Billy Carney
Co-founder of RocaNews and head of product and strategy, who built a Gen Z–focused media company that grew from an Instagram experiment to a multi-product profitable business with subscriptions, a gamified app, and video.
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Feb 27, 2026 • 43min
How the Next Audience Is Rewriting the Media Business Model
Billy Carney, co-founder of RocaNews and product strategist who built a Gen Z–first media brand from an Instagram experiment into a profitable multi-product business. He discusses Instagram-first product design, how Gen Z consumes news differently, subscription and gamified app monetization, turning followers into paid users, and scaling revenue with video and newsletters.
