Media Voices

Media Voices

The people and products powering publishing's future

  • Podcasts
    • Latest
    • Partner podcasts
    • Discover
  • Analysis
    • Articles
    • Reports
  • Newsletter
  • Masterclasses
  • Summits & Awards
    • Podcasts
    • Newsletters
    • Summits video-on-demand
  • About
    • Support us
    • Sponsorship

Analysis

October 15, 2024

How The Knowledge is experimenting with newsletters without alienating its audience

The Knowledge is a daily digest newsletter founded in 2021. Since then, its readership has grown to over "140,000 happy readers", who appreciate its format and content. But it took a while...

Read More
October 7, 2024

7 lessons from a year of paywalled podcasts at The Economist

One year ago, The Economist took a leap of faith and moved all their podcasts (bar one) behind a paywall. It’s paid off, with the publisher saying they have retained 80% of listeners....

Read More
October 1, 2024

How German-language newsletter start-up Morningcrunch built an audience of 50,000 young professionals in just 12 months

If you were planning a daily news publication to target younger audiences, your starting point might be TikTok or WhatsApp. But after just 12 months, 50,000 young professionals in Germany...

Read More
September 24, 2024

How start-up local newspaper The Baltimore Banner uses an app as a statement of intent

The Baltimore Banner launched in June 2022, with a mission to fill a gap in local news reporting in Maryland. Funded by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, the  non-profit...

Read More
September 19, 2024

Why a robust, publishing-focused CMS should be the backbone of your digital publishing strategy

This feature has been written in partnership with Purple. Hear more in our Media Briefs episode with senior digital consultant John Rahim, discussing how a reliable content management...

Read More
September 17, 2024

Why a solutions-focused community magazine launched a podcast that creates individual connections

Greater Govanhill magazine set out with a mission to help solve the problems of a Glasgow neighbourhood. Its starting point was to listen to the concerns of its residents, but with its...

Read More
September 10, 2024

Why the Evening Standard put the podcast at the heart of its sustainable travel campaign

The conversation around podcast revenue can, too often, focus on just the podcast itself. But podcasts can be a powerful tool as part of - or even at the heart of - a wider commercial campaign....

Read More
September 3, 2024

What can we learn from award-winning newsletters?

Joanna Cummings rounds up the advice and words of wisdom shared by some of our Publisher Newsletter Award-winners at our recent Publisher Newsletter Summit.

Newsletters have...

Read More
August 29, 2024

Honesty is the only policy: why we need to tell the world magazines have changed

Media Voices co-founder Peter Houston sends out a weekly newsletter called The Magazine Diaries: how to make print magazines work in the digital world, a companion newsletter to print...

Read More
August 19, 2024

Passion plays: The biggest lesson magazine makers can learn from music makers

Media Voices co-founder Peter Houston sends out a weekly newsletter called The Magazine Diaries: how to make print magazines work in the digital world, a companion newsletter to print...

Read More
August 13, 2024

The Tortured Analogy Department

Media Voices co-founder Peter Houston sends out a weekly newsletter called The Magazine Diaries: how to make print magazines work in the digital world, a companion newsletter to print...

Read More
August 9, 2024

Introducing BlueConic as our relaunch sponsor

Following our decision to reposition as a weekly publication profiling the people and products that are powering publishing's future, we at Media Voices are delighted to be able to welcome...

Read More
August 6, 2024

Why print won’t lie down and die

Media Voices co-founder Peter Houston sends out a weekly newsletter called The Magazine Diaries, a companion newsletter to print magazine The Grub Street Journal. Each edition shares...

Read More
July 30, 2024

Lessons from the creator economy: allowing talent to operate like creators

The Addition's Charlotte Henry looks at some examples of creators who have been lured back to publications, and how publishers can reap the rewards of allowing their talented staff to lead...

Read More
July 23, 2024

Introducing the winners of The Publisher Newsletter Awards 2024

Media Voices are delighted to reveal the winners of 2024's Publisher Newsletter Awards, following a ceremony which took place on Tuesday 23rd July at The Union Regents,...

Read More
July 22, 2024

5 podcast and newsletter lessons from leading publishers, with journalism.co.uk

Newsletters and podcasts have a lot in common. As well as being low-cost, they can be intimate and personal; perfect for building lasting relationships with readers and...

Read More
July 15, 2024

Introducing The Publisher Portfolio: the next phase of Media Voices

TLDR: Media Voices is repositioning as a weekly publication profiling the people and products that are powering publishing’s future.

2024 has...

Read More
July 9, 2024

6 tips for media leaders on implementing AI

Whether you see AI as friend or foe to the media industry, there are numerous ways automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence tools can be used by publishers to improve the...

Read More
July 1, 2024

What this year’s Publisher Podcast Awards finalists show about podcasting in 2024

In the five years we’ve been running the Publisher Podcast Awards, a great deal has changed in the industry. Publishers have become a great deal more confident at...

Read More
June 25, 2024

Lessons from the creator economy: Setting the tone in podcasts and newsletters

Charlotte Henry has been out and about at industry events the past few weeks. Here, she explains why publishers across the board are struggling to find the balance between...

Read More
June 17, 2024

5 things we learned about the state of podcasts from the Digital News Report 2024

June is marked every year by the release of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s Digital News Report. The report this year tells a story of news media increasingly challenged by...

Read More
June 13, 2024

Introducing the winners of 2024’s Publisher Podcast Awards

Media Voices are delighted to reveal the winners of 2024’s Publisher Podcast Awards, following a ceremony which took place on Wednesday 12th June at Salsa Temple in London.

The awards are a...

Read More
June 5, 2024

Welcome to CascAIs

I’m at The FIPP World Media Congress in Portugal… I know, I know. It’s a tough gig, but someone has to do it.

This...

Read More
May 28, 2024

Shortlist announcement for the Publisher Newsletter Awards 2024

Media Voices are proud to reveal the shortlist for the second year of the Publisher Newsletter Awards. More than 100 newsletters have made the cut across 16 categories, from global news...

Read More
A shot of a galaxy
May 28, 2024

Why the podcast industry cannot abandon its search for a new, diverse galaxy of stars

Our industry is overdue for its next breakout star – so why are there none on the horizon?

Podcasts live or die on the ability of their hosts to keep audiences...

Read More
May 22, 2024

Smartico’s Christian Scherbel on reframing digital advertising for SMBs and publishers

This feature has been written in partnership with Smartico. Hear more in the Media Briefs episode with its CEO Christian Scherbel, discussing why small- and medium-sized businesses joining...

Read More
May 20, 2024

Podcasts and newsletters: 5 similarities and 1 huge difference

Podcasts and newsletters share the same low cost of entry; all it takes is a phone or a computer and you’re in the game. But that’s just the beginning. Both formats offer publishers...

Read More
May 14, 2024

Lessons from the creator economy: how creators are avoiding VC funding pitfalls

Creators are looking to diversify their revenue streams and, just as media companies do, occasionally seek the aid of VC funding to do so. But with VC funding comes a variety of pitfalls,...

Read More
May 7, 2024

First sessions and workshops revealed for the Publisher Podcast and Newsletter Summits

Are you a publisher with newsletters or podcasts? Then you absolutely must have Wednesday June 12th in your diary.

We're assembling some of the industry's leading publishers...

Read More
April 30, 2024

“The risk of losing people in the newsletter world has declined:” What happened to The Atlantic’s newsletters for subscribers scheme

The pandemic years saw a number of high-profile journalists leave publications to launch their own newsletters. Although lockdowns were credited as a driving...

Read More

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

The Publisher Newsletter

A weekly profile of the people and products powering publishing’s future, by the Media Voices team. Subscribe below, or read it here first…

Connect with us

Support Media Voices

More Media Voices

  • The Publisher Summits preview day 1: session highlights across newsletters and print
  • Why The Economist is making its podcasts and newsletters more personal
  • How publishers are using apps to deepen engagement and improve retention
  • Flashes & Flames merger with Media Voices: Plans for new media information services and events
  • 5 trends from this year’s Publisher Podcast and Newsletter Shortlists
  • Media Briefs: Bridged Media’s Maanas Mediratta on why ROI is increasingly important in AI
  • Shortlist announcement for the Publisher Newsletter Awards 2025
  • What makes membership models successful for publishers? Tips from Memberful

The Publisher Podcast Summit & Awards
The Publisher Newsletter Summit & Awards

Sponsor the Media Voices Podcast
About us & guest pitches

Privacy Policy

© 2025 Media Voices.
This website uses cookies to analyse our traffic. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Reject Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT