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Lessons from award-winning podcasts

September 9, 2024

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...

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April 20, 2022

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: Nature’s Benjamin Thompson

Springer Nature's flagship Nature Podcast has been a strong competitor in our Awards. The podcast scooped the Best Science & Medical Podcast in 2020, and in 2021, also won the Best Coronavirus...

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April 13, 2022

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: The Art Newspaper’s Ben Luke

The winner of the Best Hobbies & Special Interest Podcast at 2021's Publisher Podcast Awards was The Week in Art from The Art Newspaper. Judges noted how the presenters made an in-depth topic...

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April 11, 2022

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: DC Thomson’s Christopher Phin

The winner of the Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year award at our first ever Publisher Podcast Awards in 2020 was Christopher Phin. We were constantly impressed by his efforts to not just...

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April 6, 2022

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: The Week’s Holden Frith

For two years running, The Week Unwrapped has scooped the 'Best News Podcast', fending off competition from some of the biggest names in publishing. Judges for 2021's awards highlighted the superb...

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March 30, 2022

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: The Atlantic’s Vann Newkirk

The winner of the incredibly competitive Best Limited Series award in 2021's Publisher Podcast Awards was Floodlines from The Atlantic. Judges praised the captivating characters, richly textured...

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March 23, 2022

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: Immediate Media’s Ben Youatt

Immediate Media have featured numerous times on the shortlists and as winners of categories both for 2020 and 2021's Publisher Podcast Awards. Olive magazine podcast was the winner of 2021's Best...

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March 9, 2022

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: The Telegraph’s Theodora Louloudis

The winner of the Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year award in 2021's Publisher Podcast Awards was Theodora Louloudis, Head of Audio at The Telegraph. She was praised for the exceptional work...

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October 28, 2020

Listen up: Lessons from 2020’s award-winning publisher podcasts

Back in March, we got together with 250 publishing and media professionals to celebrate the brilliant podcasts they are producing, whether it's to test the waters with audio capabilities, reach...

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August 4, 2020

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: Olive Magazine’s Janine Ratcliffe

The winner of the Lifestyle category in the 2020 Publisher Podcast Awards was the...

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June 24, 2020

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: The Week Unwrapped’s Arion McNicoll

The winner of the News & Current Affairs category in the 2020 Publisher Podcast Awards was The Week Unwrapped from Dennis Publishing’s The Week. We asked Arion McNicoll, editor at...

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June 10, 2020

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: Digiday Podcast’s Brian Morrisey

The winner of the B2B category in the 2020 Publisher Podcast Awards was the...

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May 24, 2020

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: Bestseller Podcast’s Casimir Stone

The winner of the Brand Publisher category in the 2020 Publisher Podcast Awards was...

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April 20, 2020

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: History Extra Podcast’s Dave Musgrove

The winner of the Specialist category in the 2020 Publisher Podcast Awards was the...

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April 8, 2020

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: Nature Podcast’s Benjamin Thompson

The winner of the Science and Medical category in the 2020 Publisher Podcast Awards...

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April 1, 2020

Lessons from award-winning podcasts: Bauer’s Terri White on The Pilot TV podcast

The winner of the Entertainment category in the 2020 Publisher Podcast Awards was the Pilot TV podcast, produced by Bauer Media. We asked the...

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