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 In addition, at higher price points aimed at larger marketers ($100M+ annual revenue), there are several large customer data platform competitors or in-house solutions that attempt to unify many disparate sources of data to improve omnichannel advertising outcomes. Decile seeks to maintain a competitive advantage by providing a better view of high-value customers and personas and their associated value and making it easier for clients to activate those customers in a more personalized way. Decile’s third-party data enrichment capabilities and advanced analytics serve as key differentiators in the mid-market space where those capabilities are not available at a competitive price.

The Slate Group LLC

As a digital media company, Slate operates in highly competitive markets for subscribers, audiences and advertisers. For written work, Slate faces competition from other online publishers, especially magazines and newspapers. In podcasting, Slate faces competition from other podcast networks, as well as traditional radio networks. In the face of stiff competition, Slate is able to attract and retain a large educated, affluent audience and subscriber base by creating high-quality content, and is then able to compete for advertisers who wish to reach that audience on trusted, brand-safe properties.

City Cast LLC

City Cast is the only national network of daily local podcasts and newsletters. City Cast faces significant competition in all aspects of its business. Several companies operate large national networks of local daily newsletters, notably Axios and 6am City, both of which have many more subscribers than City Cast. There are also single-city daily newsletters–often created by the local newspaper–in every city where City Cast is located. On the podcasting side, public radio stations in most City Cast markets create local podcasts, as do some commercial radio stations. City Cast competes for advertising dollars with all these newsletter and podcast competitors, as well as with local radio, newspaper, TV and digital outlets.

Supporting Cast

In the growing creator monetization landscape, Supporting Cast differentiates itself from competitors like Patreon and Apple Podcasts Subscriptions through its white-label service model. While most platforms maintain direct control of subscriber data and payment information, Supporting Cast empowers clients to own their customer 

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relationships. The platform has carved out a strong market position by specializing in complex subscription architectures, multi-show network capabilities, and customizable enterprise solutions that meet the needs of major media organizations.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The executive officers of the Company, each of whom is elected annually by the Board of Directors, are as follows:

Donald E. Graham, age 79, Chairman Emeritus, served as Chairman of the Board of the