We’re celebrating a milestone this week: Media Voices’ 200th podcast episode. So almost five years after publishing our first episode, here are ten things...
How servitization is helping build a sustainable business model at Writer’s Digest
Despite challenging print sales, Writer's Digest has built a strong online community, with almost half its revenue now coming from online education. Mary Hogarth...
The Publisher Podcast Awards 2022 are now open for entries!
The Publisher Podcast Awards, run by the Media Voices team, have opened entries for the third year of the awards, with submissions open until Friday December 10th 2021.
The...
“The demand is definitely there”: How Social Spider is making local news commercially viable
Local news is under more pressure than ever. But as Covid has demonstrated, having local sources of information is vital both for keeping communities connected and...
Terri White on the conflict between parenting and the ‘best job in the world’ at EMPIRE magazine
“The reality is, if I hadn’t have had my baby, I would still be editing EMPIRE now,” Terri White tells us in the latest episode of Media Voices. “And that’s a hard pill for me to...
“We jumped from 2020 to 2023 in a weekend:” Bauer UK CEO Chris Duncan on building subscriptions through a crisis
A revenue drop of 80% and staff scattered to the four winds isn’t what you want to be dealing with in your first week at a new company. But this is the situation...
‘Full-on TV’: why The Independent is taking its video content OTT
The Independent is going all-in on video. Its Independent TV hub – already a separate section on the site – is set to expand into OTT with its own app...
The New Statesman Media Group’s David Tomchak on funding high quality journalism
David Thomchak is something of an overachiever when it comes to digital media. He’s worked at the BBC, The Evening Standard and Number 10 Downing Street in the UK Prime Minister’s...
Inside The Daily Mail and Stop Funding Hate’s unexpected brand safety truce
Consumer pressure group Stop Funding Hate has been the focus of some controversy over the past few weeks – even more so than usual. It drew attention to the brands that were – knowingly or...
“We knew there was a rabid group of readers:” 9 months after launching, Defector nears 40k subscribers
“Stick to sports”. An edict that caused a mass editorial exit from G/O Media-owned Deadspin toward the end of 2019. Just a few months later, several of these writers had come together to form...
Meredith’s video push centers on diversity and diversification
As the publishing industry seeks stability in the wake of the pandemic, Meredith Corp is making video an increasingly important part of its long-term content strategy.
Meredith’s...
“It’s been a galvanising moment for us”: How Quartz is charting an independent path to the future
The past few years have been bumpy for many publishers. Quartz is no exception; squeezed by plummeting ad revenues and a slow takeup of its membership offering, it...
“The audience growth has been too good to let it go away”: How the Wall Street Journal is adapting its live journalism in a virtual age
One of the Wall Street Journal’s newer projects is the Live Journalism team; a group of journalists who build agendas and source guests for the publisher’s...
Publisher Podcast Awards 2021 winners revealed, and a new podcasting conference for 2022
Media Voices are delighted to reveal the winners<span style="font-weight:...
Why the Publisher Podcast Awards are Pay What You Will this year
Today marked the announcement of the shortlists for 2021's Publisher Podcast Awards. As we said on stage at 2020's inaugural event, it's a pleasure and a privilege to be able to bring so many...
Shortlist announcement for the Publisher Podcast Awards 2021
Over 100 podcasts have made the shortlist for the second year of the Publisher Podcast Awards<span style="font-weight:...
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...
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...