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Founded in 2012 by Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, theSkimm built a daily news platform for women into a movement. JBC ran the press program tuned to that mission — securing tier-one editorial across business, lifestyle, and politics that compounded into a billion-impression brand and a 2025 acquisition by Ziff Davis.
Mission-driven storytelling judged the same way any consumer brand is — by reach, share of voice, and the moments that actually moved the conversation forward.
Total media impressions across the partnership.
Impressions on the Ziff Davis acquisition narrative.
Impressions on the ReproductiveRightsDotGov launch.
How do you carry a daily news platform for women into the same business, lifestyle, and political press that the platform itself reports on?
theSkimm's voice is the product. Press coverage needed to match that voice — accessible, sharp, and purpose-driven — while carrying serious impact stories into business and political outlets without diluting either side.
The challenge was running a category-wide editorial program that treated mission-driven storytelling as the headline rather than the soft sell, in a media landscape where impact PR usually gets relegated to the back of the magazine.
An integrated program designed around theSkimm's editorial DNA. Founder thought leadership built the credibility that impact campaigns could borrow from. Newsjacking ensured the brand was in cultural moments as they happened. The Ziff Davis acquisition closed the loop in business press.
Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg as category voices on paid family leave, women's economic empowerment, and civic engagement — in business, political, and lifestyle press in tandem.
A press playbook for #ShowUsYourLeave, The State of Women Report, #ShowUsYourChildCare, and #DontWait — turning campaign moments into editorial conversations across Fortune, Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, and broadcast TV.
Real-time response to the moments that mattered — from theSkimm's rebuttal to the KC Chiefs commencement controversy to the federal shutdown of ReproductiveRights.gov.
A coordinated business-press program that landed the March 2025 Ziff Davis deal in tier-one trade and business outlets — 535M impressions on the announcement window.
#ShowUsYourLeave. The State of Women Report. #ShowUsYourChildCare. #DontWait. Each campaign was treated as a press event in its own right — with strategy, narrative, and tier-one editorial coordinated to reach the women, executives, and policymakers actually shaping the conversation.
Coverage in Fortune, Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Glamour, Romper, Scary Mommy, and across broadcast TV — including the Today show feature on The State of Women report.
When the federal government took ReproductiveRights.gov offline, theSkimm preserved every word of the original site at ReproductiveRightsDotGov.com — and JBC made sure the world knew within hours, not weeks.
30.3M media impressions in days, across business, political, and women's media. A textbook case of a brand using its platform — and its press office — to fill a void.
A selection of the moments and outlets that defined the partnership — business, political, and lifestyle press, in tandem.
Plus thousands of additional placements across broadcast, podcast, and trade.
Mission and measurement are not opposites. The right press office treats impact storytelling like any other earned-media program — with the metrics, the urgency, and the editorial reach to match.
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