Last year, the team at Pugpig decided to take a step back from their day-to-day development work and get a sense of what was going on in the wider digital publishing market. Analysing data from...
Transcript: Ian McAuliffe, CEO, Think Publishing
Interviewer: Peter Houston
Peter Houston: What range of publishing services is Think involved in?
Ian McAuliffe: That's a really...
Think Publishing CEO Ian McAuliffe on perfect staff and clients
This week Ian McAuliffe, founder and CEO of Think Publishing, talks about the evolving landscape of contract publishing. He tells us about the ideal employee or a contract publisher, the ideal...
Transcript: Sara Fischer, Media Reporter, Axios
Interviewer: Esther Kezia Thorpe
Esther: Axios' Media Trends newsletter has just hit 100,000 subscribers. Was that a target you had in mind at the...
Opportunities for publishers in 2021: a moment to reflect and reset on long-held strategies and beliefs
The swerves publishers take in 2021 are likely to be much sharper than we can predict. But despite the many challenges on the horizon, there’s reason for hope. Chris Sutcliffe rounds up...
2020 saw showdowns between platforms and governments, with publishers set to benefit
Legislative pressures around the world are set to force the platforms to play nice with publishers. Some are taking pre-emptive steps, with licensing deals putting money back in...
Axios’ Media Reporter Sara Fischer on crafting informative newsletters and media coverage
This week we talked to Sara Fischer, Media Reporter at Axios. Their weekly Media Trends newsletter has just reached 100,000 subscribers after being among the first few newsletters launched by the...
In 2020, global protests forced media to think harder about diversity and inclusion
Besides reporting on the protests that erupted globally after the death of George Floyd, the media has also had to consider its own role in fostering positive societal...
Sink or swim for events strategies as the ‘pivot to virtual’ divides publishers into two camps
Covid-19 decimated events revenues overnight, but many have taken the opportunity to innovate. As publishers look towards an uncertain future, we can be sure that the events industry will...
The enemy of my enemy: Trust in the media has had a rollercoaster ride of a year
Fewer people than ever trust the national titles - but the pandemic has also provided newspapers with an opportunity to prove they’re on the public’s side. Chris...
New Report: Media Moments 2020
Media Voices is pleased to present its annual report Media Moments 2020, in association with What's New in Publishing and sponsored by Permutive.
From the collapse of events to...
Covid-19 has boosted reader revenues and reminded us why they matter
Already trending upwards for many publishers, reader revenue growth has been spurred on by lockdown audiences desperate for news and with lots of time on their hands. Peter Houston rounds...
Transcript: Tom Standage, Deputy Editor, The Economist
Interviewer: Chris Sutcliffe
Tom Standage: One of the many hats I wear at The Economist is to look after our future gazing products, and our...
Publishers prepare for triple threat to ad revenues from platforms, keyword blocking and Covid-19
Covid-19’s impact on advertising was swift and merciless. But many publishers were in a strong position to weather the storm, having reduced reliance on ads as a primary revenue stream....
The Economist’s Deputy Editor Tom Standage on why newspapers should predict the future
As well as its flagship paper, The Economist also publishes future-gazing issues looking at what to expect the next year and even further into the future. This week Tom Standage, its Deputy Editor...
Hear ye, hear ye: 2020 was the year of the audio renaissance, proving resilient to the pandemic
Huge investments, mergers and experiments prove that getting into audio content is a lucrative move for publishers - but 2021 could be the year the dream of the open podcast economy dies...
There may be silver linings, but print’s long-term future still looks distinctly cloudy
Certain corners of the print market have had a better pandemic than anyone would have predicted, but for every story of screen-weary readers picking up a print subscription, there’s at...
Special: Highlights from Media Moments 2020, and how publishers are preparing for 2021
This special episode includes the audio of our launch presentation for the Media Moments 2020 report. Esther, Peter and Chris examine one key stat of each section within the report, from diversity...
Prima Editor Jo Checkley on meeting increased demand for print magazines
Hearst UK recently announced that women's lifestyle magazine Prima would increase its print edition from 12 to 13 issues a year, following a 68% surge in subscriptions this year.
This week, we...
Inc. Editor-in-Chief Scott Omelianuk on how 2020 has changed the magazine
This week we hear from Scott Omelianuk, Inc. Magazine's Editor in Chief. He talks about how starting his new job just before lockdown affected Inc.'s plans for change, how their content strategy...