The Future of Media, Explained - from Press Gazette
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Press Gazette has covered the world of news media since 1965. This podcast draws on the expertise of our award-winning team and brings in expert voices to explain one theme, idea, strategy or innovation every week.
The Future of Media Explained aims to provide industry leaders with the information they need to create commercially successful businesses based on quality content.
If you need to know about topics like: cookie-less targeting, data journalism, paywall strategies, content management systems, new publishing revenue strategies and audience growth tactics - then this is the podcast for you. It also aims to provide insight into the biggest challenge of all, how to lead and inspire people on the journey of technology-led change which ever major media company globally is going through.
It is hosted by Press Gazette Editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford who is joined every week by a member of the team sharing insights from their area of expertise and featuring interviews with some of the leading names in media globally.
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Latest episode
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The risks and rewards of investigative journalism with FT's Dan McCrum
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. … -
Online abuse and what to do about it
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 dem… -
Newsroom leadership with ex-Insider news boss Jim Edwards
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 w… -
How to reach Gen Z with PinkNews CEO Benjamin Cohen
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. -
How to make the most of live events bounceback, with Wired’s Greg Williams
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 sal… -
Magazines in the metaverse with Hearst UK
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 … -
Making podcasts pay with Immediate Media's HistoryExtra
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 -
How to fund news through philanthropy, with Open Democracy's Peter Geoghegan
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, … -
Making local news pay: have independent US publishers found the formula for sustainability?
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 repo… -
How news outlets can get millions of views on Tiktok, with Vice’s Nabihah Parkar
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 audienc…