Media Voices is a B2B publishing brand focused on the business of media. We produce the weekly Media Voices Podcast and a daily newsletter, as well as regular analysis, workshops, and our annual Media Moments report.
We take a no-BS approach to media analysis, offering a fun, frank and authoritative perspective on the biggest challenges and opportunities facing publishers today.
Over the course of 300+ episodes we have spoken with senior people from Facebook, Google and Twitter; The London Times, LA Times and Financial Times; Wired, Time and The Atlantic; Bauer, Immediate Media and Future Publishing.
Off the mic, we’ve run podcasting workshops, presented at industry events from Las Vegas to Cape Town via Helsinki and founded our very own Publisher Podcast and Newsletter Awards and Summit.
If you know someone who would make a brilliant guest, please contact Esther at esther@voices.media, but please read our pitching guidelines first (below).
For sponsorship or commercial opportunities, please contact Peter at peter@voices.media.
Esther Kezia Thorpe
Esther Kezia Thorpe is co-founder of Media Voices and director of the Publisher Newsletter and Publisher Podcast Awards and Summits. When not organising guests for the Media Voices podcast or writing reports, she is a freelance media analyst for a number of industry publications including Digital Content Next and Media Makers Meet (formerly What’s New in Publishing).
Esther tweets from @EstherKeziaT and can be reached at esther@voices.media
Peter Houston
Peter Houston has worked in publishing, print and digital, for more than 35 years. He recently wrote Practical AI for Local Media, highlighting real-world AI applications for publishers. Peter is also publisher of The Grub Street Journal, a quarterly print magazine for people who love magazines, and writes The Magazine Diaries newsletter of publishing ideas worth stealing.
Peter tweets from @Flipping_Pages and can be reached at peter@voices.media
Chris Sutcliffe
Chris is a freelance media journalist and A/V producer. He has experience in print production for national newspapers and trade magazines, and has done consultancy and product development for some of the biggest print and digital publishers internationally. He can’t cook – but is working on it.
Chris tweets as @ChrisMSutcliffe and can be reached at chris@voices.media
Guest pitches
We welcome guest recommendations, especially of women and diverse voices in media and publishing. Self-nominations or suggestions of people you think would be great are fine too – just drop us a note.
Please note – we currently have a huge backlog of guest pitches for 2023. We’ll endeavour to get back to you asap but please bear with us!
For PRs, here are some guidelines for telling us about a potential guest:
- Our interviews focus on the people working in media and publishing. Do give us as much info as you can about what their role is in the organisation, and background if relevant.
- Don’t worry about suggesting topics. Our interviews aren’t topic-based, they’re people-based.
- If there’s a recent launch or milestone with the organisation, this helps with the angle we approach the interview from.
- We don’t tend to interview vendors or solution providers on the main podcast. Check out our sponsorship page for a more detailed overview of our vendor podcast options and audience breakdown.
We try and respond to everyone who suggests guests, but we get a lot of emails, so please be patient! We carefully balance the range of voices each season as well as the organisations we have on, from global publishers to indie magazines. If a guest isn’t quite right for us at the time they’re suggested, they may well be a fit for a later season.