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May 23, 2022

Digital Director at Rolling Stone UK & Attitude Magazine Charlotte Cijffers on nurturing audiences online

This week we hear from Charlotte Cijffers, Digital Director at Rolling Stone UK & Attitude Magazine for Stream Publishing. We spoke about launching the iconic Rolling Stone title in the UK,...

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May 9, 2022

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...

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April 4, 2022

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...

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March 28, 2022

The Hustle Senior Editor Zachary Crockett on creating a Sunday reading experience via email

This week we hear from The Hustle's Principle Reporter and Sunday Editor Zachary Crockett. He talks about his career path working across radio, newsletters, journalism and data, how he makes...

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March 7, 2022

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...

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February 28, 2022

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...

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December 13, 2021

The Big Issue UK Editor Paul McNamee on making every aspect of the magazine necessary

This week UK Editor of The Big Issue Paul McNamee tells us about the Big Issue’s Breakthrough scheme, paying disadvantaged young people to get into journalism. He...

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November 22, 2021

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...

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October 18, 2021

Immediate Media Chief Revenue Officer Duncan Tickell on strengthening brands post-pandemic

This week for our 200th episode, we hear from Duncan Tickell, Chief Revenue Officer at Immediate Media. He talks about why he rejoined Immediate and what his focus is now with diversification, how...

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October 4, 2021

The Information Reporter Kaya Yurieff on covering the sprawling creator economy

This week we hear from Kaya Yurieff, The Information's Creator Economy Reporter. We talked about how she covers an industry that is so new and sprawling, some of the challenges of being a creator,...

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September 27, 2021

Founder of the Manchester Mill Joshi Herrmann on why local news must rediscover its pride

The Manchester Mill is a subscription-based newsletter for the modern age. In this interview its founder Joshi Herrmann tells us why good local journalism demands...

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September 20, 2021

Social Spider MD David Floyd on finding a better way to fund local news

On this week's episode of Media Voices we hear from David Floyd, MD of Social Spider, a community interest company that publishes five community newspapers in...

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July 19, 2021

Future Chief Audience & Ecommerce Officer Aaron Asadi on driving affiliate revenue

In this episode Future's Chief Audience and Ecommerce Officer Aaron Asadi tells us about where the ecommerce function sits within Future, how it relates to audience development, and creating...

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July 5, 2021

Bauer CEO Chris Duncan on leading a magazine business through lockdown

This week, we hear from Chris Duncan, CEO of UK Publishing at Bauer Media Group. He joined the company just a few weeks after last year's lockdown, so he talks about what it's been like leading...

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June 28, 2021

Independent Digital News & Media Chief Data and Marketing Officer Jo Holdaway on the importance of data to publishers

This week, we hear from Jo Holdaway, Chief Data and Marketing Officer at Independent Digital News & Media - home of The Independent and The Evening Standard. She talks about what sort of data...

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April 19, 2021

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...

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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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February 8, 2021

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...

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January 25, 2021

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...

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January 18, 2021

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...

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January 11, 2021

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...

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November 30, 2020

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.

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November 2, 2020

Vox Media Executive Producer Erica Anderson on creating extraordinary podcasts

This week, we hear from Erica Anderson, Executive Producer of Content and Partnerships at New York Magazine and Vox Media. She talks about what she took from her time working at Google and...

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October 26, 2020

AgriBriefing CEO Rory Brown on growing niche media

This week Rory Brown, co-founder and CEO of AgriBriefing, speaks about building a niche B2B business, the issues with finance in media, Agribriefing's acquisition strategy, and keeping an...

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October 5, 2020

The Week Junior Editor in Chief Anna Bassi on why a print magazine for kids is growing strongly

This week, we hear from Anna Bassi, Editor in Chief of The Week Junior. They’ve had a milestone couple of months, recently releasing their 250th issue and increasing circulation during lockdown...

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September 28, 2020

Director of Cognitive Publishing Roy Rowlands on going all-digital with B2B magazines

This week we hear from Director of Cognitive Publishing Roy Rowlands on what it’s like to be in a family publishing business with a trillion-pound audience, going all-digital with their B2B...

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July 20, 2020

Parents.com Executive Editor Julia Dennison on creating content to support families

This week, we hear from Julia Dennison, the Executive Editor of Meredith's parenting brand Parents.com. She talks about how they're supporting parents who are trying to juggle childcare and their...

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July 13, 2020

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...

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June 15, 2020

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...

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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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