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September 16, 2024

Greater Govanhill’s Rhiannon J Davies on the power of print to connect communities

On this week's episode of The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices, we hear from Rhiannon J Davies, Founder and Editor at Greater Govanhill, a community magazine and media project.

Launched in...

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February 19, 2024

The Paper’s Oliver Gabe and Owen Davies on print, community, and eating competitions

This week we hear from two of the three editors of The Paper, an intimidatingly-sized Welsh indie magazine. Oliver Gabe and Owen Davies take us through the annual publishing plan, why they...

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August 23, 2023

Why diversity, equity and inclusion is an everyone issue

It’s time diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives were subject to the same rigour as any other business...

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The Grub Street Journal
August 8, 2023

Nine things we learned making an indie print magazine

We just published the second issue of The Grub Street Journal, a magazine for people who make magazines. The path that led us to make a print magazine is fairly long and winding and we...

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February 21, 2022

Awallprintss Founder Abbianca Makoni on covering international communities for Gen Z

This week we hear from Abbianca Makoni, a 22-year old journalist who, after completing a four-year apprenticeship at the the Evening Standard, decided to go it...

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February 7, 2022

Editor and Founder of Paranting Magazine Sophia Waterfield on creating a new type of lifestyle magazine

In this episode we hear from Sophia Waterfield, editor and founder of Paranting Magazine. It’s a magazine for parents, but for parents that don’t have time for some of the aspirational BS that...

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July 28, 2021

Transcript: Sophie Cross, Editor & Publisher, Freelancer Magazine

Interviewer: Peter Houston

Peter Houston: What was your career like before you became an independent magazine publisher?

Sophie Cross: I...

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July 26, 2021

Editor and publisher of Freelancer Sophie Cross on the joys of launching an indie mag

In this week's episode we hear from Sophie Cross, the founder and editor of Freelancer magazine. She tells Peter about her penchant for writing business plans, the freelance community that...

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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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March 23, 2021

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...

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March 22, 2021

Shado co-founder Hannah Robathan on the magazine as an outlet for activism

This week Hannah Robathan, co-founder of Shado, tell us about the realities of publishing a print magazine and online platform that gives people the space to tell their own stories. We spoke about...

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March 2, 2021

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...

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February 2, 2021

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,...

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November 9, 2020

OutThere Editor in Chief Uwern Jong on creating a luxury brand for inclusive travel

This week, we hear from Uwern Jong, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of OutThere magazine. He talks to us about the luxury LBGT+ travel brand's journey over the past decade, including how he's grown...

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July 27, 2020

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...

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July 6, 2020

Anorak Magazine’s Cathy Olmedillas on making magazines collectible

On this 150th episode of Media Voices, Cathy Olmedillas, founder of independent children’s magazines Anorak and Dot, explains how she learned about the collectability of magazines from her time...

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March 9, 2020

Singletrack Magazine Publisher Mark Alker on reader revenues vs programmatic advertising

This week, we talk to Mark Alker, Publisher of Singletrackworld.com; Europe's biggest mountain biking website, and Singletrack Magazine; a bi-monthly print publication. As well as divulging the...

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November 25, 2019

Boom saloon founder Rachel Arthur on democratising creativity

This week Peter braves the bright lights of Las Vegas to interview Rachel Arthur, founder of independent magazine boom saloon, about boom projects' mission to democratise creativity and support...

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January 28, 2019

Film Stories founder Simon Brew on crowdfunding an independent magazine

On this week's episode of Media Voices, the founder of Film Stories magazine Simon Brew talks the dos and don'ts of a crowdfunding campaign, the potential of independent magazines, and the...

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October 15, 2018

Foul Play magazine’s Grace Harrison on what mainstream titles can learn from indies

This week we hear from Grace Harrison, founder of true crime magazine Foul Play on managing a magazine as a side hustle, what mainstream titles can learn from independents, and what makes Foul...

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July 18, 2018

Peter Houston talks: No jobs at the farmers’ market

A UK Government investigation into the sustainability of ‘high-quality journalism’ has released a rather depressing snapshot of the state of regional newspapers across the...

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June 18, 2018

Bauer Xcel’s Ian Betteridge on leading a data-driven digital division

On this week's episode, Bauer Xcel's Director of content and audience development Ian Betteridge talks about drawing together the separate roles of editorial and data-driven audience development,...

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May 29, 2018

White Light Media CEO Fraser Allen on indie mags and content marketing

This week, CEO of White Light Media Fraser Allen takes us through what it's like to close a much loved indie magazine, the launch of World Whisky Day and trends in the content marketing...

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