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• Media Voices podcast: The Guardian’s chief revenue officer Hamish Nicklin on sustainable journalism

  On this week’s episode of Media Voices, the Guardian’s chief revenue officer Hamish Nicklin takes us through the newspaper’s journey to profit through membership and contributions, the reestablishment of ‘premium’ advertising, and its plans through to 2022.

  Published 15 July 2019 Insight News
• Media Voices podcast: The Overtake editor Robyn Vinter on overcoming the biggest challenges in local news

  On this week's episode of Media Voices, the founder and editor of The Overtake Robyn Vinter candidly takes us through the challenges and compromises involved in running a local news outlet. She discusses the importance of being independent, the strictures and sacrifices that comes from being a small news outlet, and why there needs to be variety and diversity of journalistic voices.

  Published 01 July 2019 Insight News
• Podcasts: A sound medium

  From Serial to This American Life and Ted Talks daily – podcasts have never been so popular. So, what exactly is their appeal and how might audio content evolve from here? We asked Andy Bowers, FIPP World Media Congress speaker and chief innovation officer at leading podcasting services and technology company Megaphone, to share his views.

  Published 01 July 2019 Features
• Media Voices podcast: C&EN Media’s Bibiana Campos Seijo on making science content accessible

  On this week's episode of Media Voices, we hear from Dr. Bibiana Campos Seijo, VP of the Chemical and Engineering News Media Group at the American Chemical Society. She speaks about finding a broader audience for chemistry content, about covering subjects like the environment and diversity in a professional publication, and how to say "those men stole my shoes" in Spanish.

  Published 24 June 2019 Insight News
• Chart of the week: News podcasts pull to the top of ad revenue in 2018

  The podcast industry brought in US$479 million ad dollars last year, a 53 per cent increase from 2017, a continuation of a strong, positive growth trend according to the latest report from PwC and IAB.

  Published 10 June 2019 Insight News
• Media Voices podcast: Chelsea Magazine Company digital director Paul Rayner on profitable operating models

  This week, we hear from veteran of the magazine industry Paul Rayner about his career trajectory from Dennis to LadBible to the Chelsea Magazine company and the lessons he’s learned along the way.

  Published 03 June 2019 Insight News
• Media Voices: Wired editor-in-chief Nicholas Thompson on lessons from a year behind a paywall

  On this week's episode of Media Voices, Wired's editor-in-chief Nicholas Thompson talks about the brand's positioning as a tech magazine in a digital world, the impact of two huge Facebook features, lessons learned from Wired's paywall a year on, and what his dream paywall would look like.

  Published 21 May 2019 Insight News
• Chart of the week: Where Europeans are plugging into podcasts

  Podcast listeners in Spain are in good company, with two out of every five people tuning into podcasts at least monthly, while other countries on the continent have been slower in picking up podcasting.

  Published 21 May 2019 Insight News
• Media Voices podcast: CEO of Associated Media Publishing Julia Raphaely on the mission of magazines

  This week Julia Raphaely, CEO of Associated Media Publishing, takes us through how magazines can act as storefronts, the differences between the SA and UK magazine markets, why people are continuing to make time for print products, and the benefits of international collaboration between people who love magazines.

  Published 13 May 2019 Insight News
• Chart of the week: Is the future of podcasting in the ad business?

  Podcast advertising revenue in the US is set to grow in the coming years and will only be helped by ad-tracking, according to the most recent analysis from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PwC.

  Published 29 April 2019 Insight News