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October 28, 2020

Listen up: Lessons from award-winning publisher podcasts

Back in March, we got together with 250 publishing and media professionals to celebrate the brilliant podcasts they are producing, whether it's to test the waters with audio capabilities, reach...

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October 26, 2020

AgriBriefing CEO Rory Brown on growing niche media

This week Rory Brown, co-founder and CEO of AgriBriefing, speaks about building a niche B2B business, the issues with finance in media, Agribriefing's acquisition strategy, and keeping an...

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October 23, 2020

Should you start with free or paid?

One of the people we spoke to for our recent podcast on "Man cannot live by newsletter alone: the realities of going solo as a journalist" was media analyst Thomas Baekdal. The episode...

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October 19, 2020

Man cannot live by newsletter alone: the realities of going solo as a journalist

Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of high-profile examples of journalists leaving publications to launch their own newsletters. This isn't a new trend, but as tools like Substack,...

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October 12, 2020

Platformer founder Casey Newton on going solo with a paid newsletter covering the tech giants

This week, we hear from Casey Newton, founder of Platformer. He was previously The Verge's long-time Silicon Valley editor, where his newsletter The Interface grew to 20,000 subscribers. Now, he's...

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October 5, 2020

The Week Junior Editor in Chief Anna Bassi on why a print magazine for kids is growing strongly

This week, we hear from Anna Bassi, Editor in Chief of The Week Junior. They’ve had a milestone couple of months, recently releasing their 250th issue and increasing circulation during lockdown...

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September 28, 2020

Director of Cognitive Publishing Roy Rowlands on going all-digital with B2B magazines

This week we hear from Director of Cognitive Publishing Roy Rowlands on what it’s like to be in a family publishing business with a trillion-pound audience, going all-digital with their B2B...

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September 23, 2020

The Publisher Podcast Awards 2021 are now open for entries!

The Publisher Podcast Awards, run by the Media Voices team, have opened entries for the second year of the awards, with submissions open until Friday November 27th 2020.

The...

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September 21, 2020

Black Ballad Co-Founder and CEO Tobi Oredein on growing a membership-driven media business

This week, we hear from Tobi Oredein, Co-Founder and CEO of Black Ballad, a UK-based lifestyle platform for Black British women. She talks about what drove her to found the site, why they decided...

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September 14, 2020

MEL magazine Editor in Chief Josh Schollmeyer on changing the conversation around men’s magazines

This episode Josh Schollmeyer, co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief of online men’s magazine MEL, takes us through working at the legacy print behemoth Playboy, why that convinced him men’s...

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September 8, 2020

7 things we’ve learned from launching a daily newsletter

Four months ago, we launched the first edition of our new daily newsletter The Media Roundup. We previously had a longstanding weekly newsletter which listed the...

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September 7, 2020

Media Voices Special: 6 things you missed over summer 2020

In this first episode back following an... eventful summer for media, the team discusses six topics you might have missed over the past month. Guest starring the planes that flew an inch over...

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August 27, 2020

8 ways publishers are making money from podcasts

Despite having been around for years, podcasting is still a relatively new medium for many publishers. This in turn means that routes to sustainability in terms of...

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August 19, 2020

Apple News+ was deeply flawed from the start. Is there really a future for publishers on the platform?

Apple seemed to have a good thing going with its News product. It was clean, easy to navigate, and pulled content responsively into Apple's templates, allowing...

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August 6, 2020

Is the COVID magazine subscription bump a short-term trend or a long-term bet?

For some publishers, magazine subscriptions have been an unexpected bright spot amidst the pandemic. Dennis Publishing have recently reported that subscription rates across all titles have...

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August 4, 2020

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: Olive Magazine’s Janine Ratcliffe

The winner of the Lifestyle category in the 2020 Publisher Podcast Awards was the...

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July 31, 2020

How The Conversation is turning 100 million pageviews into trust in experts

Many publishers have enjoyed traffic spikes over the past few months, from news publishers covering the developing crisis to hobby and special interest sites providing entertainment and light...

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July 27, 2020

The Conversation UK’s Chief Executive Chris Waiting on building community around expertise

This week Chris Waiting, chief executive of The Conversation UK, tells us about the lessons his team is taking forward from its record-breaking corona coverage, why newsletters and live events are...

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July 20, 2020

Parents.com Executive Editor Julia Dennison on creating content to support families

This week, we hear from Julia Dennison, the Executive Editor of Meredith's parenting brand Parents.com. She talks about how they're supporting parents who are trying to juggle childcare and their...

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July 13, 2020

The BBC’s Specialist Disinformation Reporter Marianna Spring on proactively countering conspiracies

In this episode, the BBC's Specialist Disinformation Reporter Marianna Spring takes us through the responsibilities of broadcasters to counter disinformation, whether it's a losing battle to...

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