Podcast Episodes

'Urgency around the community': How Pop-Up Magazine pivoted to (even more) experimental storytelling

By March 16, theater doors around the country shut their doors. The Pop-Up Magazine touring production, which had just completed its first (and only)…

5 years, 1 month ago

The New York Times’ Ben Smith saw the alt-right’s rise and sees a new era for social platforms

Ben Smith has an enviable view of the current media landscape. Before The New York Times announced in January 2020 that the publication had hired Smi…

5 years, 2 months ago

Convince the gatekeepers': How The Week Jr. is growing its U.S. subscriber base

The Week Jr. was set to debut in the U.S. last spring but the day that the first run of the children's magazine went to the printer, much of the coun…

5 years, 2 months ago

‘You’ve got to earn that’: Mike Hume of The Washington Post’s Launcher on covering gaming and esports inside a mainstream publication

For years, gaming has been categorized as a niche form of entertainment. But that’s been changing over the better part of the past decade, including …

5 years, 2 months ago

How Future PLC’s audience-first strategy grew revenue in 2020

While 2020 was a year of struggle and strife for many publishers, London-based Future PLC ended its 2020 fiscal year up 65% in total revenue from las…

5 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus-induced change and accelerations: Digiday’s top trends for 2021

In this week’s episode of the Digiday Podcast, our editorial team takes a look ahead at what 2021 may have in store for the publishing and marketing …

5 years, 3 months ago

'Using all parts of our business as innovation': Vox Media Publisher Melissa Bell on recent departures and future content

It's a new era for Vox Media.

The company is a year into its merger with New York Magazine, and in recent weeks has seen some of its leading journalis…

5 years, 3 months ago

Google's Amy Adams Harding on why digital newsrooms should 'act like an e-commerce player'

As Google continues to partner with newsrooms to help boost their traffic and revenue, the company's Amy Adams Harding has one recurring piece of adv…

5 years, 3 months ago

'I believe enough in this to try to do it myself': CollegeHumor owner Sam Reich on the brand's future potential

Despite the name, CollegeHumor isn't a spring chicken anymore. Founded in 1999, the comedy site was acquired by IAC in 2006 and grew into one of the …

5 years, 3 months ago

'Profitability in the back half of next year': BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti (and Verizon Media CEO Guru Gowrappan) on their big merger

Two of digital media's biggest players are merging into one, with the announcement last week that BuzzFeed will be acquiring HuffPost in an all-stock…

5 years, 4 months ago