Media Voices co-host Peter Houston sends out a weekly newsletter called The Magazine Diaries. Each edition shares the best magazine publishing ideas he comes...
Recurrent Media CEO Lance Johnson on acquiring and growing content businesses
On this week's episode we hear from Lance Johnson, CEO of Recurrent Media. You might not have heard of them (yet), but you will have heard of some of their 25...
Publishing ideas to steal: building bundles, rebooting greatest hits, and audio articles
Media Voices co-host Peter Houston sends out a weekly newsletter called The Magazine Diaries. Each edition shares the best magazine publishing ideas he comes across for you to steal, adapt or...
Publishing ideas to steal: local celebrities, podcasts, and low-cost alternatives
Media Voices co-host Peter Houston sends out a weekly newsletter called The Magazine Diaries. Each edition shares the best magazine publishing ideas he comes across for you to steal, adapt or...
Media Voices at FIPP Congress 2022: Rebuilding from Covid
Media Voices co-host Peter Houston has jetted off to Cascais, Portugal for the 2022 FIPP World Media Congress. He catches up with speakers and attendees at the event to find out what they're...
Condé’s comparison of magazine readers to web and social audiences makes no sense. One of these things is not like the others
I get it. I really do. It’s tough to do print profitably at scale. But a ‘print is dying’ narrative founded on the idea that online audiences are just...
Lessons from award-winning podcasts: Nature’s Benjamin Thompson
Springer Nature's flagship Nature Podcast has been a strong competitor in our Awards. The podcast scooped the Best Science & Medical Podcast in 2020, and in 2021, also won the Best Coronavirus...
Lessons from award-winning podcasts: The Art Newspaper’s Ben Luke
The winner of the Best Hobbies & Special Interest Podcast at 2021's Publisher Podcast Awards was The Week in Art from The Art Newspaper. Judges noted how the presenters made an in-depth topic...
Lessons from award-winning podcasts: DC Thomson’s Christopher Phin
The winner of the Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year award at our first ever Publisher Podcast Awards in 2020 was Christopher Phin. We were constantly impressed by his efforts to not just...
Lessons from award-winning podcasts: The Week’s Holden Frith
For two years running, The Week Unwrapped has scooped the 'Best News Podcast', fending off competition from some of the biggest names in publishing. Judges for 2021's awards highlighted the superb...
President and GM of Consumer at Yahoo Joanna Lambert on adapting to a changing media landscape
This week we hear from President and GM of Consumer at Yahoo Joanna Lambert. She talks about the changes at Yahoo over the last few years and how Covid forced them...
Lessons from award-winning podcasts: The Atlantic’s Vann Newkirk
The winner of the incredibly competitive Best Limited Series award in 2021's Publisher Podcast Awards was Floodlines from The Atlantic. Judges praised the captivating characters, richly textured...
Lessons from award-winning podcasts: Immediate Media’s Ben Youatt
Immediate Media have featured numerous times on the shortlists and as winners of categories both for 2020 and 2021's Publisher Podcast Awards. Olive magazine podcast was the winner of 2021's Best...
Headlines Network founder Hannah Storm on improving the mental health of people working in the media
In this week's episode we hear from Hannah Storm, founder and director of Headlines network, an organisation working to improve the mental health of people working...
Lessons from award-winning podcasts: The Telegraph’s Theodora Louloudis
The winner of the Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year award in 2021's Publisher Podcast Awards was Theodora Louloudis, Head of Audio at The Telegraph. She was praised for the exceptional work...
6AM City Co-Founder Ryan Heafy on creating a local newsletter launch playbook
In this week's episode we hear from founder of local newsletter network 6AM City Ryan Heafy. He tells us why the network is very close to having a million...
Awallprintss Founder Abbianca Makoni on covering international communities for Gen Z
This week we hear from Abbianca Makoni, a 22-year old journalist who, after completing a four-year apprenticeship at the the Evening Standard, decided to go it...
The Fix Founding Editor Jakub Parusinski on cracking the media management puzzle
On this week's episode we hear from Jakub Parusinski, founding editor at The Fix, a trade magazine for media professionals. He and Peter spoke about Jakub’s...
Editor and Founder of Paranting Magazine Sophia Waterfield on creating a new type of lifestyle magazine
In this episode we hear from Sophia Waterfield, editor and founder of Paranting Magazine. It’s a magazine for parents, but for parents that don’t have time for some of the aspirational BS that...
The Content Marketing Association MD Rob John on content marketing’s role in publishing
This week's guest is Rob John, MD of the Content Marketing Association. He discusses what the CMA does and who its members are, how content marketing might fit within a publisher's revenue mix,...