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...
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 Quality Edit’s Lauren Kleinman and Lee Joselowitz on performance publishing
This week we hear from Lauren Kleinman and Lee Joselowitz, co-founders of The Quality Edit. The Quality Edit was founded in 2021 when Lauren, Lee and their co-founder Scott Silver felt there was...
Newsrewired special with Journalism.co.uk: leadership, AI and business models
What’s top of mind for today’s news leaders? Evolving at pace, finding your USP - but not burning out in the process.
Last week, we were at...
MyLocal’s Daniel Ionescu on platforms for sustainable local news
This week we're joined by Daniel Ionescu, founder of The Lincolnite, an independent local news publisher in Lincolnshire. He is also the founder and editor of new local news platform MyLocal,...
The New Statesman’s Chris Stone on podcast and platform experiments
This week we're joined by Chris Stone, Executive Producer at the New Statesman. Chris is in charge of the podcast and video strategy at the publication, and his experimental approach has seen...
Grub Street’s Jo Cummings and Peter Houston: What kind of idiots still make magazines?
On this first episode of the final season for 2023, we feature a passion project from one of our own. The Grub Street Journal is a B2B title made by and for people who love print magazines. Its...
Practical AI Podcast Special: Lessons from local media
Our special Practical AI podcast documentary explores how local media organisations have got started with AI projects, the benefits they're seeing, the challenges they've faced and what...
Trusted Media Brands CEO Bonnie Kintzer on future-proofing a legacy publisher
This week we hear from Bonnie Kintzer, CEO of Trusted Media Brands - which includes brands like FailArmy, Family Handyman, and Reader’s Digest. She tells us about...
The Ankler CEO Janice Min on turning a newsletter into a media business
On this week's episode we hear from Janice Min, co-owner and CEO of The Ankler, a newsletter-first media brand covering Hollywood and the world of entertainment....
Dexerto CEO Josh Nino on standing out in the crowded market of gaming publishers
On this week's episode, Dexerto CEO Josh Nino tells us about how the esports-focused publication went about carving a foothold in a competitive market that is often...
2022’s podcast trends: a reality check for podcast hype, but publishers seeing solid ROI
For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers; from...
The year retention became paramount for subscription and membership publishers
For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers; from...
Has local news justified its own survival? The state of local news in 2022
For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers; from...
Medium VP of Content Scott Lamb on the platform’s evolution and vision for the future
In our final episode of the season, we hear from Medium's VP of Content Scott Lamb. Scott leads the content and creator relations teams at the platform, so we talked about Medium's famous pivots,...
RocaNews CEO Max Towey on rebuilding the younger generation’s trust in news
This week we hear from Max Towey, Co-Founder and CEO at RocaNews. RocaNews is a start-up building a community around the news that lowers the blood pressure; they believe alarmist and partisan...
Recurrent Media CEO Lance Johnson on acquiring and growing content businesses
On this week's episode we hear from Lance Johnson, CEO of Recurrent Media. You might not have heard of them (yet), but you will have heard of some of their 25...
Media Voices at Cannes 2022
This week, Media Voices co-host Peter Houston is at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France. He catches up with attendees at the festival to find out what publishers and...
Morning Brew Managing Editor Neal Freyman on the future of editorial newsletters
This week we catch up with Neal Freyman, managing editor at Morning Brew. Since 2017 he’s been part of the team that’s proved the viability of newsletters as a...
Raconteur Editor Sarah Vizard on using print to drive digital expansion
This week we talk to Sarah Vizard, Editor of Raconteur. She explains what Raconteur's unique angle on business stories is in a crowded field, how it uses its print publication to drive digital...
Toolkits Co-Founder Jack Marshall on what’s next for subscriptions
This week we spoke to Jack Marshall, Co-Founder of Toolkits, a business information and consulting company focused on subscription publishing. We talked about his past life as a media reporter at...
The Juggernaut Founder & CEO Snigdha Sur on bringing a business-first mindset to her startup
This week we spoke to Snigdha Sur, Founder & CEO of The Juggernaut; a content and community platform for global South Asians. She talked about founding a media...
President and GM of Consumer at Yahoo Joanna Lambert on adapting to a changing media landscape
This week we hear from President and GM of Consumer at Yahoo Joanna Lambert. She talks about the changes at Yahoo over the last few years and how Covid forced them...
Mansueto Ventures CEO Stephanie Mehta on leading a modern media business
This week we hear from Stephanie Mehta, CEO & Chief Content Officer of Manseuto Ventures, parent of Inc. and Fast Company. She talks about going from an editorial career to the CEO role, the...
6AM City Co-Founder Ryan Heafy on creating a local newsletter launch playbook
In this week's episode we hear from founder of local newsletter network 6AM City Ryan Heafy. He tells us why the network is very close to having a million...
The Fix Founding Editor Jakub Parusinski on cracking the media management puzzle
On this week's episode we hear from Jakub Parusinski, founding editor at The Fix, a trade magazine for media professionals. He and Peter spoke about Jakub’s...
The start-ups saving local news in the U.S.
The narrative that local news is dead is widely accepted in the media industry. The rise of digital advertising has cut off the main source of revenue for organisations that cover local news,...
Executive Editor of Noema magazine Kathleen Miles on publishing in an intellectual niche
Noema is a magazine looking at some of the biggest issues of the 21st century - AI, the climate crisis, the future of democracy and capitalism. This week, its...
FT Strategies MD Tara Lajumoke on building a robust playbook for subscription businesses
This week we hear from Tara Lajumoke, Managing Director of FT Strategies, the Financial Times' consulting firm. We discussed how FT Strategies fits into the FT's wider goals, what her role...