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September 11, 2025

Threes: Helping publishers retake control of their content and find new revenue streams

Publishers are losing vast amounts of value as their content is reused and republished without authorisation. New...

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April 24, 2025

Media Briefs: Bridged Media’s Maanas Mediratta on why ROI is increasingly important in AI

For publishers, the conversation around AI has moved on from how to incorporate it into the business. Now, 'Fear of missing out' has been replaced by 'Fear of not being able to...

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April 17, 2025

What makes membership models successful for publishers? Tips from Memberful

This feature has been written in partnership with Memberful. Hear more in our interview with Jen Matichuk, Strategic Partnerships Manager at Memberful, discussing how membership programmes can...

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April 17, 2025

Building recurring revenue and audience connections: in conversation with Memberful’s Jen Matichuk

In this bonus episode of The Publisher Podcast, sponsored by Memberful, we hear from Jen Matichuk, Strategic Partnerships Manager at Memberful.

Jen spoke about how membership is a powerful way...

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February 6, 2025

Live content’s role in the fight to engage, attract and retain readers

This feature has been written in partnership with SaaS solutions provider Norkon. Hear more in our Media Briefs episode with Norkon CEO, Eirik Næsje, and VP of Sales, Birger Søiland,...

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February 6, 2025

Media Briefs: Norkon’s Eirik Næsje and Birger Søiland on the power of live

Live content is a crucial tool for publishers for attracting and retaining readers, especially younger audiences used to finding real-time information from social media. Publishers have an...

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November 14, 2024

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,...

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November 14, 2024

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...

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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...

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September 19, 2024

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...

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July 17, 2024

How Hamburger Morgenpost has embraced AI and digital technologies to re-engineer their business model: in conversation with Purple

Digital transformation is not a one-and-done process, as anyone who has ever worked in the publishing industry can attest. For Hamburger Morgenpost the digital journey has been made in a series of...

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July 3, 2024

How broadcaster SPORT1 uses AI and automation to maximise social media impact: in conversation with Echobox

This summer sees a packed sports calendar with the Euros in Germany and the Olympics and Paralympics in France. Adding these global events to the regular sports...

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June 5, 2024

Media Briefs: How live blogging adds an audience-first dimension to election coverage

Time magazine has called 2024 the ultimate election year, with people going to the polls from India to the UK and America. Rolling election coverage gives publishers the opportunity to...

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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...

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April 24, 2024

Media Briefs: AI means you don’t need to give up on SMB display ads

Publishers have been having a tough time with display advertising and focusing on key accounts makes sense. But there is huge revenue potential in the small and medium sized businesses...

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March 13, 2024

Bridged Media’s Maanas Mediratta on opening up access to AI for publishers

This feature has been written in partnership with Bridged Media. Hear more in the Media Briefs episode with Bridged Media CEO Maanas Mediratta, discussing why making AI tools more...

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March 6, 2024

Media Briefs: Democratising AI for publishers

For the 95% of publishers who haven't yet adopted AI, identifying a use case they can start with is usually the biggest roadblock. But the tools also need to be available for publishers to...

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February 20, 2024

What does ‘good’ local news look like?

As part of our recent Futureproofing local news podcast series, supported by the Google News Initiative, we asked a number of experts what they thought good local news should, or could...

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February 14, 2024

Futureproofing local news: special podcast series

Few areas of publishing have been battered more strongly by the headwinds of digital media than local news. The conflict between scale and meaningful local coverage has meant businesses have...

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February 6, 2024

FlatPlan’s Kieran Delaney on how Apple News can support publisher data strategies

This feature has been written in partnership with Apple News specialists FlatPlan. Hear more in our Media Briefs episode with FlatPlan CEO Kieran Delaney, discussing how publishers can use the...

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November 8, 2023

Media Briefs: Yes, you can use Apple News to build first-party data

No, Apple doesn't share reader data directly. But there are some clear pathways for publishers to leverage and drive first-party data capture in the app.

In a change from our...

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July 31, 2023

Big Noises: Stuart Forrest on clickability vs clickbait

Welcome to the latest season of Media Voices: Big Noises! This season, sponsored by Glide Publishing Platform, we’ll be talking to publishing people with something to say. Media Voices...

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July 24, 2023

Big Noises: Rafat Ali on choosing the slow path to growth

Welcome to the latest season of Media Voices: Big Noises! This season, sponsored by Glide Publishing Platform, we’ll be talking to publishing people with something to say. Media Voices...

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July 17, 2023

Big Noises: Ricky Sutton on publisher valuations, AI, and bears

Welcome to the latest season of Media Voices: Big Noises! This season, sponsored by Glide Publishing Platform, we’ll be talking to publishing people with something to say. Media Voices...

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July 10, 2023

Big Noises: Mpho Raborife on keeping Gen Z engaged

Welcome to the latest season of Media Voices: Big Noises! This season, sponsored by Glide Publishing Platform, we’ll be talking to publishing people with something to say. Media Voices...

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July 3, 2023

Big Noises: Michelle Manafy on the media’s universal problems

Welcome to the latest season of Media Voices: Big Noises! This season, sponsored by Glide Publishing Platform, we’ll be talking to publishing people with something to say. Media Voices...

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June 26, 2023

Big Noises: Shirish Kulkarni on why there are no quick fixes in media

Welcome to the latest season of Media Voices: Big Noises! This season, sponsored by Glide Publishing Platform, we’ll be talking to publishing people with something to say. Media Voices...

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FIPP Congress 2023
June 21, 2023

Media Voices at FIPP Congress 2023: Resilience in the face of disruption

Media Voices co-host Peter Houston has been in Portugal again. He headed back to the beautiful coastal town of Cascais for the 2023 FIPP World Media Congress. He caught up with speakers and...

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June 19, 2023

Big Noises: Jacob Donnelly on why publishers can’t resist the pursuit of scale

Welcome to the latest season of Media Voices: Big Noises! This season, sponsored by Glide Publishing Platform, we’ll be talking to publishing people with something to say. Media Voices...

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June 12, 2023

Big Noises: Barry Adams on why AI will not kill SEO

Welcome to the latest season of Media Voices: Big Noises! This season, sponsored by Glide Publishing Platform, we’ll be talking to publishing people with something to say. Media Voices...

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