Monetizing Media

James Ruben, the founder & CEO of Hellosaurus, discusses the children's 'edutainment' landscape and his company's platform of interactive videos with Monetizing Media host Eric Peckham. Previously the Head of Product at HQ Trivia, James launched Hellosaurus last year as a subscription video service for children ages 2-8, partnering with top YouTube creators to produce shows that prompt young v...

Artie founder & CEO Ryan Horrigan talks with Monetizing Media host Eric Peckham about his company's platform for creating multiplayer games that can be shared and played with just a link on social media, without having to download an app. By bypassing the app stores and platform-specific restrictions and enabling games developed in Unity instead of HTML5, Artie can unlock a new wave of gaming...

The fashion industry is moving into the virtual world, with a growing economy of digital clothing to be bought and worn by our avatars on social platforms, in games, in VR, and more. Adriana Hoppenbrouwer is at the forefront of this as a Co-Founder & Commercial Director at The Fabricant, an Amsterdam-based digital fashion house. The Fabricant sells digital-only clothing designed both in-house...

Meet Cute founder & CEO Naomi Shah talks with Monetizing Media host Eric Peckham about building an audio-first scripted entertainment startup. Meet Cute is building a dedicated following around 15-minute romantic comedy podcasts. Since December 2019 they have released over 200 shows. // Join the Monetizing Media newsletter and find more resources at MonetizingMedia.com

Monetizing Media host Eric Peckham discusses the business of Roblox game development with Joe Ferencz, the CEO of Gamefam. Gamefam is a leading game studio and the first dedicated game publishing company on Roblox. // Join the Monetizing Media newsletter and find more resources at MonetizingMedia.com

Miles Perkins of Epic Games' Unreal Engine talks the use of game engines for virtual production in the film & TV industry with Monetizing Media host Eric Peckham. Virtual production is the frontier of Hollywood visual effects, reshaping the production process and letting creatives explore ideas for how to shoot a scene with real-time changes to a virtual environment.  // Join the Monetizi...

Monetizing Media host Eric Peckham discusses the trend of one-person newsletter businesses with Polina Marinova Pompliano. A former journalist at Fortune Magazine, Polina is part of a recent wave of content creators to launch their own freemium subscription newsletters using the Substack platform. She shares her steps in growing The Profile, the software tools she uses, her audience development ta...

Andrew Kotliar of MEP Capital discusses debt and equity financing for films, music catalogs, podcasts, live events, and more with Monetizing Media host Eric Peckham. Key points of conversation: case studies on past deals, deal structures to reduce risk,  the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on financing films and live events, and supporting the growing wave of creators determined to keep (or regain...

This episode features a case study on The Local, a collection of English-language news sites in Europe that saw paying subscribers surge from 11,000 to 26,000 during the first 4 months of the Covid-19 pandemic. James Savage (CEO of The Local) walks Monetizing Media host Eric Peckham through The Local's bundling and pricing strategy, conversion funnel optimization with newsletters and a native app,...

Unsplash co-founder & CEO Mikael Cho talks with Monetizing Media’s Eric Peckham about how his startup explored business models for their massively popular platform for free stock photography. // Sign up for the Monetizing Media newsletter at monetizingmedia.com

Sweet Capital partner Pippa Lamb sees a realignment in social media from general purpose social apps to niche social apps dedicated to users who share a specific interest or demographic. She talks to Monetizing Media's Eric Peckham about why this is happening and how she is analyzing new social media startups as an investor.

Monetizing Media's Eric Peckham talks with Arlen Marmel, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at TCG Capital, about burgeoning startup opportunities in the social audio space.

Rosebud co-founder & CEO Lisha Li talks with Monetizing Media's Eric Peckham about how Rosebud AI-generated photos and videos of real-looking humans with impact the entertainment industry. // // Sign up for the Monetizing Media newsletter at monetizingmedia.com

XTR founder and CEO Bryn Mooser talks to Monetizing Media's Eric Peckham about how documentaries have rapidly become a lucrative business due to their massive popularity on Netflix and other streaming services. He breaks down his company's strategy for financing non-fiction content and what to expect in the space over the next couple years.

The Monetizing Media podcast dives into the business of media, entertainment, & gaming through conversations with leading entrepreneurs, executives, and investors in the industry. Subscribe to this podcast to hear upcoming episodes with guests like Unsplash CEO Mikael Cho, XTR founder Bryn Mooser, Sweet Capital partner Pippa Lamb, and more. Hosted by Eric Peckham, writer of the Monetizing Medi...