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...
The Good Word: A new newsletter from The Atlantic seeks to bridge the gap between puzzle player and subscriber
Puzzles as a habit-building tool have been thrust back into the spotlight following the New York Times’ acquisition of viral game Wordle. The power of word games and crosswords to bring...
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...
Executive Editor of Noema magazine Kathleen Miles on publishing in an intellectual niche
Noema is a magazine looking at some of the biggest issues of the 21st century - AI, the climate crisis, the future of democracy and capitalism. This week, its...
Defector VP of Revenue & Operations Jasper Wang on growing an employee-owned newsbrand
This week we hear from Jasper Wang, VP of Revenue & Operations for Defector Media. Defector was formed after a mass staff exodus from former GO Media property...
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...
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...
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...
The 19th co-founder Amanda Zamora on launching a news brand about women and politics
This week, Amanda Zamora talks to us about the launch of new news site The 19th, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics, and policy. She talks about...
PPA Scotland’s Laura Kelly Dunlop on creating a global festival for magazine lovers
This week, PPA Scotland business manager Laura Dunlop shares her excitement for this year's Magfest conference and the launch of the first Edinburgh International Magazine Festival. She also...
Media Voices Special: 7 things you missed over the summer
In the first episode back after the summer break, the Media Voices team dive into some of the stories you may have missed while you were sunning yourself somewhere nice, or holding the fort for...
Spotify VP of EMEA Marco Bertozzi on Spotify’s evolving ad business
This week's guest is Marco Bertozzi, who is the Vice President of EMEA Sales & Multi-Market Global Sales at Spotify. He talks to us about how Spotify’s ad business has evolved from the early...
Digital Content Next CEO Jason Kint on the great challenge of the Duopoly
Jason Kint, the CEO of Digital Content Next, the trade association for online publishers, takes us through the organisation's aims and ambitions, why the Duopoly has skewed the playing field for...
PinkNews’ Head of Platforms Ellen Stewart on the world’s largest LGBTQ+ news site
On this week's episode of Media Voices, PinkNews' Head of Platforms Ellen Stewart tells us why Snapchat is a priority for the world's largest LGBTQ+ publisher, why video is a solid investment for...
PressPad founder Olivia Crellin on the need for diversity in journalism
In this week's episode of Media Voices, PressPad founder and BBC journalist Olivia Crellin explains how PressPad aims to diversify the media by removing one of the main financial obstacles to...
New Scientist’s head of data science Kimberly Karman on paywalls and GDPR
On this 50th episode of Media Voices, we hear from New Scientist’s head of data science Kimberly Karman about the practical application of data science to a business, how to tackle GDPR and how...