Digiday's updated breakdown of 12 publishers' diversity statistics

A roundup of publishers’ diversity reports reveals that nearly all of the companies included have majority white staff, leadership and new hires. March 09, 2021 Publishers' employee bases continue to be largely white, despite many promises that were made last summer by media companies to champion diversity. To help shed light on the industry, Digiday is keeping a running list of publishers' most recently available diversity reports, which are based on self-reported breakdowns of the makeup of their staff, including leadership and manager-level positions and new hires. 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