Ryan Sager

The Newsletter Conference

Bringing together the newsletter industry.

Co-Founder

Who Sponsors Stuff

Founding Partner

The Expedition

Montague Street Media

Provide digital media and editorial consulting services to private clients looking to grow audiences, improve newsroom performance, and/or stand up scalable new editorial operations. Consultation includes development of editorial products, growth strategy, analytics, hiring, implementation, and on a case-by-case basis continuing oversight.

Founder

Ladders

Directed editorial & digital product for news site covering the future of work — encompassing all aspects of product, from newsletters to site development to ad sales and revenue generation.

- Grew traffic from 0 to 6 million monthly unique visitors using a variety of owned and distributed channels, including newsletters, Flipboard, SmartNews, and Apple News

- Started daily editorial newsletter reaching 2.5 million people a day, selling 7-days-a-week to direct advertising clients and generating millions a year in revenue

- Created specialized newsletter products that drove additional hundreds of thousands of dollars in ad sales per year

- Implemented registration wall on Ladders editorial, driving lead generation and upgrades onsite

VP of Content

Conceptualized, launched, managed site with 15 employees across editorial, design, social media, and sales covering all aspects of the future of work & the office.

Editorial Director

Time Magazine

Expanded TIME’s Ideas vertical into a thought-leading powerhouse across digital and print:

- Grew traffic by 18x, to 9 million unique visitors per month, driven by Facebook, Twitter, and greatly increased pick-up of news-making essays and op-eds

- Introduced major new features and columnists, including pieces by Camille Paglia, Martha Stewart, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

- Produced 7 cover packages, including the Ideas Issue featuring Key & Peele, as well as Tyler Cowen’s essay on ‘Why Texas Is Our Future’ and TIME’s reported feature ‘Help! My Parents Are Millennials!’

Editorial Director, TIME Ideas

The Wall Street Journal

Founded WSJ Weekend’s influential Review section:

- Prototyped and launched Review, WSJ's influential books & ideas weekend section

- Generated cover essays, including the buzzy ‘Tiger Mom’ and ‘French Mom’ essays, that became 2011's & 2012's most-read WSJ.com stories

- Created and ran the national Ideas Market event series, featuring A-list speakers including Henry Kissinger, P.J. O’Rourke, and Amy Chua, with sponsorship from major national brands, including Dell, United Airlines, and Amazon

Founding Editor, Review

The New York Sun

Started politics-focused Web site for the Sun, managed contributing writers and deputy online editor. Coordinated Web design team.

Web Editor, political columnist, and blogger

New York Post

Reported, wrote op-eds and editorials on local and national political issues.

Editorial Board Member / Columnist

Ran editorial page. Wrote editorials, commissioned op-eds, and managed columnists and staff.

Editorial Page Editor

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Hi, I'm Ryan. I've launched and grown major print, web, and email products for The Wall Street Journal, TIME, and other brands. I'm also the co-founder of Who Sponsors Stuff, which helps newsletter publishers power their ad sales, as well as The Newsletter Conference, May 2, 2025 in New York City.

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