This special episode of Media Voices includes the audio of our launch presentation for the Media Moments 2021 report. Chris, Peter and Esther each outline which media moment of the year they found...
Powerful engagement and revenue drivers, newsletters are at the centre of the fight for publisher influence
Email newsletters have taken a central role in the battle between upstart platforms, individual creators, and long-established media brands fighting to secure audience loyalty. Peter Houston...
New report: Media Moments 2021
What's New in Publishing is pleased to launch its annual report Media Moments 2021, sponsored by Sovrn and written by the Media Voices team. This comprehensive report covers trends in...
Executive Editor of Noema magazine Kathleen Miles on publishing in an intellectual niche
Noema is a magazine looking at some of the biggest issues of the 21st century - AI, the climate crisis, the future of democracy and capitalism. This week, its...
FT Strategies MD Tara Lajumoke on building a robust playbook for subscription businesses
This week we hear from Tara Lajumoke, Managing Director of FT Strategies, the Financial Times' consulting firm. We discussed how FT Strategies fits into the FT's wider goals, what her role...
Launch event: Media Moments 2021
Join Media Voices, What’s New in Publishing and Sovrn in a virtual event to launch this year’s Media Moments report, followed by a panel of publishing experts discussing how they will...
The Independent US Senior Vice President Blair Tapper on shaping the news brand overseas
This week, we hear from Blair Tapper, Senior Vice President at The Independent US. She talks about what her priorities have been since the brand's US launch, what an Independent reader looks like...
The Great Privacy Reset: Insider Inc, Future plc and Permutive discuss the challenges and opportunities for publishers
In this special Conversations episode of Media Voices, sponsored by Permutive, we explore the 'Great Privacy Reset'.
The tension between advertising and privacy...
How Immediate Media is growing seven-figure revenues around webinars and podcasts
Immediate Media is one of the publishers that did very well out of the pandemic. They saw huge subscription boosts to their brands, many of which were focused...
Global Director of Internews’ Earth Journalism Network James Fahn on why everyone should be a climate change journalist
This week’s interview is with James Fahn, Global Director of Internews’ Environmental Programs and its Earth Journalism Network. Internews trains journalists...
Facebook’s obsession with youth is misplaced. The key to success is in their aging user base
Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement last week that he would be pivoting all Facebook’s future efforts to focus on the youth was tinged with panic at their aging user...
CMQ Media Founder & Analyst David Adeleke on the media scene in Nigeria and beyond
This week we hear from David Adeleke, Founder of CMQ Media and creator of the Communiqué newsletter analysing the intersection of the media, content ecosystem,...
Instagram is in the firing line, but magazine media has a lot to answer for in the body image debate
Body shaming in the media is nothing new, but it's now more pervasive than ever. Charlotte Ricca looks at the latest accusations against Facebook-owned Instagram, but also explores magazine...
The Players’ Tribune Executive Editor Sean Conboy on tackling mental health in sports reporting
This week we hear from Sean Conboy, Executive Editor at The Players' Tribune; a sports-focused site that publishes first-person stories from professional athletes. He talks about the process they...
What we’ve learned from publishing 200 podcast episodes
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...
Immediate Media Chief Revenue Officer Duncan Tickell on strengthening brands post-pandemic
This week for our 200th episode, we hear from Duncan Tickell, Chief Revenue Officer at Immediate Media. He talks about why he rejoined Immediate and what his focus is now with diversification, how...
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 New Republic’s Literary Editor Laura Marsh on storytelling through print and podcasts
On this week's episode we hear from The New Republic's Literary Editor Laura Marsh. She tells us about what makes working in an audio format especially rewarding, discovering famous literary...
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 Information Reporter Kaya Yurieff on covering the sprawling creator economy
This week we hear from Kaya Yurieff, The Information's Creator Economy Reporter. We talked about how she covers an industry that is so new and sprawling, some of the challenges of being a creator,...