This week on The Publisher Podcast we hear from Tim Huelskamp, CEO and co-founder of 1440, a daily curated newsletter that now reaches over 4 million daily readers. He tells us about finding white...
Wessenden Marketing’s Jim Bilton on publisher product priorities for 2025 and beyond
We're kicking off 2025's first season of The Publisher Podcast by talking to Jim Bilton, Managing Director at Wessenden Marketing and Brandlab Research. Jim produces bimonthly research and updates...
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...
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...
Will Hayward on relaunching a successful solo newsletter
This week on The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices, we're joined by Will Hayward, journalist, author and columnist specialising in Welsh politics. He also writes The Will Hayward Newsletter, which...
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...
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...
Saveur’s Kat Craddock on rebuilding a premium print presence on digital foundations
On this week’s episode of The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices, we hear from Kat Craddock Editor-in-Chief, CEO and owner of Saveur magazine, a 30-year old...
Farmers Weekly’s Daniel Smith on creating and monetising a podcast for farmers
On this week's episode of The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices, we hear from Daniel Smith, Managing Director of the Mark Allen Group's Agriculture division, which includes brands like Farmers...
Torstar Corporation’s Brandon Grosvenor on early micropayment experiments
On this week's episode of The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices, we speak to Brandon Grosvenor, Chief Revenue Officer at Torstar Corporation, home of The Toronto Star. Over the summer, The Toronto...
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...
The Economist’s John Shields on growing subscriber-only podcasts
On this week's episode of The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices, we speak to John Shields, Director of Podcasts at The Economist. They made the bold move last year to put almost all their podcasts...
Morningcrunch’s Paul Ostwald on growing and monetising a German-language daily newsletter
On this week's episode of The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices, we hear from Paul Ostwald, co-founder of Morningcrunch, a German-language media brand aimed at young professionals. Since launching...
The Baltimore Banner’s Eric Ulken on the value of an app to a local news start-up
On this week's episode of The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices, we speak to Eric Ulken, Vice President of Product at The Baltimore Banner. The Baltimore Banner is a nonprofit news organisation...
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...
Greater Govanhill’s Rhiannon J Davies on the power of print to connect communities
On this week's episode of The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices, we hear from Rhiannon J Davies, Founder and Editor at Greater Govanhill, a community magazine and media project.
Launched in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Preview: The Publisher Podcast & Newsletter Summit 2024
While the podcast is on a break we've been hard at work assembling the industry's best and brightest publishers to share the strategies and learnings behind their successful podcasts and...
The Atlantic’s Nicholas Thompson on milestones, paywalls, and setting future goals
In this bonus episode of Media Voices, we hear from Nicholas Thompson, CEO at The Atlantic. We first had Nicholas as a guest on the podcast back in 2019 when he was WIRED's Editor in Chief, about...
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...
Podnews’ James Cridland on running a profitable newsletter-first publication
On this week's episode - the last of the season - we hear from James Cridland, Podnews editor and radio futurologist. Podnews is a daily email newsletter about everything podcasting, and is one of...
The Wall Street Journal’s Edward Hyatt on the changing SEO landscape
On this week's episode Edward Hyatt, Director of Newsroom SEO at The Wall Street Journal takes us through staying abreast and ahead of changes to the SEO landscape. From personal experience he...
TotallyEV’s Chris Minasians on building audience trust in product reviews
This week we hear from Chris Minasians, Director and Editor at TotallyEV, an independent site dedicated to articles, reviews and interviews about electric vehicles. TotallyEV has recently hit 5...
The Telegraph’s Maire Bonheim and David Alexander on newsletters for different business goals
This week we speak to The Telegraph’s Head of Newsletters Maire Bonheim, and Deputy Head of Newsletters David Alexander, about the publisher's newsletter portfolio. We talk about why The...
War correspondent Jane Ferguson on how tech is evolving conflict reporting
On this week's episode we hear from Jane Ferguson, an Irish-British journalist covering war, politics and US foreign policy. She is currently a special...
Immediate Media’s Ridhi Radia on making inclusion a strategic priority
This week we hear from Ridhi Radia, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Immediate Media, about where media sits on the change spectrum for diversity and inclusion.
Ridhi tells us why...