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• Media Voices podcast: Bauer Xcel's Ian Betteridge on leading a data-driven digital division

  On this week's episode, Bauer Xcel's Director of content and audience development Ian Betteridge talks about drawing together the separate roles of editorial and data-driven audience development, how commercial needs drive content strategy and how he brings together the print and digital teams to make the many brands he oversees a success. He also tells the story behind 'Betteridge's Law'.

  Published 18 June 2018 Insight News
• Media Voices podcast: Deadspin editor-in-chief Megan Greenwell on a bigger mission for sports journalism

  On this week’s episode, Megan Greenway editor-in-chief of Gizmodo Media’s sports site Deadspin challenges the ‘toy department’ misconception of sports journalism, sets her Twitter filters against the trolls and focuses on the work instead of a dysfunctional parent company.

  Published 13 June 2018 Insight News
• Media Voices podcast: Allure editor-in-chief Michelle Lee on representation in magazines

  On this week’s episode, Esther interviews Allure’s editor-in-chief Michelle Lee about its ongoing efforts to improve representation in magazine media, and opportunities around new media. 

  Published 04 June 2018 Insight News
• Media Voices podcast: White Light Media CEO Fraser Allen on indie mags and content marketing

  This week, CEO of White Light Media Fraser Allen takes us through what it's like to close a much loved indie magazine, the launch of World Whisky Day and trends in the content marketing world.

  Published 29 May 2018 Insight News
• Media Voices podcast: The Book of Man founder Martin Robinson on promoting mental health online

  On this week's episode, The Book Of Man co-founder Martin Robinson discusses his journey through the UK magazine industry, the need for a space for men to honestly discuss mental health, and plans for podcasts, longform and membership.

  Published 21 May 2018 Insight News
• Media Voices podcast: Paywall special

  In this bumper episode, the team discusses the rise of the paywall. As everyone from Vanity Fair to the New Statesman have decided to launch paywalls, the Media Voices team try to determine whether there is a recipe for paywall success, taking in everything from the need for brand recognition, the propensity for people to pay, and the likely outcomes of the trend towards reader revenue.

  Published 14 May 2018 Insight News
• Media Voices podcast: PressPad founder Olivia Crellin on the need for diversity in journalism

  In this week's episode of Media Voices, PressPad founder and BBC journalist Olivia Crellin explains how PressPad aims to diversify the media by removing one of the main financial obstacles to those trying to enter the profession.

  Published 08 May 2018 Insight News
• Media Voices podcast: LSE's Charlie Beckett on its Truth, Trust and Technology Commission

  In this week's episode we hear from the London School of Economics' professor Charlie Beckett about its Truth, Trust & Technology Commission, on the role of platforms in defining truth, whether media literacy is a good or a bad thing and whether we can still use the term "fake news" as a helpful definition.

  Published 27 April 2018 Insight News
• Chart of the week: Podcasts - advertisers' new darling

  Listening to podcasts as a source of information and entertainment has become very popular. According to Nielsen’s newest figures on podcasts, the number of avid podcast fans has risen from 13 million in the fall of 2016 to 16 million in the same period of 2017 in the US.

  Published 26 March 2018 Insight News
• Media Voices podcast: The Disconnect's founders on experimentation and counter-intuitive bets

  This week, Peter speaks to The Disconnect's co-founders Chris Bolin and Clayton d'Arnault about the philosophy and meaning behind a digital magazine that can only be consumed while offline. 

  Published 26 March 2018 Insight News