Here’s how the first few months of our pivot from general media coverage to a more specialised publisher product focus has gone.
Over the summer, we announced that...
The Top Media Newsletters
We at Media Voices get a LOT of media newsletters between us to keep on top of everything that's going on.
Here are our recommendations of the top media and publishing newsletters to sign up...
Pod in a Pub: Publishing’s pivotal moments this year, and predictions for 2025
This episode of The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices - our last for this season - was recorded at the White Swan in Aldgate, London on November 27th in front of a live...
From portfolio- to vertical-oriented: the new strategic alignment behind Dow Jones’ brands
Dow Jones is more than simply the index that bears its name. Its stable of publications – including the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, and many more – are vital for those...
Dow Jones’ Emma O’Brian on the backroom magic behind a specialised portfolio
In this week's episode of The Publisher Podcast, we hear from Emma O’Brian, SVP Strategy for Dow Jones. Everyone knows Dow Jones – or at least a few parts of its portfolio, even if they...
The risks and rewards of going solo: Will Hayward’s relaunched Welsh political newsletter takes off
Author and journalist Will Hayward was one of a group of experimental paid Substack newsletters launched by regional publisher Reach plc last year. But in September, he decided to take the plunge...
How declared data can supercharge your first-party data strategy
This feature has been written in partnership with our season sponsor BlueConic. Hear more in our Media Briefs episode with Patrick Crane, Director of the Core Sales Team at BlueConic,...
Media Briefs: BlueConic’s Patrick Crane on managing data strategies in times of constant transformation
Third-party cookies aren't going away any time soon, but many publishers have already reduced dependency on them as a revenue stream. As the landscape continues to shift, what should...
The Publisher Masterclass
Media Voices are running monthly masterclasses helping publishers improve their products, from newsletter best practice to podcast monetisation. Each masterclass will be led by an industry expert,...
Total Politics’ recipe for product success: teamwork, responsiveness, quality
Total Politics Group is a – surprise! – politics-oriented specialist publisher. With brands including The House, Politics Home, The Parliament, and more under its belt, it has long been a...
Pod in a Pub: Media Voices Live Podcast & end of year drinks
Come and join the Media Voices team for a look back at the year in media in podcast form...of course!
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Total Politics’ Ludovica D’Angelo on the primacy of product in a shifting media landscape
This week on The Publisher Podcast, as part of the product-oriented remit we’ve set ourselves for the series, we hear from Ludovica D’Angelo, Director of Publishing Operations for the Total...
How Saveur magazine is rebuilding a ‘couture’ print presence for superfans
After four years away from print, much-loved food and travel title Saveur is returning to readers’ coffee tables with bi-annual issues. EIC Kat Craddock describes them as ‘the...
3 lessons on creating and selling B2B podcasts from Farmers Weekly
Smaller numbers of listeners shouldn’t be an insurmountable challenge for B2B publishers. By focusing on the quality and engagement of that audience, and working with existing sponsors on...
Why the Toronto Star sees micropayments as a key part of subscriber acquisition
The Toronto Star’s Chief Revenue Officer Brandon Grosvenor says that they are very much in the infancy of their micropayments experiment - or as he calls it, microsubscriptions....
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...
The Knowledge’s Jon Connell on why newsletters are aimed at mindsets, not demographics
On this week's episode of Media Voices, we hear from The Knowledge's founder Jon Connell. The Knowledge is a free-to-read newsletter aimed not at a particular demographic, but at a...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Media Briefs: Purple’s John Rahim on why a scalable CMS is key to future-proofing your digital publishing strategy
In the fast-paced world of digital publishing, a robust content management system (CMS) plays a pivotal role in shaping success. It can empower publishers not only to streamline workflows...
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...
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....
The Evening Standard’s Simon Kurs on an award-winning commercial podcast strategy
On this week's episode - the first of The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices - we speak to Simon Kurs, Commercial Editor at the Evening Standard.
The publisher won Best Commercial Strategy at...
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...
Info: The Publisher Summits
We are excited to be bringing the Publisher Podcast Summit & Awards and the Publisher Newsletter Summit & Awards back to London in June 2025, and for the first time, Publisher App and...
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...
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...
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...