The Future of Media, Explained - from Press Gazette

One of News UK’s top executives talks to Press Gazette about how Rupert Murdoch’s most beloved brand is still managing to pay its way. Dominic Carter is executive vice president and publisher of The Sun and he talks explains how the title has maintained its position as the UK’s most popular commercial news brand and why digital revenue growth is outpacing print decline. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

The New York Times  has the most paying subscribers of  any English-language publisher , boasting some 9.6 million people buying access. But they're not all there for the Gray Lady's reporting: more than a tenth of those subscribers are paying for access to the Times' games offering - with no news included. On this week's podcast The New York Times' head of games, Jonathan Knight, tells...

American investigative magazine Mother Jones began life in 1976 with the idea of producing a "new brand of socially conscious journalism". As an independent non-profit outlet, Mother Jones relies upon readers for three-quarters of its revenue - both in the form of subscriptions but especially donations. About 50,000 people support Mother Jones journalism each year with donations, while its magazin...

5 News  editor Cait Fitzsimons has sat down with  Press Gazette  to discuss the programme and its place in broadcasting following its relaunch and expansion.   5 News has gone from creating two half-hourly bulletins at 5pm and 6.30pm, which had to largely repeat themselves, to one hour-long 5pm programme, allowing it to go more in-depth and add new content strands. Dan Walker w...

Women's magazines (along with other mag sectors) had a tough time in the 2010s, with Marie Claire, Now, InStyle UK, Look and Glamour among the print closures. But Cosmopolitan UK, owned by Hearst, survived that difficult period and has now massively grown its digital audience in the past eight years from about four million users per month to 16.8 million. It has made it its mission to be on top of...

The 35th episode of Press Gazette’s Future of Media Explained podcast features an interview with Edward McCann, Director of Publishing Operations at Mediahuis Ireland - parent company of the Belfast Telegraph. Successful digital paywalls are a relative rarity in local news in the UK. Since launching its digital subscriptions programme in May 2020, the Belfast Telegraph however, has already ma...

Press Gazette’s 34th Future of Media Explained podcast takes a look at climate reporting - and why fresh-faced reporters out of journalism school are choosing it as a beat over sports or foreign postings. We sat down with Carbon Brief’s editor Leo Hickman to talk about philanthropic funding, diversifying revenue, wonky content that nonetheless attracts lay readers and whether it’s possible to get...

This week's episode looks at paywall strategies for publishers in 2023 and is sponored by AdvantageCS . In a tough market, paywalls, podcasts and newsletters have been identified as strong areas to find new revenue this year. We spoke to Philippe van Mastrigt, director of European operations for one of the longest-established subscription technology companies in the world AdvantageCS, and Katia De...

Sky News  was named News Provider of the Year  at Press Gazette's British Journalism Awards in December. The news broadcaster had a huge year - putting journalists on the ground in Ukraine every single day, covering the death of the Queen and her funeral, and chasing the latest political updates as the UK cycled through three prime ministers. But it also saw major growth in its  Tik...

Newsletters are a growing tool for increasing engagement and loyalty – but it’s not one-size-fits-all. Metro.co.uk  has 11 newsletters, with more to come soon. Some are up to eight years old, while others are relatively recent additions as the site aims to boost its direct relationships with readers and reduce its reliance on platforms like Facebook and Google. The website’s editor Deborah Ar...

Press Gazette talks to the journalist who first broke news of Harry and Meghan’s romance, Camilla Tominey, about the future of royal reporting. Tominey balances covering politics with royalty and is an associate editor of the Daily Telegraph and host of the Camilla Tominey show on GB News.  She explains why Harry has got the press all wrong, why she stands by her reporting of the infamous bri...

The 29th episode of Press Gazette’s Future of Media Explained podcast features an interview with Nic Newman, senior research associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.  Each year RISJ surveys hundreds of news leaders around the world to capture their thoughts on predictions for the year ahead and how they view the trends shaping the industry.  Newman speaks to Aisha,...

Sit back and share a glass of sparkling wine with the Press Gazette team as they reflect on a year in media and share some predictions about what will happen next. From news avoidance to the big B2B bounceback, Dominic Ponsford, Charlotte Tobitt, Will Turvill and Bron Maher explained what they learned in 2022 and reveal the biggest challenges for news media in 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Anna Palmer is the co-founder and chief executive of Punchbowl News, a subscription-based political news startup based in Washington, DC. In this episode, former Politico journalist Palmer speaks to Press Gazette's William Turvill about her career, political journalism in the US, and the growth of Punchbowl, which was launched in January 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

An earlier version of this podcast was missing a section, this has now been corrected. Press Gazette editor in chief Dominic Ponsford spoke to Ink Publishing chief executive Simon Leslie about how his company bounced back from disaster in 2020. It went from being the biggest in-flight magazine publisher in the world, with turnover of £100m, to zero overnight in March 2020. He talks about...

Co-founder of Tortoise and former president of Dow Jones Katie Vanneck-Smith spoke to Press Gazette about leadership as she starts her new role as CEO of Hearst UK. She explained why you need to treat colleagues like family, the big mistake they made launching Tortoise (and how they fixed it) and why there are opportunities in a downturn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Sponsored by DanAds, the 24th episode of the Press Gazette Future of Media Explained podcast looks at self-serve advertising. Press Gazette's reporter Bron Maher spoke with DanAds chief marketing officer Lisen Zethraeus, National World's director of digital monetisation Jade Power and Tripadvisor Ad Express' Eoin McGregor about what's useful about self-serve ads for publishers. We heard that self-...

Sean Griffey is the chief executive and co-founder of Industry Dive, a US B2B publisher that was recently acquired by Informa for £323m. Here he speaks to Press Gazette's William Turvill about how he built his business from scratch, why Industry Dive has opted against putting its titles behind paywalls, and future growth plans.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke to editor of Tortoise studios Ceri Thomas and head of strategy at Auddy Oliver Thomas about the future of podcasting. Thomas explained how podcasting has become central to everything the slow-news publisher does and revealed that be believes it now as the largest podcasting newsroom in London (outside the BBC).  Oliver Thomas explained why technology and improved discoverability mean...

*Partner content.  In the newest edition of Press Gazette's  Future of Media Explained  podcast, we sat down with  Reuters  to hear how they're gearing up to cover what looks to be a contentious nail-biter of an election. With the close-run midterms only a week away, the wire agency's politics and digital verification editors say some  misinformation  has be...

Janice Min is a former leader of The Hollywood Reporter and Us Weekly. Now she is attempting to build up Ankler Media, a newsletter start-up that covers the Hollywood entertainment industry. Here she speaks to Press Gazette's William Turvill about her career, Ankler and the future of newsletters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Press Gazette's William Turvill interviews M Scott Havens, the chief executive of Bloomberg Media. Havens, who took up his role earlier this year, spoke about why he believes his company is well-positioned to thrive despite a “looming recession” threatened the global media industry. He believes Bloomberg Media, the consumer arm of Michael Bloomberg’s financial giant, is in a&n...

Our latest podcast takes an a look out how to make costly mistakes when investing in a new content management system. Experts from Hello, CNN, New Statesman Media Group and our sponsor Big Bite share their insights into how to future-proof the content architecture on your website. To unlock your publishing potential, talk to Big Bite today - head over to bigbite.net to get in touch Hosted on Acast...

This week, Press Gazette's William Turvill interviews Jim VandeHei, the co-founder and chief executive of US news outlet Axios. Founded in January 2017, Axios has risen to become a significant player in the American news industry. Over the summer, Cox Enterprises acquired the business for $525m. In this episode, VandeHei (also a co-founder of Politico) speaks about the rise of the journalist-entre...

The latest Future of Media Explained episode draws on Press Gazette's Future of Media Technology Conference to reveal seven key insights for media leaders. It features contributions from News UK chief operating officer David Dinsmore, former DC Thomson CEO Ellis Watson and Evening Standard head of audio David Marsland among others as well as most of the Press Gazette team.  In short...