For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers; from...
Special: Key findings from the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report 2022
In this special episode of Media Voices, Chris, Peter and Esther comb through the Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2022 to pick out the key findings for publishers. This year's report...
Morning Brew Managing Editor Neal Freyman on the future of editorial newsletters
This week we catch up with Neal Freyman, managing editor at Morning Brew. Since 2017 he’s been part of the team that’s proved the viability of newsletters as a...
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,...
Toolkits Co-Founder Jack Marshall on what’s next for subscriptions
This week we spoke to Jack Marshall, Co-Founder of Toolkits, a business information and consulting company focused on subscription publishing. We talked about his past life as a media reporter at...
The Ferret’s Fact Checking Lead Alastair Brian on truth, the media, and trust
This week's guest is Alastair Brian, Fact Checking Lead at The Ferret. He spoke about out the realities of modern fact-checking (it’s like Sisyphus on steroids), how to win over new readers who...
The Content Marketing Association MD Rob John on content marketing’s role in publishing
This week's guest is Rob John, MD of the Content Marketing Association. He discusses what the CMA does and who its members are, how content marketing might fit within a publisher's revenue mix,...
The start-ups saving local news in the U.S.
The narrative that local news is dead is widely accepted in the media industry. The rise of digital advertising has cut off the main source of revenue for organisations that cover local news,...
Special: Highlights from Media Moments 2021
This special episode of Media Voices includes the audio of our launch presentation for the Media Moments 2021 report. Chris, Peter and Esther each outline which media moment of the year they found...
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...
The Independent US Senior Vice President Blair Tapper on shaping the news brand overseas
This week, we hear from Blair Tapper, Senior Vice President at The Independent US. She talks about what her priorities have been since the brand's US launch, what an Independent reader looks like...
CMQ Media Founder & Analyst David Adeleke on the media scene in Nigeria and beyond
This week we hear from David Adeleke, Founder of CMQ Media and creator of the Communiqué newsletter analysing the intersection of the media, content ecosystem,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Membership Economy author Robbie Kellman Baxter on developing compelling direct-to-consumer offers
In this week's episode we hear from Robbie Kellman Baxter, an author and consultant with over twenty years of experience in subscription pricing, digital community, and freemium. Robbie started...
Heard on the Web’s Bo Sacks on why now is the golden age of publishing
This week we hear from Bo Sacks, a columnist and lecturer with a long career history in magazines and publishing. He talks about trends that have come and gone, why he thinks print is strong as a...
Media Voices Special: Which publishers won the pandemic?
In this special episode, the Media Voices team take a look at which media companies and personalities have been the biggest winners and losers of the lockdown-era. From The Big Issue to almost...
Director of the Reuters Institute Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on why we get news subscriptions wrong
This week Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director at the Reuters Institute for...
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...
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 report. Esther, Peter and Chris examine one key stat of each section within the report, from diversity and advertising...
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...