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March 4, 2025

How dismantling silos gave Metro’s newsletter team room to experiment

Metro.co.uk’s Newsletter Editor Sophie Laughton explains how the freesheet’s newsletters went from free-for-all to a structured, sophisticated newsletter production...

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November 25, 2024

Dow Jones’ Emma O’Brian on the backroom magic behind a specialised portfolio

In this week's episode of The Publisher Podcast, we hear from Emma O’Brian, SVP Strategy for Dow Jones. Everyone knows Dow Jones – or at least a few parts of its portfolio, even if they...

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March 29, 2023

“Legacy is a positive word for us”: How TIME thrives on its century-old reputation

At the beginning of March, TIME celebrated its centenary. 100 years after the first TIME magazine was published in New York City on March 3rd 1923, the publication has undergone a number...

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December 19, 2022

Meta finalises its divorce from publishers as other platforms battle chaotic management

With Meta going all-in on the metaverse, Instagram relentlessly cloning TikTok and Twitter in chaos, the days of reliable social media publishing strategies are over. Esther Kezia Thorpe...

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July 25, 2022

Medium VP of Content Scott Lamb on the platform’s evolution and vision for the future

In our final episode of the season, we hear from Medium's VP of Content Scott Lamb. Scott leads the content and creator relations teams at the platform, so we talked about Medium's famous pivots,...

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March 20, 2022

Conversations transcript: The next steps for publisher email

Chris Sutcliffe: Over the past few years, we've seen the renaissance of email, as publishers and brands have rediscovered the benefits of that direct relationship with audiences....

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February 18, 2022

Do publishers need an exit strategy from social media?

We sometimes get readers responding to our daily newsletter with questions or asking us our thoughts on a particular issue. This question is from Mary Douglas, Head of Engagement at...

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January 17, 2022

Transcript: The start-ups saving local news in the U.S.

Esthe Thorpe

Esther Thorpe: Hello and welcome to this special episode of Media Voices. I’m Esther Thorpe, and this episode I’ll be speaking to some...

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December 13, 2021

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...

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December 6, 2021

Transcript: Highlights from Media Moments 2021

Peter Houston, Chris Sutcliffe, Esther Kezia Thorpe

Chris Sutcliffe: Thank you to everybody for coming along to this the launch and presentation of...

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November 24, 2021

Transcript: Tara Lajumoke, MD, FT Strategies

Esther Kezia-Thorpe


Esther Kezia-Thorpe: What has the company been focused on in the two years since its launch?

Tara...

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October 25, 2021

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...

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October 4, 2021

Transcript: Kaya Yurieff, Reporter, The Information

Esther Kezia-Thorpe

Esther Kezia-Thorpe: So what do you do, and what is a creator?

Kaya Yurieff: So I write a newsletter Monday through...

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October 3, 2021

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...

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September 27, 2021

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....

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July 19, 2021

Transcript: Aaron Asadi, Chief Audience & Ecommerce Officer, Future

Interviewer: Peter Houston

Peter Houston: How did you come to be in this role at Future?

Aaron Asadi: So I joined Future in the back end of...

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July 7, 2021

Transcript: Chris Duncan, CEO, Bauer

Interviewer: Esther Kezia Thorpe

Esther Kezia Thorpe: What was it like joining and having to steer the company just as lockdown hit?

Chris...

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July 2, 2021

Transcript: Jo Holdaway, Digital News & Media Chief Data and Marketing Officer, The Independent

Interviewer: Esther Kezia Thorpe

Esther Kezia Thorpe: Can you tell me about your career background up to this point?

Jo Holdaway: I've got a...

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June 23, 2021

Transcript: Jasper Wang, VP of Revenue & Operations, Defector

Interviewer: Chris Sutcliffe

Chris Sutcliffe: What is Defector?

Jasper Wang: So Defector is a sports blog and media company. We launched in...

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May 26, 2021

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...

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May 11, 2021

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...

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April 27, 2021

Transcript: Gina Tonic, Co-Founder, The Fat Zine

Interviewer: Peter Houston

Peter Houston: How did the Fat Zine come about?

Gina Tonic: So the Fat Zine was my pet idea, maybe a few years ago,...

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April 22, 2021

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...

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March 15, 2021

Transcript: Paul Cheal, CEO, Big Issue

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....

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March 10, 2021

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...

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February 15, 2021

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...

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February 9, 2021

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...

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January 25, 2021

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...

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January 20, 2021

Pugpig’s Jonny Kaldor discusses the state of the digital publishing market

Last year, the team at Pugpig decided to take a step back from their day-to-day development work and get a sense of what was going on in the wider digital publishing market. Analysing data from...

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January 19, 2021

Transcript: Ian McAuliffe, CEO, Think Publishing

Interviewer: Peter Houston

Peter Houston: What range of publishing services is Think involved in?

Ian McAuliffe: That's a...

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