The Future of Media, Explained - from Press Gazette

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, editor--in-chief and CEO of non-profit media platform, Open Democracy. Funded largely through grants from foundations and trusts, Open Democracy brings some 11 million visitors per year to its site.Open Democracy is not the only newsroom that's turned to donors for support- data suggests that upwards of $550 million of philanthropic money was given to support journalism around the world in 2020.Geoghegan speaks to data journalist Aisha Majid about what makes a newsroom attractive to philanthropic donors, what it takes to run a donor-funded newsroom as well as some of the challenges fundraising for news presents in the UK.Read more about the future of media at pressgazette.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 reported figures showing that its average member increased their revenue by 33% to $125,000 last year. Krewson believes his members are forging a path to sustainability and that their emerging business models could represent the future of local news.You can read more of our coverage at pressgazette.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 audience on a platform that many news publishers have struggled to crack until recently.Read more on TikTok and the future of media at pressgazette.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Press Gazette's UK editor Charlotte Tobitt hears from City AM editor Andy Silvester about how the free business newspaper got through the Covid-19 pandemic despite being forced to take an 18-month hiatus from print.Silvester says a canny move to a digital-first operation, and massive diversification in online revenues, has helped it survive and thrive amid a challenging market for free sheets.Read more on freesheets and the future of media at pressgazette.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Press Gazette reporter Bron Maher speaks with Time president Keith Grossman about how he's used NFTs to shepherd the magazine from "legacy media" status into Web3 - and netted the publisher a whopping $10m in the process. Grossman says that despite declining sales volumes across the market, Time's NFT revenues are going strong - and that even if they weren't, Time's investment in Web3 is about much more than short-term profit. You can read more of our coverage at pressgazette.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Press Gazette's North America editor William Turvill interviews Jason Kint, the chief executive of Digital Content Next, a trade association for US digital publishers.Kint is known for his forthright views on Google and Meta/Facebook (AKA the Duopoly) and has spent years closely tracking numerous lawsuits and new legislations the tech giants face across the world. In this episode, we quiz Kint on the most significant forthcoming legal and regulatory changes, and ask him to predict what the future holds for Google, Meta and the media industry. You can read more of our coverage at pressgazette.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Future of Media, Explained. Actionable insights to help you build and future-proof your media business, featuring interviews with leaders at the cutting edge of media publishing.This week - Dominic Ponsford interviews Andrey Boborykin, chief executive of Urkayinska Pravda - one of the biggest independent news websites in Ukraine.He talks about new research showing how Ukraine's local media is surviving the war. Plus he explains why Meta and Facebook are making it harder for news publishers in Ukraine to survive and what he thinks they should do about it.You can read more of our coverage at pressgazette.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Future of Media, Explained. Actionable insights to help you build and future-proof your media business, featuring interviews with leaders at the cutting edge of media publishing. This week – business to business publishing with Mark Allen, founder and executive chairman of the Mark Allen Group. A leading publisher of trade magazines covering everything from healthcare and aerospace engineering to music and education. He tells UK editor Charlotte Tobitt why he cottoned onto the subscription model early, how quality content is king and whether he’d ever take the group public. You can read more about business to business publishing and the Mark Allen Group at pressgazette.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actionable insights to help you build and future-proof your media business, featuring interviews with leaders at the cutting edge of media publishing. A weekly podcast from the team behind Press Gazette. Released every Thursday - launching 19th May.Read more on www.pressgazette.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.