Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg: The Skimm Co-Founders and Co-CEOs

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Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, co-founders and co-CEOs of trusted news source TheSkimm, completely changed the way millennials consume news by creating a platform that delivers digestible current content. Since its launch in 2012, TheSkimm has expanded its offerings through producing two top-rated podcasts, multiple events, countless videos, TheSkimm app, Skimm Well, and Skimm Money. Its initial product, the Daily Skimm, remains the fastest-growing newsletter on the market with over seven million subscribers. On this episode of Second Life, find out how Zakin and Weisberg’s early careers in major news organizations like MSNBC, The Daily Beast, and NBC led them to disrupt traditional news media forever.

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0:32.0	Hi, everyone.
0:38.6	I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who What Wear.
0:43.8	And this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:50.5	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:54.8	aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
1:00.5	Today on the show, I'm speaking with the incredible founders of the Schimm, Carly Zaken, and
1:07.0	Danielle Weisberg.
1:08.9	Back in 2012, Carly and Danielle launched the Schimm as a daily news digest that explains
1:15.3	current events using conversational language, broader context, and a format that breaks
1:20.2	stories up into easily digestible bites.
1:23.6	Today, the brand has expanded their offerings via top-rated podcasts, events, video, the
1:29.4	Schimm app, Schimm Well, and Schimm Money, while their flagship product, the Daily Schimm,
1:35.2	remains the fastest growing newsletter on the market with over 7 million subscribers.
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