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...
Special: Highlights from Media Moments 2020, and how publishers are preparing for 2021
This special episode includes the audio of our launch presentation for the Media Moments 2020 report. Esther, Peter and Chris examine one key stat of each section within the report, from diversity...
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...
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...
Man cannot live by newsletter alone: the realities of going solo as a journalist
Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of high-profile examples of journalists leaving publications to launch their own newsletters. This isn't a new trend, but as tools like Substack,...
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...
The Conversation UK’s Chief Executive Chris Waiting on building community around expertise
This week Chris Waiting, chief executive of The Conversation UK, tells us about the lessons his team is taking forward from its record-breaking corona coverage, why newsletters and live events are...
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...
Wessenden Marketing’s Jim Bilton on how the pandemic has impacted newspaper and magazine retail
This week we talk to Jim Bilton of Wessenden Marketing, who does research around media supply chains. He tells us about how the pandemic has impacted newspaper and magazine retail, about who might...
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...
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...
Stylist Group CEO Ella Dolphin on transforming the free print magazine to digital subscriptions
This week, we spoke to Ella Dolphin, CEO of the Stylist Group. She talked about the acceleration of the title's plans to adopt a reader revenue model as the free print magazine distribution was...
Financial Times Senior Data-Visualisation Journalist John Burn-Murdoch on visualising complex coronavirus data
This week we spoke to John Burn-Murdoch, a Senior Data-Visualisation Journalist for the Financial Times who has been at the forefront of their famous coronavirus trajectory trackers. He talked...
Flashes and Flames founder Colin Morrison on surviving digital transformation and the pandemic
This week Colin Morrison, founder of renowned industry blog Flashes & Flames, takes us through his path into the industry and his work heading up some of the biggest magazine publishers in...
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...
The Telegraph Podcast Editor Theodora Louloudis on podcasting’s role in growing subscriptions
This week we hear from Theodora Louloudis, Podcast Editor for the Telegraph. With a growing podcast portfolio, we spoke about her job in an expanding team, growth in the Telegraph’s podcast...
Future plc Brand Director of Home Interest Paul Newman on multichannel publishing strategies
This week, we talk to Paul Newman, Brand Director of Future plc's Home Interest brands. We discuss how home titles have evolved in the age of Pinterest, how Future have managed to increase print...
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...
MIT Technology Review CEO & Publisher Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau on transforming a legacy brand
New decade, new Media Voices. On this episode of the revamped Media Voices Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and Publisher at MIT Technology Review talks to us about the work she's done transforming...
Christmas Special 2019
In this end of year special, the Media Voices team looks back at some of the major media events of 2019 and speculate about what these developments mean for publishers and media organisations for...