It’s 2023. So why on earth are we getting excited about launching a forum?
Internet forums were something my Dad was frequenting in the late...
Big Noises: Neil Thackray on why content is not king
Welcome to the latest season of Media Voices: Big Noises! This season, sponsored by Glide Publishing Platform, we'll be talking to publishing people with something to say. Media Voices...
PPA Festival Special: How publishers are future-proofing audience relationships
The last few weeks has seen the Media Voices team head out and about to various industry events, from a Local News event with Google to the PPA Festival and Newsrewired, as well as running our own...
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,...
Transcript: Paul McNamee, UK Editor, The Big Issue
Peter Houston
Peter Houston: How was your induction into the Scottish PPA's hall of fame?
Paul McNamee: It was a big surprise. It was a very...
Transcript: Sean Conboy, Executive Editor, The Players’ Tribune
Peter Houston
Peter Houston: Could you describe the Players' Tribune for anyone who hasn't heard of it?
Sean Conboy: I think people asked me...
Transcript: Terri White, Former Editor-in-Chief, EMPIRE Magazine
Peter Houston
Peter Houston: Thanks for actually talking to us, now that you're famous and have been on Loose Women. As far as I know, you're the first...
Transcript: Joshi Herrmann, Founder, The Manchester Mill
Chris Sutcliffe
Chris Sutcliffe: Where did the problems in local journalism start?
Josh Hermann: Yeah, that's a good question....
Transcript: Marcela Kunova, Editor, Journalism.co.uk
Interviewer: Esther Kezia Thorpe
Esther Kezia Thorpe: Where did you come up with the idea for journalism.co.uk?
Marcela Kunova: Well, the idea...
Conversations transcript: Turning evergreen content into podcast success
This special Conversations episode of Media Voices looks at the challenges faced by established publishers with their own content workflows when starting a podcast. To discuss both...
Transcript: Chris Maillard, Editor-in-Chief, Decanter
Interviewer: Peter Houston
Peter Houston: So tell me about your illustrious career in magazines.
Chris Maillard: Yes, my illustrious career in...
Transcript: Robbie Kellman Baxter, Author, The Membership Economy
Interviewer: Peter Houston
Peter Houston: What's your career been like so far?
Robbie Kellman Baxter: I've been focused on...
Transcript: Bo Sacks, Publisher, Heard on the Web
Interviewer: Esther Kezia Thorpe
Esther Kezia Thorpe: How has your career grown over the years?
Bo Sacks: Serendipity has...
Transcript: Erin McCarthy, Editor in Chief, Mental Floss
Interviewer: Peter Houston
Peter Houston: So what is Mental Floss?
Erin McCarthy: Mental Floss is an online destination for curious people at...
Transcript: Jack Woodcock, Creative Strategy Lead, Twitch
Interviewer: Chris Sutcliffe
Chris Sutcliffe: Could you tell me a little bit about yourself and what you do?
Jack Woodcock: My...
Transcript: Kim Last, Editor of Live Journalism, Wall Street Journal
Interviewer: Esther Kezia Thorpe
Esther Kezia Thorpe: What is live journalism?
Kim Last: Live journalism at The Wall Street Journal is exactly...
Transcript: Hannah Robathan, Co-Founder, Shado
Interviewer: Peter Houston
Peter Houston: Why did you start Shado?
Hannah Robathan: We started Shado in 2019 out of...
Transcript: James Stables, Founder and Co-CEO, Wareable.com
Interviewer: Peter Houston
Peter Houston: How did your sites get started?
James Stables: The founder of sites like Hot UK Deals and Quidco...
Transcript: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director, Reuters Institute
Interviewer: Chris Sutcliffe
Chris Sutcliffe: To begin with, I'd like to ask you about a Twitter thread that you took part in earlier in the week, which...
Transcript: Dr Samir Husni, Founder and Director of the Magazine Innovation Center
Interviewer: Peter Houston
Dr Samir Husni: Simply put, I am the man who loves magazines. I fell in love with magazines when I was 11 years old,...
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.
This week, we...
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...
Dennis Publishing’s Alex Kirby talks privacy and rebuilding ad tech with Permutive’s Joe Root
Over the last few years, the advertising and publishing industries have been on a crusade to reinvent ad tech, spurred by everything from breaks in the value chain, changing publisher priorities,...
Women’s Health editor in chief Claire Sanderson on defying circulation trends
This week, Claire Sanderson, the editor in chief of Women’s Health (UK) talks about the magazine's circulation growth, why they love working with influencers, and how mental health has become...
Media Voices Live: What’s the future for free?
In this very special live episode of Media Voices the team discuss the future of free media in front of an audience at Magfest '18, the UK's premiere magazine-focused event. On stage in the...
Lessons in reducing churn from some of the world’s biggest publishers
Chris Sutcliffe explores strategies global publishers are employing to reduce churn in his latest piece for What's New in Publishing.
The era of untrammelled growth in digital...
The Telegraph’s Director of Product Cat Wildman on navigating tech trends and platforms
On this week's episode, Cat Wildman, Director of Product at The Telegraph talks about the skills needed to be a successful product manager, how to decide which tech trends to get on board with,...
Paywall Special
In this bumper episode, the team discusses the rise of the paywall. As everyone from Vanity Fair to the New Statesman have decided to launch paywalls, we try to determine whether there is a recipe...
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...
Media’s hopes and dreams for 2018
It's safe to say that 2017 was a bit of a bumpy year for media organisations. From mass job cuts, ill-advised pivots and a growing outcry against the burgeoning duopoly, there's no sign of the...