The Future of Media, Explained - from Press Gazette

Financial Times investigative reporter Dan McCrum was named Press Gazette's journalist of the year at the 2020 British Journalism Awards for his part in the "brave" investigation that took down German fintech giant Wirecard.  McCrum and his FT colleagues, who also won investigation of the year, spent a total of six years trying to expose fraud at the company, and along the way...

Online abuse towards journalists has become an endemic problem since the rise of social media. A Unesco survey last year found 73% of female journalists worldwide had experienced hostility online and said this had a "chilling" effect - but all demographics are affected. Last year Reach created an industry-first role, an online safety editor, and appointed Rebecca Whittington to lead efforts intern...

Newsrooms could traditionally be a toxic place full of shouting and abuse. Thankfully most are no longer like this, but some bad habits remain.   Even among the well-intentioned, it is difficult to be a good manager - especially when you are promoted from an on-the-ground position with no management experience.   Jim Edwards, who this year left his role as editor-in-chief for news at Ins...

The twelfth episode of Press Gazette's Future of Media Explained podcast, back after a summer break, explores a challenge shared by many publishers: reaching young audiences.   Press Gazette UK editor Charlotte Tobitt is joined by Benjamin Cohen, CEO of LGBTQ+ brand Pink News where Gen Z and young millennials make up by far the largest proportion of the audience.   Cohen shares a number...

Publishers around the world were dealt a devastating blow in March 2020 when many events had to be abruptly cancelled, with UK B2B publishers losing more than £2bn as a result that year alone. But many quickly pivoted to digital and managed to salvage something from the wreckage of the pandemic. Now, in 2022, publishers are finding the appetite is very much there among their audiences to get back...

The tenth episode of Press Gazette's Future of Media Explained podcast dives into the metaverse and augmented reality technology with Hearst UK. In May the magazine publisher announced it had "reimagined" its events business from Hearst Live into HearstX as it decided to incorporate more emerging technology and create immersive digital experiences alongside its more traditional events. Press Gazet...

The ninth episode of Press Gazette's Future of Media Explained podcast gets meta by talking about podcasts and how they can make money for publishers. David Musgrove, content director of BBC History and HistoryExtra at  Immediate Media , joined Press Gazette's UK editor Charlotte Tobitt to discuss the growth of the HistoryExtra podcast. The show is doubling its revenue to seven figures this y...

The eighth episode of Press Gazette’s Future of Media Explained podcast takes a look at how some newsrooms are turning to charitable donors to open up new revenue streams.   The episode features an interview with Peter Geoghegan, editor--in-chief and CEO of non-profit media platform, Open Democracy. Funded largely through grants from foundations and trusts, Open Democracy brings some 11 milli...

This week, Press Gazette's North America editor William Turvill interviews Chris Krewson, the executive director of LION Publishers, which represents more than 400 local independent online news startups across the US and Canada. LION recently reported figures showing that its average member increased their revenue by 33% to $125,000 last year. Krewson believes his members are forging a path to sus...

This week, Press Gazette reporter Andrew Kersley speaks to Nabihah Parkar, who heads up Tiktok production for Vice World News, about how the title gained one million followers in three weeks and the key to seeming authentic and building an audience on a platform that many news publishers have struggled to crack until recently. Read more on TikTok and the future of media at  pressgazette.co.uk...

This week, Press Gazette's UK editor Charlotte Tobitt hears from City AM editor Andy Silvester about how the free business newspaper got through the Covid-19 pandemic despite being forced to take an 18-month hiatus from print. Silvester says a canny move to a digital-first operation, and massive diversification in online revenues, has helped it survive and thrive amid a challenging marke...

This week, Press Gazette reporter Bron Maher speaks with Time president Keith Grossman about how he's used NFTs to shepherd the magazine from "legacy media" status into Web3 - and netted the publisher a whopping $10m in the process. Grossman says that despite declining sales volumes across the market, Time's NFT revenues are going strong - and that even if they weren't, Time's investment in W...

This week, Press Gazette's North America editor William Turvill interviews Jason Kint, the chief executive of Digital Content Next, a trade association for US digital publishers. Kint is known for his forthright views on Google and Meta/Facebook (AKA the Duopoly) and has spent years closely tracking numerous lawsuits and new legislations the tech giants face across the world. In this epi...

Welcome to The Future of Media, Explained. Actionable insights to help you build and future-proof your media business, featuring interviews with leaders at the cutting edge of media publishing. This week - Dominic Ponsford interviews Andrey Boborykin, chief executive of Urkayinska Pravda - one of the biggest independent news websites in Ukraine. He talks about new research showing how Ukraine's lo...

Welcome to The Future of Media, Explained. Actionable insights to help you build and future-proof your media business, featuring interviews with leaders at the cutting edge of media publishing.   This week – business to business publishing with Mark Allen, founder and executive chairman of the Mark Allen Group. A leading publisher of trade magazines covering everything from healthcare and aer...

Actionable insights to help you build and future-proof your media business, featuring interviews with leaders at the cutting edge of media publishing. A weekly podcast from the team behind Press Gazette. Released every Thursday - launching 19th May. Read more on www.pressgazette.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.