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Esther Kezia Thorpe

March 14, 2023

An ‘online attention recession’? Let’s be blunt about the state of Reach’s sites

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...

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March 9, 2023

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...

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February 27, 2023

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...

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February 20, 2023

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....

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February 7, 2023

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...

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February 6, 2023

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...

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January 30, 2023

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...

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December 19, 2022

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...

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December 12, 2022

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...

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November 7, 2022

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...

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October 18, 2022

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...

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September 29, 2022

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...

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September 13, 2022

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...

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Email newsletters overlaid with plant growth
September 6, 2022

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...

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August 31, 2022

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...

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August 30, 2022

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...

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Print magazine open and floating in the air above a hand
August 17, 2022

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...

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August 3, 2022

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...

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July 27, 2022

“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...

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July 20, 2022

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...

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