Interviewer: Peter Houston
Peter Houston: How did you start out in media?
Paul Cheal: My story in media started after I came out of university....
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...
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: Hannah Taylor, Founder, Delicate Rebéllion
Interviewer: Peter Houston
Peter Houston: What made you want to start Delicate Rebéllion?
Hannah Taylor: For me, it goes...
Transcript: Megan Lucero, Director of the Bureau Local, Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Interviewer: Chris Sutcliffe
Chris Sutcliffe: Can you explain the Bureau Local's mission?
Megan Lucero: I've been in the...
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: Zach Seward, CEO, Quartz
Interviewer: Peter Houston
Zach Seward: I was working at the Wall Street Journal as the newspaper's first social media editor and doing some work...
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...
Transcript: Reta Lee, Editor in Chief for Southeast Asia, Yahoo Lifestyle
Interviewer: Esther Kezia Thorpe
Esther Kezia Thorpe: How did you get started in journalism?
Reta Lee: Like many other...
Opportunities for publishers in 2021: a moment to reflect and reset on long-held strategies and beliefs
The swerves publishers take in 2021 are likely to be much sharper than we can predict. But despite the many challenges on the horizon, there’s reason for hope. Chris Sutcliffe rounds up...
Sink or swim for events strategies as the ‘pivot to virtual’ divides publishers into two camps
Covid-19 decimated events revenues overnight, but many have taken the opportunity to innovate. As publishers look towards an uncertain future, we can be sure that the events industry will...
Popbitch co-founder Camilla Wright on creating a niche in the celebrity gossip market
This week we hear from Popbitch co-founder Camilla Wright about the origins of the influential celebrity gossip site, whether celebs ever try to plant stories about themselves, and the romanticism...
Is advertising more hassle than it’s worth?
Digital advertising has never delivered on its potential for publishers. Crowded ecosystems, a break in the value chain between creator and audience, and the prioritisation of direct reader...
Why micropayments aren’t dead…yet
Far from being a failed experiment, Esther Kezia Thorpe argues that we need to think bigger when it comes to micropayments, for What's New in Publishing.
With the rise of...
You Can Sell Anything Once, But How Do You Keep Readers Paying for Content?
Peter Houston explores the 'Four P's of Retention' in his latest article for Publishing Executive.
Though the UK’s vote to exit the EU and the election of Donald Trump may...
If Paid Content is the New Hope, How Do We Convert Free Readers to Paying Ones?
Peter Houston looks at what will convert an audience from free to paid in his latest article for Publishing Executive
So we’re agreed? Reader revenue is the way to go. We’re...
The Times and Sunday Times’ Alan Hunter on achieving a major digital subscription milestone
This week, Esther talks to the The Times and Sunday Times' Head of Digital Alan Hunter about how they met their milestone of 500,000 digital subscribers, why their paywall persistence has paid...
Reader revenues? Absolutely, but what will people pay for?
The pivot to paid-content is undoubtedly a positive move for publishers, but what exactly should we be asking our audiences to buy? Peter Houston reports.
If you’re reading...
Corinne Podger on mobile journalism and digital storytelling
This week, Corinne Podger takes us through best practice in mobile journalism and digital storytelling, and how varying mobile consumption habits affect the journalism in different...
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...