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March 3, 2025

Metro’s Newsletter Editor Sophie Laughton on the future of publishers’ newsletters

In this week's episode of The Publisher Podcast, Metro.co.uk's Newsletter Editor Sophie Laughton takes us through... everything newsletter.

From how the Metro's redesign allowed the...

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November 19, 2024

The risks and rewards of going solo: Will Hayward’s relaunched Welsh political newsletter takes off

Author and journalist Will Hayward was one of a group of experimental paid Substack newsletters launched by regional publisher Reach plc last year. But in September, he decided to take the plunge...

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November 18, 2024

Will Hayward on relaunching a successful solo newsletter

This week on The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices, we're joined by Will Hayward, journalist, author and columnist specialising in Welsh politics. He also writes The Will Hayward Newsletter, which...

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October 15, 2024

How The Knowledge is experimenting with newsletters without alienating its audience

The Knowledge is a daily digest newsletter founded in 2021. Since then, its readership has grown to over "140,000 happy readers", who appreciate its format and content. But it took a while...

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April 30, 2024

“The risk of losing people in the newsletter world has declined:” What happened to The Atlantic’s newsletters for subscribers scheme

The pandemic years saw a number of high-profile journalists leave publications to launch their own newsletters. Although lockdowns were credited as a driving...

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April 9, 2024

How The Telegraph is harnessing newsletters for community development and retention

“If people become a subscriber to The Telegraph after clicking on a link in a newsletter, they’re 50% more likely to still be a subscriber a year later,” Head of Newsletters Maire Boneheim...

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March 20, 2023

Substack UK Head of Writer Partnerships Farrah Storr on why every magazine should embrace paid newsletters

This week we hear from Substack UK's Head of Writer Partnerships Farrah Storr. Over the past decade she's worked in leading editorial roles at some of the biggest lifestyle magazines in the UK...

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February 20, 2023

The Ankler CEO Janice Min on turning a newsletter into a media business

On this week's episode we hear from Janice Min, co-owner and CEO of The Ankler, a newsletter-first media brand covering Hollywood and the world of entertainment....

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September 27, 2021

Founder of the Manchester Mill Joshi Herrmann on why local news must rediscover its pride

The Manchester Mill is a subscription-based newsletter for the modern age. In this interview its founder Joshi Herrmann tells us why good local journalism demands...

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January 18, 2021

Think Publishing CEO Ian McAuliffe on perfect staff and clients

This week Ian McAuliffe, founder and CEO of Think Publishing, talks about the evolving landscape of contract publishing. He tells us about the ideal employee or a contract publisher, the ideal...

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October 19, 2020

Man cannot live by newsletter alone: the realities of going solo as a journalist

Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of high-profile examples of journalists leaving publications to launch their own newsletters. This isn't a new trend, but as tools like Substack,...

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October 12, 2020

Platformer founder Casey Newton on going solo with a paid newsletter covering the tech giants

This week, we hear from Casey Newton, founder of Platformer. He was previously The Verge's long-time Silicon Valley editor, where his newsletter The Interface grew to 20,000 subscribers. Now, he's...

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September 28, 2020

Director of Cognitive Publishing Roy Rowlands on going all-digital with B2B magazines

This week we hear from Director of Cognitive Publishing Roy Rowlands on what it’s like to be in a family publishing business with a trillion-pound audience, going all-digital with their B2B...

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February 20, 2018

Key lessons from The Pool on getting to know your audience

On paper, The Pool goes against everything we think should work in a digital publishing site. It publishes just a few pieces of content, and releases them in timed ‘drops’ throughout the day...

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February 19, 2018

The Pool’s Sam Baker on measuring digital success and launching paid-for newsletters

On this week's episode of Media Voices, we hear from long-time publishing pro Sam Baker, co-founder of women's site 'The Pool'. She talks about what digital success looks like, content...

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