Latest Digital publishing Podcast Episodes
The Potential of News Apps and the Power of UX with Greg Emerson
Digital Media Growth Podcast - February 28, 2020 13:25 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreg Emerson is a mobile product specialist with deep experience in the digital publishing industry, having previously lead product teams at Huffpost, The Wall Street Journal and Newsday. This is a great interview for anybody interested in strategy, UX, product design and the potential of mobile....
Reporting on the Fashion and Beauty Industry through the Lens of Technology with Jill Manoff from Glossy Media
Digital Media Growth Podcast - February 07, 2020 13:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJill Manoff is the Editor in Chief at Glossy. Glossy is a B2B publication that covers the evolution of the fashion, beauty and wellness industry through the lens of digital technology. In this episode we cover Jill's role at Glossy, how she makes editorial decisions, creating content for an expe...
Redefining Engagement and Reframing the Value of Attention after the Click Bubble Bursts with Mario Vasilescu
Digital Media Growth Podcast - January 31, 2020 15:50 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMario Vasilescu is the CEO of Rewordly Inc - the Audience Engagement Engine. He's on a mission to bring integrity back to the internet by making it easier for publishers to focus on quality over quantity by creating tools that reframe the incentives of the "attention economy". Mario is a very i...
Managing a Sports News Site with Lester Wiltfong from Windy City Gridiron
Digital Media Growth Podcast - January 10, 2020 15:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLester Wiltfong is the Editor in Chief and writer at Windy City Gridiron, a news site that focuses on Chicago Bears news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective. He manages a team of 10 writers and coordinates their content strategy across social media, video and their podcas...
Running 65 different Media Brands Smoothly with Kyle Shay and Stacey Bradshaw from Annex Media
Digital Media Growth Podcast - December 16, 2019 13:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAnnex media is a Canadian digital publishing brand comprising over 65 different individual publications serving various industries throughout the country. We had a great conversation with Director of Digital Media Kyle Shay and project manager Stacey Bradshaw about how they run things smoothly ac...
Running the World's Most Successful Drumming Magazine with David Frangioni
Digital Media Growth Podcast - December 08, 2019 17:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDavid Frangioni is the publisher at Modern Drummer. David has had a long career as a musician, producer, entrepreneur and author. In this episode he shares insight into his work at Modern Drummer, his career and his interesting life story.
Growing an innovative media company for LGBTQ women with Ebone Bell
Digital Media Growth Podcast - November 16, 2019 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEbone Bell is the founder and editor-in-chief of Tagg Magazine.Tagg is an innovative, LGBTQ women-focused magazine, website and podcast serving communities across the country. In this episode we discuss growing a media brand for an underserved audience, connecting with advertisers and sponsors by...
All about Newspack with Steve Beatty
Digital Media Growth Podcast - November 08, 2019 14:35 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSteve Beatty is the "communications guy" at Newspack. Newspack is a next-gen opensource publishing and revenue generation platform for WordPress publishers. We go through the ins and outs of Newspack in this interview, and get some great stories, insights, and perspectives from Steve on the dig...
Building a publishing machine and serving a niche technical audience with Bill Doerrfeld
Digital Media Growth Podcast - November 01, 2019 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBill Doerrfeld is a tech journalist and Editor-in-Chief at Nordic APIs. Nordic APIs disseminate high impact thought leadership on the API economy - creating blog posts, eBooks, webinars, and conferences to serve their expert audience. We had a great conversation that will be interesting to anyone...
Blockchain Publishing and Tech Journalism to Events and Elearning with Sven Wagenknecht
Digital Media Growth Podcast - October 25, 2019 16:05 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSven Wagenknecht is the Editor-in-chief of BTC-ECHO, a German digital publication covering cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Check out this episode to learn about how they grew a brand new publication into an impressive business and their exciting plans for the future.
Growing a New Media Brand and Cultivating Diverse Revenue Streams with Juliana Koranteng
Digital Media Growth Podcast - October 12, 2019 16:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode Juliana Koranteng goes into how and why she set up Mediatainment Finance, how the brand has evolved over the years, her thought process as an entrepreneurial publisher and many more topics. This is a great episode packed with great stories and insights.
Carmen Guillen - Honesty and Transparency to Build Trust with your Audience
Digital Media Growth Podcast - October 04, 2019 16:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCarmen Guillen is the Editor in Chief at Unfold magazine, a publication for professional communicators. In this episode we get deep into how to connect with readers, staying human in your communication, and ethical marketing. We also get into new tech trends, the "slow" movement and many other to...
Publisher Profile: Margarita Khartanovich From Binary District
Digital Media Growth Podcast - September 23, 2019 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMargarita is a Business and Tech Writer and PhD Candidate in Journalism at the University of Tampere. Her current role is Editor in Chief at Binary District Journal, where she is on a mission to spotlight the brains behind the innovations and keep her audience up to date on cutting edge tech.
Entrepreneurship in Publishing with Jeremy Caplan
Digital Media Growth Podcast - September 14, 2019 14:55 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I'm joined by Jeremy Caplan. Jeremy heads up The Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at CUNY. We discussed the current state of Entrepreneurial publishing, and the conversation was packed with fascinating insights and actionable pointers. A must listen if you're invo...
Making Publishing Pay With Mary Walter-Brown
Digital Media Growth Podcast - September 06, 2019 16:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I talk with Mary Walter Brown. Mary is the CEO of the News Revenue Hub. We talk about the important work they're doing at The Hub, and get into a lot of strategies and advice that publishers can use to generate more revenue and thrive in a financially challenging era.
Solving The Membership Puzzle With Emily Goligoski
Digital Media Growth Podcast - August 23, 2019 17:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEmily Goligoski is the research director for the Membership Puzzle Project. In this episode we talk about her research, and what they've learned at the project about growing thriving membership programs. This conversation was packed full of information and insights, enjoy!
Social Media For Digital Publishers with Apryl Pilolli
Digital Media Growth Podcast - August 16, 2019 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingApryl Pilolli is the head of innovation at Social News Desk. We discuss her long and varied career in news, how she got into social media, and the work she does today at social news desk. We also get into her tips and tricks for digital publishers to make the most out of their social strategies a...
How To Build Thriving Communities Around Your Content with Andrew Losowsky
Digital Media Growth Podcast - August 09, 2019 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAndrew Losowsky is an award winning writer, editor and storyteller. After a long and successful career in journalism he became the head of the Coral Project at Vox Media - an open source project that seeks to help publishers build better communities around their journalism. We discuss the history...
How Arran Rice Grew Simple Flying To 1.5M Unique Visitors a Month
Digital Media Growth Podcast - August 02, 2019 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingArran Rice is a British Entrepreneur and CEO of Simple Flying. We discuss his background, how and why he started Simple Flying - and how he's achieved such impressive growth a year down the road. This episode will be interesting for niche publishers interested in growth, and anybody thinking ab...
Lean Innovation in Publishing with Becky Pallack
Digital Media Growth Podcast - July 26, 2019 13:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I sit down with Becky Pallack - product manager for The Arizona Daily Star. We discuss how she learned about the lean innovation framework, how she uses it to develop successful news products, and how other publishers can do the same.
Growing a Facebook Group to over 50,000 Members with Todd Price
Digital Media Growth Podcast - July 18, 2019 13:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we sit down with Todd Price, the lead dining reporter for NOLA.com. Todd set up the popular Facebook group "Where NOLA Eats" and grew it to 25,000 members. We discuss how he did this, how the group informs their reporting and engages their audience - and we get into his top tips f...
Don't call it a comeback
This is not the future of the book - October 08, 2018 11:03Tom was in Montréal the other day for a conference and we recorded a podcast episode reviewing what has happened in the two years that have passed since the last episode. In this episode we talk about, amongst other things: How fine arts and literary fiction projects are generally more success...
The publishing system of production
This is not the future of the book - May 24, 2016 11:03In this episode we cover conferences, production systems, W.E. Deming, David Pye, and more We start off by criticising the idea that conferences are educational. Baldur refers to a two year old blog post he wrote about conferences on his old (now defunct) blog. Baldur goes off on one talking a...
Moonshots vs infrastructure
This is not the future of the book - March 29, 2016 11:03In this episode we cover a schism in digital media that traditional publishing has unwittingly played into. Baldur explains what it is that makes people the most angry at him. Moonshots versus Infrastructure. Digital media Reaganomics Brute force effort versus building automation Baldur agr...
You are here. What now?
This is not the future of the book - December 04, 2015 11:03Some thoughts on where to go from wherever you are. Most of us aren’t in the position of even trying to make the same mistakes Touchpress did. What approaches can the rest of us take towards making new things? Without taking on VC-funding, that is. As always start with the community around you....
Money? What money?
This is not the future of the book - November 19, 2015 11:03Some thoughts prompted by Touchpress’s pivot. Touchpress, who? The core problem with the app stores. The difference between bookstores and digital markets. The importance in digital of having a specific worldview. The big advantage that ebooks have over apps. Who makes money in the app sto...
Hackathons and hack culture
This is not the future of the book - November 04, 2015 11:03In this episode we worry about digital publishing not moving forward to the future: How do we get ebooks and the like moving forward without wholesale destruction? We also respond to that Hackathon article. No, not that one. No, not that one either. This one. When do hackathons work? This is...
Avant-garde what?
This is not the future of the book - October 22, 2015 11:03In this one we cover the following thingamajigs: Baldur talks about what it feels like to anticipate that the mainstream will coincide with your interests but then watching it go into a different direction. Three different directions, to be specific. Craig Mod’s article. (And the coda he poste...
What's holding us back?
This is not the future of the book - October 14, 2015 11:03Where is our magical sci-fi utopia of wonderful brilliant digital things? Why didn’t the brilliant innovations in our digital past lead to a glorious present? Inevitably this leads to some thoughts on how existing models for innovation and experimentation in publishing are… … flawed. May cont...
What does print do? What does digital do?
This is not the future of the book - September 30, 2015 11:03The kitchen talks continue. This time we (Baldur and Tom) talk about: the differing qualities of digital and print; how they can complement each other; how they suffer if you ignore their strengths and weaknesses; how the novel will be fine but the rest should worry. Some things are good. Some t...
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