The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices

Media Voices: Journalism lecturer Adam Tinworth on the tragedy of platform dependency

This week, visiting lecturer in digital journalism at City University Adam Tinworth takes us through the history of platform dependence. We look at the rise of the intermediary, the tragic loss of focus on building direct relationships, and even touch on Second Life. In the news roundup, Chris and Peter discuss managing director of Times Newspapers Ltd Chris Duncan's declaration that "no more than ten" global English-language news brands will survive from subscriptions, and puzzle over whether journalists should be involved in the marketing material for their newspapers. It's a very sweary episode. We're reading: • The right loves free markets - except when they hurt the Daily Mail, via New Statesman: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2017/11/right-loves-free-markets-except-when-they-hurt-daily-mail • I Interviewed a White Nationalist and Fascist. What Was I Left With?, via NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/insider/white-nationalist-interview-questions.html Help us improve Media Voices! Take this quick survey and let us know what to change - surveymonkey.co.uk/r/VTVZMWM

Media Voices: The Death of Digital Special

In this very special episode of Media Voices, we discuss the conflux of news about BuzzFeed, VICE, Mashable and many more and ask whether the dream of a digital future for publishers is over before it began. It's Media Voices' first birthday! The team briefly reminisce about the travails of launching the podcast, their favourite episodes, and their plans for the future. We're reading: • Newsonomics: The New York Times’ Mark Thompson on regulating Facebook, global ambition, and when to stop the presses (forever), via Nieman Lab - http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/11/newsonomics-the-new-york-times-mark-thompson-on-regulating-facebook-global-ambition-and-when-to-stop-the-presses-forever • A mission for journalism in a time of crisis, via Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/16/a-mission-for-journalism-in-a-time-of-crisis

Media Voices: NYU's Jay Rosen on the Membership Puzzle Project

This week, director of the Membership Puzzle Project Jay Rosen takes us through why membership could be the future of funding journalism, and what needs to be done to make it valuable to readers and publishers alike. In the news round-up the team discusses Esquire's controversy for controversy's sake, how journalism can convince the public it's relevant and useful, and ask what the future of Twitter might look like. Chris takes potshots at two beloved authors. We're reading: • Google UK chief Ronan Harris says digital giant is not stealing advertising from publishers, via Press Gazette - http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/google-uk-chief-ronan-harris-says-digital-giant-is-not-stealing-advertising-from-publishers-telling-editors-we-come-in-peace/ • Snapchat will overhaul its app to boost user numbers, via The Drum - http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/11/08/snapchat-will-overhaul-its-app-bolster-user-numbers-it-endures-the-growing-pains • Is Mark Zuckerberg Facebook's last true believer? via Vanity Fair - https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/is-mark-zuckerberg-facebooks-last-true-believer

Media Voices: The Tip-Off's Maeve McClenaghan on celebrating investigative journalism

This week, host and founder of The Tip-Off Maeve McClenaghan takes us through why it's important to celebrate investigative journalism in an age of 'fake news' and limited resources for journalists. https://soundcloud.com/thetipoff In the news round-up, the team takes a deep dive into new ad-blocking stats, laments the closure of Teen Vogue in print, worries about Snapchat's future and celebrates more paywall success. Audio glitches suspiciously kill a discussion on billionaire media owners. What we're reading: • The United States of American Media, Inc - via Popbitch - http://popbitch.com/2017/10/the-united-states-of-american-media-inc/ • In the hunt for reader revenue, publishers give micropayments another look, via Digiday - https://digiday.com/media/hunt-reader-revenue-publishers-give-micropayments-another-look/ • What your site can learn from 100 news organizations with robust membership programs, via Membership Puzzle Project - https://membershippuzzle.org/articles-overview/what-your-site-can-learn

Media Voices: Dennis Executive Director Kerin O'Connor on The Week's enduring appeal

This week, publisher of The Week Kerin O'Connor takes us through the reasons behind the magazine's continued success on the newsstand, and how it encourages a relationship between it and its audience. In the news round-up the Media Voices team talk about the Guardian's membership success, the spectacularly frightening changes to the Facebook news feed, and ask whether we should be nice to the Duopoly. Listener beware, you're in for a scare! What we're reading: • '“News you don’t believe”: Audience perspectives on fake news', via RISJ:https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/our-research/news-you-dont-believe-audience-perspectives-fake-news • 'The Gender Trap with Media on Social Channels' via Thomas Baekdal: https://www.baekdal.com/blog/the-gender-trap-with-media-on-social-channels • 'Why bad ads deserve to die, and what might replace them', via LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-ol-patt-morrison-andrew-essex-advertising-20171025-htmlstory.html

Media Voices: Stylist Magazine's editor-in-chief Lisa Smosarski on its circulation success

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 good thing (mostly). What we're reading: • 'The war to sell you a mattress is an internet nightmare', via Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-bloggers-lawsuits-underside-of-the-mattress-wars • 'Not a revolution (yet): Data journalism hasn’t changed that much in 4 years', via Nieman Lab: http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/10/not-a-revolution-yet-data-journalism-hasnt-changed-that-much-in-4-years-a-new-paper-finds/ • '“De Correspondent” and the blueprint for a successful membership model', via Monday Note: https://mondaynote.com/de-correspondent-and-the-blueprint-for-a-successful-membership-model-3660eba337ba

Media Voices: University of Oregon's Damian Radcliffe on local journalism in the Pacific Northwest

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 news content, and whether publishers should 'punish' audiences who come in through social. We can't stop making analogies; we're like sharks who just have to keep swimming. What we're reading: • Medium makes its 'open paywall' available to all writers -https://www.wsj.com/articles/medium-opens-subscription-program-to-all-writers-1507651200 via WSJ • What Facebook did to American democracy - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/10/what-facebook-did/542502/?utm_source=twb via The Atlantic • Real news about Fake News - http://www.niemanlab.org/collection/fake-news/ via Nieman Lab Background music courtesy of Nicolai Heidlas Music via SoundCloud -https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas

Media Voices: Future's Rock titles Editor in Chief Scott Rowley on covering rockstar deaths

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 shootings, and whether Rupert Murdoch is really publishing's White Knight (no). Esther imitates a sheep. We're reading: - Why objective journalism is a misleading and dangerous illusion: https://thecorrespondent.com/6138/why-objective-journalism-is-a-misleading-and-dangerous-illusion/157316940-eb6c348e -Is 'guerrilla war' being waged on news broadcasters?:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41412758 -If journalists take sides, who will speak truth to power?:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/06/journalists-takes-sides-truth-to-power-activists

Media Voices: FIPP CEO James Hewes on international lessons for media owners

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 it through a whole episode without mentioning Trump.

Media Voices: Deutsche Welle's Esra Doğramacı on best practice for digital video

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. The team wonders if they can get through a whole episode without mentioning Trump.

Media Voices: International Network of Street Papers special

"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 of launching a consumer tech site, and the "coincidental" timing of Murdoch taking Fox News off UK TV screens. The two agree they aren't as impartial as the BBC."

Media Voices: De Correspondent's International Editor Maaike Goslinga on crowdfunding journalism

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-term, and try to come up with a name for a three-party duopoly (harder than you'd think). Chris and Esther argue about the origin of three-dimensional chess. Chris' pick for best Trump cartoon: https://twitter.com/BJennings90/status/898584360319942656 Peter's pick: http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5995a9ccb0e0b591758b4da7/the-economists-latest-cover-depicts-trump-shouting-through-a-megaphone-shaped-like-a-kkk-hood.jpg Esther's pick: https://twitter.com/BW/status/827114390960930816/photo/1

Media Voices: Newspaper analyst Liz Gerard and Stop Funding Hate founder Richard Wilson

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, Chris and Peter discuss the news that UK current affairs magazines have seen a year on year rise in circulations and the MediaMavens project, which aims to see what a news publication looks like when only women pick the stories and headlines. Peter sings us out.

Media Voices: Nieman fellow Katherine Goldstein on maternity culture in journalism

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 to video and the successful crowdfunding project to keep Snopes alive. Peter and Chris throw Esther under the bus rather than admit they were wrong about the Guardian's membership scheme.

Media Voices: British GQ's Becky Lucas on the true meaning of 'engagement'

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 Reuters Institute's latest study and Google's attempt to create a 'friendless' recommendation engine. Esther gets preoccupied with a particular GQ article, and Peter and Chris agree they don't want to join any club that would let them in.

Media Voices: Journalism.co.uk's Mădălina Ciobanu on putting together a great media conference

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 dedicated messaging app. Esther's lack of experience with MySpace makes Chris confront his own mortality.

Media Voices: Dennis UK CTO Paul Lomax on the tech that underpins a modern publisher

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 preserve of the rich. Chris and Esther call Peter out on his gratuitous use of devil's avocado.

Media Voices: Executive Producer for Social and Emerging Media at CNN Worldwide Samantha Barry

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 the NYT making 100 copy editors redundant, the end of the 'Trump Bump', and Instagram's A.I. approach to censoring nasty comments. Peter throws cold water on Chris' dream of living in a Star Trek universe, and Esther risks the entire future of the podcast on a joke about Peter's accent.

TheMediaBriefing: IDG's Michael Friedenberg on driving a major media brand forward

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 'vertical video studio' and two significant new publisher additions to Snapchat Discover. Chris attempts to guess the election results.

TheMediaBriefing: Tab Media COO Charlie Gardiner-Hill on taking a student brand to global powerhouse

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 attempt to control and monetise the ad-blocking ecosystem and Slate applying podcasting lessons to try out VR. Chris sings a song.