This week, we hear from Casey Newton, founder of Platformer. He was previously The Verge's long-time Silicon Valley editor, where his newsletter The Interface grew to 20,000 subscribers. Now, he's...
Media Voices Special: 6 things you missed over summer 2020
In this first episode back following an... eventful summer for media, the team discusses six topics you might have missed over the past month. Guest starring the planes that flew an inch over...
The BBC’s Specialist Disinformation Reporter Marianna Spring on proactively countering conspiracies
In this episode, the BBC's Specialist Disinformation Reporter Marianna Spring takes us through the responsibilities of broadcasters to counter disinformation, whether it's a losing battle to...
LA Times Audience Engagement Editor Adriana Lacy on using archival content to contextualise current events
This week, we hear from Adriana Lacy, Audience Engagement Editor at the LA Times. She launched a dedicated Instagram account for the LA Times' archival photos late last year, so we talked about...
VICE Executive Editor Dory Carr-Harris on building and evolving quality editorial
This week, VICE's Executive Editor Dory Carr-Harris talks to us about the importance of knowing what resonates with your audience, from high-quality astrology content to bringing a food brand to...
Google’s Head of News Ecosystem Development Madhav Chinnappa on supporting journalism
On this week's episode of Media Voices, Google's Head of News Ecosystem Development Madhav Chinnappa takes us through his views on the often-fraught relationship between publishers and platforms,...
100th episode special: how do publishers maintain their brand value in a world of distributed content?
Our 100th episode special was recorded live in front of an audience in London on May 2nd. We were joined by four fantastic guests - EMPIRE’s Editor in Chief Terri White, The Week’s Chief...
Spotify VP of EMEA Marco Bertozzi on Spotify’s evolving ad business
This week's guest is Marco Bertozzi, who is the Vice President of EMEA Sales & Multi-Market Global Sales at Spotify. He talks to us about how Spotify’s ad business has evolved from the early...
Digital Content Next CEO Jason Kint on the great challenge of the Duopoly
Jason Kint, the CEO of Digital Content Next, the trade association for online publishers, takes us through the organisation's aims and ambitions, why the Duopoly has skewed the playing field for...
PinkNews’ Head of Platforms Ellen Stewart on the world’s largest LGBTQ+ news site
On this week's episode of Media Voices, PinkNews' Head of Platforms Ellen Stewart tells us why Snapchat is a priority for the world's largest LGBTQ+ publisher, why video is a solid investment for...
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...
Flipboard Head of Growth Claus Enevoldsen on growing a platform that works for publishers
This week, Claus Enevoldsen, Head of Growth for news aggregation platform Flipboard, talks about being a technology company with media values, how their human-led algorithms work to surface...
Lucy Kueng on how Silicon Valley has changed journalism
This episode, we hear from Lucy Kueng. She’s one of the go-to names for macro and micro industry analysis, a Google Digital News Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of...
Columbia Journalism Review’s Mathew Ingram on what publishers get wrong about trust
In this episode of the Media Voices podcast Mathew Ingram, media writer for the Columbia Journalism Review, explains why publishers need to take a more human approach to their memberships, the...
LSE’s Charlie Beckett on Truth, Trust and Technology
In this week's episode we hear from the London School of Economics' professor Charlie Beckett about its Truth, Trust & Technology Commission, on the role of platforms in defining truth,...
Mic’s Cory Haik on millennial loyalty, meaningful storytelling and the importance of deliberate distribution
This week, Mic's Publisher Cory Haik talks to us about surviving as a video-first publisher in a platform world, how they retain a loyal and engaged millennial audience, and why she's not giving...
Twitter’s VP for EMEA Bruce Daisley on news, live video and transparency
This week, Twitter's VP of EMEA Bruce Daisley takes us through how the social network rediscovered its 'sweet spot' in the ranks of other platforms, where news and live video fit into its...
Facebook WTF?
In this special episode of Media Voices, the team rattle through some news before doing a deep-dive into the realities of Facebook killing the news industry (again).
Peter, Esther and Chris...
Journalism lecturer Adam Tinworth on the tragedy of platform dependency
This week, visiting lecturer in digital journalism at City University Adam Tinworth takes us through the history of platform dependence. We look at the rise of the intermediary, the tragic loss of...
British GQ’s Becky Lucas on the true meaning of ‘engagement’
In this episode of the Media Voices Podcast, Esther interviews British GQ's Insight and Strategy Editor Becky Lucas. They talk about what 'engagement' means for a luxury magazine that exists...