The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices

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

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.

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.

"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."

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.