Podcast Episodes

This writer and podcaster amassed a huge audience of comic book fans

David Harper wrote hundreds of thousands of words over a five-year period without making a single penny from his comic book criticism. In 2009, he an…

5 years, 2 months ago

This company scaled local newsletters to five cities

Every morning, tens of thousands of people who live in cities like Miami, Portland, and Pittsburg receive a conversational email that updates them on…

5 years, 3 months ago

This BuzzFeed-like site has become a cultural powerhouse in Nigeria

Daniel Orubo had no intention of becoming a media personality when he graduated with an engineering degree in 2013, but his funny tweets just happene…

5 years, 3 months ago

Inside The Information's paywall strategy

These days, nearly every digital publisher utilizes some kind of reader revenue strategy, but when Jessica Lessin quit her Wall Street Journal job an…

5 years, 3 months ago

Lessons from my first year of running a paid newsletter

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I just passed my one-year anniversary of launching my paid newsletter, so I decided to dive into some of the biggest…

5 years, 4 months ago

His sports podcast network manages over 100 shows

If you review Kevin Jones's resume on LinkedIn, it's easy to see why he ended up founding a sports podcast network. He's worked in virtually every se…

5 years, 4 months ago

How newsletter writers are teaming up to bundle subscriptions

Over the past year, thousands of journalists have announced the launch of their paid newsletters, which are often hosted on platforms like Substack. …

5 years, 4 months ago

This newspaper chain pivoted to digital subscriptions, and it's working

The last 15 years have not been kind to the local news industry, with thousands of newspapers either reducing staff or closing down entirely. But not…

5 years, 4 months ago

He helped invent the modern content marketing industry

According to some estimates, corporations across the world spend upwards of $42 billion a year on content marketing, and they do so with the philosop…

5 years, 5 months ago

He used crowdfunding to launch a progressive media startup in Canada

Like a lot of people on the political Left, Geoff Sharpe grew frustrated by how successful conservatives were on Facebook. For years, he watched as r…

5 years, 5 months ago