This week Mental Floss Editor in Chief Erin McCarthy tells us about how it's celebrating its 20th anniversary, how the magazine started in a university dorm room, its mission to help people feel...
Twitch’s Creative Strategy Lead Jack Woodcock on building communities through livestreams
This week Twitch's Creative Strategy Lead Jack Woodcock tells us about the opportunities for publishers around livestreaming, what lessons we can learn from the success of individual streamers,...
The Fat Zine founder Gina Tonic on being an activist vs. being a publisher
This week we hear from Gina Tonic co-founder of The Fat Zine, an independent magazine by fat people for fat people, plus those that care. We spoke about the F word, the influence of Pitch Perfect,...
WSJ Editor of Live Journalism Kim Last on virtual events as a live magazine
This week, we hear from The Wall Street Journal's Editor of Live Journalism and Special Content Kim Last. She talks about the role of live journalism at the publication, how they adapted when the...
Shado co-founder Hannah Robathan on the magazine as an outlet for activism
This week Hannah Robathan, co-founder of Shado, tell us about the realities of publishing a print magazine and online platform that gives people the space to tell their own stories. We spoke about...
Big Issue CEO Paul Cheal on the magazine’s fight to survive lockdown
On this week's episode The Big Issue CEO Paul Cheal tells us about the magazine’s fight to survive lockdown, the innovations that got it through and how those changes have spurred new ways of...
Wareable.com’s James Stables on surviving a catastrophic loss of search traffic
This week James Stables, Founder and Co-CEO of tech recommendation sites Wareable.com and The Ambient, discusses the meteoric rise of the business, unknown SEO problems, and the precarious nature...
The Delicate Rébellion founder Hannah Taylor on supporting her community’s creative passions
In this week's episode Hannah Taylor, editor and founder for The Delicate Rébellion, tells us about her print magazine showcasing the work of independent female creatives, the community that has...
The Bureau Local director Megan Lucero on the collaborative future of news
This week Megan Lucero, director of the Bureau Local at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, provides us with a look at the present and future of local journalism. From the trials of finding...
Director of the Reuters Institute Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on why we get news subscriptions wrong
This week Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director at the Reuters Institute for...
Quartz CEO Zach Seward on charting a new course for the business lifestyle brand
This week Zach Seward, CEO of Quartz, explains why he bought the business lifestyle brand from Uzabase. He tells us how it all started and how it’s going, about memberships and advertising, and...
Mr. Magazine Samir Husni on why magazines are new media
This week Dr Samir Husni, founder and director of the Magazine Innovation Center at the University of Mississippi’s School of Journalism and New Media, tells us why magazines are the ultimate...
Yahoo Lifestyle Southeast Asia Editor in Chief Reta Lee on identifying emerging content trends
This week we hear from Yahoo Lifestyle's Editor in Chief for Southeast Asia Reta Lee. We talked about her career in media and her work at Yahoo Lifestyle, including spinning up new content pillars...
Think Publishing CEO Ian McAuliffe on perfect staff and clients
This week Ian McAuliffe, founder and CEO of Think Publishing, talks about the evolving landscape of contract publishing. He tells us about the ideal employee or a contract publisher, the ideal...
Axios’ Media Reporter Sara Fischer on crafting informative newsletters and media coverage
This week we talked to Sara Fischer, Media Reporter at Axios. Their weekly Media Trends newsletter has just reached 100,000 subscribers after being among the first few newsletters launched by the...
The Economist’s Deputy Editor Tom Standage on why newspapers should predict the future
As well as its flagship paper, The Economist also publishes future-gazing issues looking at what to expect the next year and even further into the future. This week Tom Standage, its Deputy Editor...
Special: Highlights from Media Moments 2020, and how publishers are preparing for 2021
This special episode includes the audio of our launch presentation for the Media Moments 2020 report. Esther, Peter and Chris examine one key stat of each section within the report, from diversity...
Prima Editor Jo Checkley on meeting increased demand for print magazines
Hearst UK recently announced that women's lifestyle magazine Prima would increase its print edition from 12 to 13 issues a year, following a 68% surge in subscriptions this year.
This week, we...
Inc. Editor-in-Chief Scott Omelianuk on how 2020 has changed the magazine
This week we hear from Scott Omelianuk, Inc. Magazine's Editor in Chief. He talks about how starting his new job just before lockdown affected Inc.'s plans for change, how their content strategy...
Project 23 co-founder Gary Rayneau on building diverse and inclusive media
This week Gary Rayneau, co-founder of Project 23 tells us about about his time leading a diverse team at Dennis, the impact of Black Lives Matter in 2020, and how publishers can approach diversity...