This week, we spoke to Ella Dolphin, CEO of the Stylist Group. She talked about the acceleration of the title's plans to adopt a reader revenue model as the free print magazine distribution was...
Transcript: John Burn-Murdoch, Senior Data-Visualisation Journalist, The Financial Times
Interviewer: Esther Kezia Thorpe
Esther: Before the FT's coronavirus charts and trackers exploded in popularity, what sort of work were you doing in data...
Financial Times Senior Data-Visualisation Journalist John Burn-Murdoch on visualising complex coronavirus data
This week we spoke to John Burn-Murdoch, a Senior Data-Visualisation Journalist for the Financial Times who has been at the forefront of their famous coronavirus trajectory trackers. He talked...
Introducing The Media Roundup from Media Voices
The internet is awash with breaking news, analysis, deep dives and hot takes on the media industry. But there’s little on offer to help sort through the sheer...
No, the podcast ‘gold rush’ isn’t over. Podcasting’s golden age is just beginning
It’s a well-trodden hype cycle in the media industry. Some new technology comes along and starts to take off, publishers rush to invest, it falls dramatically short of expectations, and we all...
Food brands deliver a hearty response to changing consumption habits
As we begin to adapt to new routines amidst the coronavirus crisis, food publishers have seen a large rise in audience numbers and engagement. People facing weeks at home with limited take-out...
Transcript: Colin Morrison, Founder, Flashes and Flames
Interviewer: Peter Houston
Colin Morrison: Well, I came to London a long time ago in 1969. I'd spent the previous 11 years at boarding school,...
Flashes and Flames founder Colin Morrison on surviving digital transformation and the pandemic
This week Colin Morrison, founder of renowned industry blog Flashes & Flames, takes us through his path into the industry and his work heading up some of the biggest magazine publishers in...
The media is failing to communicate journalism’s value to the public
It’s important to celebrate the little victories right now. It’s how we stay sane.
Even in the face of a crisis that threatens the continued existence of newspapers at all levels, small...
Transcript: Prashant Rao, International Editor, The Atlantic
Interviewer: Esther Kezia Thorpe
Esther: What have you been working on at The Atlantic since they announced their global expansion and brought you on board...
The Atlantic International Editor Prashant Rao on bringing the publication to a global audience
This week we spoke to The Atlantic's International Editor Prashant Rao about taking The Atlantic's voice to an international audience, the importance of diversity in writing stories for that...
With a new live LinkedIn show, HBR connects with readers on coping in the wake of Covid-19
As the world adjusts to the “new normal” of remote working life, forward-thinking publishers have been coming up with new ways to connect with their audiences and help them through the crisis....
“This is the podcast we never wanted to have to make”: How 3 publishers pivoted to coronavirus podcasts
It appears that even a global pandemic cannot stop the growth of podcasts. Despite the loss of commuting time, some podcasts are seeing audience numbers continue to climb as people take more time...
How 4 publishers are approaching the first party data shift and forging new relationships with advertisers
With the end in sight for third party cookies following Google’s bombshell announcement in January, first party data is set to become the dominant currency in the digital ad market. Publishers...
The Top Media Newsletters
We at Media Voices get a LOT of media newsletters between us to keep on top of everything that's going on for the news round-up. It's often tough narrowing it down to just a couple of key things...
Lessons from award-winning podcasts: History Extra Podcast’s Dave Musgrove
The winner of the Specialist category in the 2020 Publisher Podcast Awards was the...
Media Voices Live: Publishing in a Pandemic
Stories of the people and publishers innovating in a time of crisis
The media industry has had a turbulent decade when it...
Lessons from award-winning podcasts: Nature Podcast’s Benjamin Thompson
The winner of the Science and Medical category in the 2020 Publisher Podcast Awards...
Transcript: Sherri L. Smith, Editor in Chief, Laptop Mag
Interviewer: Esther Kezia Thorpe
Sherri: So Laptop Magazine is an older publication. It's been in circulation for about 20 years, maybe a little...
Laptop Mag Editor in Chief Sherri L. Smith on evolving a consumer tech title
This week, we hear from Sherri Smith, Editor in Chief of Laptop Mag, one of Future plc’s tech titles. She talks about her role working across Future’s sister titles, why Laptop Mag is...