The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices

This week, Stylist Magazine's editor-in-chief Lisa Smosarski explains how the title has managed to grow its weekly circulation at a time when much of the industry is experiencing print decline. In the news round-up the gang butt heads over the Guardian's new £42 million Venture Capital fund, argue about The Wall Street Journal's new social media guidelines and agree that BuzzFeed UK's success is a...

In this week's episode, the University of Oregon's Carolyn S. Chambers professor in journalism Damian Radcliffe takes us through his latest report into local journalism in the Pacific Northwest: https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/22803 In the news round-up, the gang discuss strict new NYT social media guidelines for journalism, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's statement on moderating...

This week Scott Rowley, Editor in Chief of Future's rock titles, takes us through how his magazines responded to death of Tom Petty in real time, and why he believes reporting on rock star deaths is devolving into a "bun fight". In the news round-up, the gang discuss Glamour magazine moving to a bi-annual publishing schedule, whether Google and Facebook failed in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting...

In this week's episode of Media Voices, Peter speaks to CEO of FIPP James Hewes to discuss its upcoming congress and the lessons learned through watching other titles from round the world. In the news round-up the team discusses the backlash against a pivot to video and the decision by a UK cycle retailer to stop advertising with the right-wing tabloids. Chris, Esther and Peter accidentally make i...

In this week's episode of Media Voices, Peter travels to Cape Town to interview Deutche Welle's Esra Doğramacı, to find out how the German broadcaster is approaching digital video. In the news round-up, we discuss BuzzFeed turning on banner advertisements and whether that makes them sell-outs, The Atlantic launching a supplement for its hardcore members, and the Yellow Pages going out of print. Th...

"In this week's episode of Media Voices, Peter speaks to members of the International Network of Street Papers to discover what drives the people behind publications that aim to 'provide an innovative solution to urban homelessness and unemployment'. In the news round-up, Esther and Chris discuss the BBC's Today show widening its paper round-up to include websites, Ars Technica UK and the perils o...

In this week's episode of Media Voices, Peter speaks to De Correspondent's International Editor Maaike Goslinga to find out whether its type of community funded journalism could exist in an English-speaking country. In the news round-up, Peter, Esther, and Chris discuss why magazine cover designers have struck gold with Trump, take bets on whether the pivot to video is good for publishers long-ter...

This week's episode of Media Voices features two interviewees discussing UK papers' obsession with immigration, the emotive language used on their front pages, and whether anything can halt that trend. First, newspaper analyst Liz Gerard takes us through the recent history of tabloid front pages, then Stop Funding Hate founder Richard Wilson explains the goals of the campaign. In the news round-up...

This week's episode of Media Voices sees Esther speak to Nieman fellow Katherine Goldstein about what it will take to make journalism in the US friendlier to new mothers and maternity leave, following the publication of her article on the subject: http://niemanreports.org/articles/where-are-the-mothers/ In the news round-up we talk about digital success at the Guardian and NYT, the ongoing pivot t...

In this week's episode of Media Voices, Esther interviews British GQ's Insight and Strategy Editor Becky Lucas to discover what 'engagement' means for a luxury magazine that exists across so many different platforms. In the news round-up Peter, Esther and Chris discuss BBC pay, Snap's latest efforts to thwart its competitors, and (shocker!) falling print revenue, before taking deep dives into the...

In this week's episode of Media Voices, we chat to journalism.co.uk's senior reporter Mădălina Ciobanu about what considerations go into creating an event like the upcoming news:rewired -https://www.newsrewired.com/ In the news round-up, Chris and Esther discuss a less-is-more approach to digital display ads (and whether AdBlock Plus was right all along), and why Amazon might be launching its own...

In this week's episode of Media Voices we hear from Dennis Publishing's CTO Paul Lomax, who discusses the technology that underpins a modern publisher, and how Dennis builds agile working into its culture. In the news round-up Peter, Esther and Chris talk about the dawning age of robot journalism (we for one welcome our new robot overlords) and discuss the ramifications of journalism becoming the...

On the fourth of July, Media Voices is celebrating its own Independence Day. In the inaugural episode of our new-look podcast, Esther interviews CNN's executive producer of social and emerging media Samantha Barry about its U.S. election coverage, the rise and rise of chatbots, and how the team approaches storytelling across different platforms. In the news roundup Peter, Chris and Esther discuss...

In this week's episode of TheMediaBriefing, we talk to IDG's CEO Michael Friedenberg about how IDG has managed to consistently stay ahead of the curve, the future of display advertising and changing revenue breakdowns within the company. In the news round-up Chris and Esther discuss Apple's in-browser autoplay-blocking following a similar move by Google last week, the launch of News UK's new 'vert...

In this week's episode of TheMediaBriefing, we talk to The Tab's COO Charlie Gardiner-Hill about taking the student brand to the States, building other titles around a totem brand, killer clowns and drinking game rules. In the news round-up Chris and Esther discuss the Guardian's $50,000 fundraising campaign to support an environmental series called 'This Land is Your Land', Google's latest attemp...

In this week's episode of TheMediaBriefing, we talk to Owain Rich, co-creator of the Trafficked VR experience, about the opportunities and challenges that come with making a VR film. Topics of discussion include the challenges of distribution of VR content, how to create immersive audio, and what form monetisation of VR should take. In the news round-up, Chris and Esther discuss Apple News' appoin...

In this week's episode of TheMediaBriefing, we talk to author, blogger and podcaster polymath Emma Gannon about the death of 'the influencer', balancing authenticity and commercial concerns, and the relative value of corporate and personal brands. In the news round-up Chris and Esther talk about Facebook's original video programme being delayed and its efforts to take over the internet enter the f...

In this week's edition of TheMediaBriefing, Esther talks to Cosmopolitan UK's editor-in-chief Farrah Storr about the brand's Snapchat success, whether women's magazines have a duty to be representative of an entire gender, and what the magazine might look like in the future. In the news roundup Chris and Esther discuss Snap Inc's disappointing results, El Pais' plans partnership with Amazon to del...

In this week's episode of TheMediaBriefing, The New European's editor Matt Kelly discusses the respective strengths of right- and left-wing rhetoric, the ephemeral nature of pop-up publishing, and what it means for the paper to have been rewarded with four prizes at the British Media Awards last week. In the news round-up Chris and the newly-married Esther discuss Snapchat, Twitter and Facebook's...

In this episode of TheMediaBriefing's podcast, Virtual Umbrella co-founder Samantha Kingston explains the business case for VR marketing, takes us through what is required before the technology is mainstream, and describes the kinds of experiences that are best for convincing people of the medium's potential. Chris tries and fails to not mention the VR mode of Resident Evil 7. In the news roundup...

On the latest episode of TheMediaBriefing, Bauer's head of ePublishing Jim Foster takes us through the publisher's app and distributed publishing strategies and provides a look back at how the company went from having no apps to considering one for each publication. Chris and Esther try not to sound too incredulous when he describes a time in magazine publishing when the market could support multi...

In the March 28th episode of TheMediaBriefing, we talk to Trinity Mirror's digital innovation editor Alison Gow on the opportunities afforded by live video for national and regional media, in addition to talking AR and best practice for engaging with communities on social platforms. In the news round-up Chris and Esther discuss the ongoing YouTube ad blackout, why reddit is introducing profile pag...

The definition of Fake News went from 'specific term for misinformation spread via social networks' to 'objective fact I disagree with' within a week of its conception. In the same way you can physically watch bamboo grow, you could watch the the term 'fake news' become meaningless with your bare eyes. While the term itself is nebulous and ill-defined now, the responses to it have been very real a...

In this episode of TheMediaBriefing's podcast we talk to Kevin Anderson, author of the Beyond the Article: Frontiers of Editorial and Commercial Innovation report for the Reuters Institute. We discuss platform plurality, the need for good project managers and why editorial and commercial innovation need to be wed. In the news round-up Chris and Esther discuss the Metro's circulation 'success', Vim...

In this episode of TheMediaBriefing, we speak to the director of the Ethical Journalism Network Aidan White about publishers, platforms and fake news, before hearing about the ongoing problems for self-regulation in China and the pressures on journalists and publishers outside of the UK.