Let’s not beat about the bush: Reach may produce some good, important journalism. But its push for pageviews at all costs and a garbage web experience are causing it immeasurable...
Four tips to optimise paywall conversion
For publishers with paywalls, benchmarking can be useful to get a sense of where a paywall is performing strongly, and where improvements can be made. Although...
Trusted Media Brands CEO Bonnie Kintzer on future-proofing a legacy publisher
This week we hear from Bonnie Kintzer, CEO of Trusted Media Brands - which includes brands like FailArmy, Family Handyman, and Reader’s Digest. She tells us about...
The Ankler CEO Janice Min on turning a newsletter into a media business
On this week's episode we hear from Janice Min, co-owner and CEO of The Ankler, a newsletter-first media brand covering Hollywood and the world of entertainment....
WSJ cuts through the noise with new newsletter ‘for only the biggest news’
The Wall Street Journal has launched a new newsletter…with a difference. Rather than a regular publishing schedule, WSJ News Debrief will only be sent when big news events...
Word in Black COO Andrew Ramsammy on the opportunities of news collaboratives
This week we hear from Andrew Ramsammy, Chief Operating Officer of Word in Black. The publication was founded in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, and brings together 10 of the nation's...
Good Housekeeping Editor in Chief Gaby Huddart on using their centenary to be future-facing
This week we hear from Gaby Huddart, Group Editorial Director at Hearst UK and Editor in Chief of Good Housekeeping. We talk about celebrating the brand’s centenary last year with their first...
Meta finalises its divorce from publishers as other platforms battle chaotic management
With Meta going all-in on the metaverse, Instagram relentlessly cloning TikTok and Twitter in chaos, the days of reliable social media publishing strategies are over. Esther Kezia Thorpe...
There’s hope again for local news as innovative start-ups find their feet
After decades of decline, local news had been written off as a casualty of the digital age. But creator-led innovations in digital publishing tools and...
How Reuters News Agency uses data to build trust in its reporting
This feature is sponsored by Reuters News Agency. Find out more in our Conversations episode with Reuters News Agency’s Scott Malone, Stephanie Burnett and Rob Schack discussing how data can...
Three benefits of consolidating tech setups for publishers
This feature was created in partnership with Affino, the leading Unified Business Platform for media, publishing, events, membership and professional services organisations. Find out more in...
We need to talk about podcast listener numbers
If there’s one topic which makes podcasters awkward, it’s listener numbers. We all assume everyone else probably has more listens than us, and jealously guard...
The best podcast editing software: our top 5 picks
With nearly six years of weekly podcasts under our belts, we know the importance of choosing podcast editing software that will fit around your workflow. Whether...
Growing for good: How a news start-up gained 16k+ newsletter subscribers in four days
…and made the world a better place along the way.
When it comes to newsletter growth strategies, we thought we’d seen it all. From Morning...
Preview: The Publisher Podcast Summit 2022
While we've been on our summer break from the podcast, we've been hard at work putting together the Publisher Podcast Summit; the first ever conference dedicated to supporting publishers on their...
How four publishers are using podcasts to enhance their brands
Launching a podcast can be an intimidating prospect for publishers. Editorial resources, concepts and marketing strategies all need to be carefully thought through...
Why ad-light, subscriber-focused weekly print titles are thriving
The stereotypical print magazine is jam-packed with advertising. September issues of fashion magazines in particular used to measure their success by...
A tale of three publishers: UK daily news brands eye a more stable future
After decades of disruption and painful digital transformation, the UK’s ‘quality’ daily news publishers - once called broadsheets - seem to have finally...
“This is a digital business masquerading as a print business:” As the dust settles on the Dotdash Meredith merger, what’s the outlook for its print magazines?
Digital publisher Dotdash’s merger last year with magazine company Meredith may have made a lot of business sense. But Dotdash, which has no print experience, is...
Immediate’s HistoryExtra podcast celebrates 15 years with 150 million listens
“It just felt like podcasting was made for history,” HistoryExtra’s Dr David Musgrove told us. As the podcast celebrates its 15th birthday, it has also just broken another...