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Condé Nast creates single unit Condé Nast Digital
NEW DELHI: Condé Nast has re-consolidated its digital properties into a single unit called Condé Nast Digital. The unit will be headed by president Sarah Chubb. Prior to this, Chubb was president of CondeNet – the unit that oversaw destination sites like Epicurious.com and Style.com. Chubb will report to company president and CEO Chuck Townsend. Townsend said, “The latest move was not a cost-cutting measure but a new step to make it easier to sell advertising across the sites.” “By creating the new digital division Condé Nast has changed its long term strategy of keeping its destination sites separate from those of its individual magazines,” he added. The company had earlier separated the content-related operations of its magazines‘ standalone from CondéNet by handing over the sites to respective editors, leaving CondéNet to focus on its destination sites although CondéNet continued to handle online sales of all the sites. Condé Nast Digital will now combine these internet venues with individual magazine-branded sites and other, non-magazine digital assets.
Over the past few years, Condé Nast has made a series of digital acquisitions, including Reddit.com, a site that aggregates and ranks news; health and nutrition research web site NutritionData.com; and travel blog publisher SFO Media.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
