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March 15, 2021

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...

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June 8, 2020

WSJ Newsroom Innovation Chief Robin Kwong on developing features for a news brand

This week, we talk to the Wall Street Journal's Newsroom Innovation Chief Robin Kwong. He talks about how his team develops features to help the WSJ's wider goals, how he helps facilitate...

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April 14, 2020

Media Voices Live: Publishing in a Pandemic

Stories of the people and publishers innovating in a time of crisis

The media industry has had a turbulent decade when it...

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January 20, 2020

Evening Standard Executive Producer Chris Stone on the role of video & audio in publishing

This week, Chris Stone, the Executive Producer of Video & Audio at the Evening Standard, talks to us about the role video plays in their journalism, why they decided to launch two podcasts...

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December 9, 2019

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s Nic Newman on news podcasting

This week, media analyst Nic Newman takes us through the findings of his report into News Podcasts and the Opportunities for Publishers for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, which...

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October 14, 2019

Aller Media Product Owner Christoph Schmitz on managing technology and transformation

In this week's episode, we talk to Christoph Schmitz, Aller Media's Product Owner for paywalls, login, subscriptions and CRM (and recent interim CTO). He discusses managing technology and...

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September 24, 2019

Media Voices Live: How publishers are innovating with podcasts

Publishers are in a unique position to take advantage of the rise in podcasting thanks to their storytelling expertise and ready-made audiences. With listener numbers growing and discoverability...

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September 9, 2019

Big Issue founder Lord Bird on Chapter Catcher magazine’s mission to start a reading revolution

This week, Big Issue founder Lord John Bird talks to us about his new magazine venture Chapter Catcher, its mission to spark a reading revolution, and how it was inspired by Brexit. He also...

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September 2, 2019

PPA Scotland’s Laura Kelly Dunlop on creating a global festival for magazine lovers

This week, PPA Scotland business manager Laura Dunlop shares her excitement for this year's Magfest conference and the launch of the first Edinburgh International Magazine Festival. She also...

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April 1, 2019

Readly MD Ranj Begley on what makes a magazine app a success

In this week's episode of Media Voices, Readly MD Ranj Begley takes us through how the magazine app approaches its publisher partnerships, how reader data informs everything from cover choice to...

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March 11, 2019

Nikki Simpson on ambitious plans to open an International Magazine Centre in Edinburgh

On this week’s episode of Media Voices, former PPA Scotland business manager Nikki Simpson introduces plans to launch The International Magazine Centre, a hub for publishers to promote magazine...

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January 28, 2019

Film Stories founder Simon Brew on crowdfunding an independent magazine

On this week's episode of Media Voices, the founder of Film Stories magazine Simon Brew talks the dos and don'ts of a crowdfunding campaign, the potential of independent magazines, and the...

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November 19, 2018

Trint founder Jeff Kofman on why journalists should be entrepreneurs

This week we hear from Jeff Kofman, founder and CEO of Trint, about the dark abyss of transcription, whether Google and Facebook are serious about funding journalism, and the good, the bad, and...

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March 26, 2018

The Disconnect’s founders on experimentation and counter-intuitive bets

This week, Peter speaks to The Disconnect's co-founders Chris Bolin and Clayton d'Arnault about the philosophy and meaning behind a digital magazine that can only be consumed while...

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December 4, 2017

The Financial Times’ Alyssa Zeisler on using engagement metrics to launch new products

In this week's episode, the Financial Times' audience engagement strategist Alyssa Zeisler takes us through how the team uses engagement metrics to identify a need for new products that benefit...

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November 13, 2017

NYU’s Jay Rosen on the Membership Puzzle Project

This week, director of the Membership Puzzle Project Jay Rosen takes us through why membership could be the future of funding journalism, and what needs to be done to make it valuable to readers...

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September 12, 2017

Deutsche Welle’s Esra Doğramacı on best practice for digital video

In this week's episode of Media Voices, Peter travels to Cape Town and interviews Deutsche Welle's Esra Doğramacı, to find out how the German broadcaster is approaching digital...

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July 11, 2017

Dennis UK CTO Paul Lomax on the tech that underpins a modern publisher

In this week's episode of Media Voices we hear from Dennis Publishing's CTO Paul Lomax, who discusses the technology that underpins a modern publisher, and how Dennis builds agile working into its...

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July 4, 2017

CNN’s Samantha Barry on innovative social media for a global newsbrand

On the fourth of July, Media Voices is celebrating its own Independence Day. In the inaugural episode of our new-look podcast, Esther interviews CNN's executive producer of social and emerging...

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May 30, 2017

Owain Rich on the opportunities and challenges of VR storytelling

In this week's episode, we talk to Owain Rich, co-creator of the Trafficked VR experience, about the opportunities and challenges that come with making a VR film. Topics of discussion include the...

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