The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices

This is the latest in a series of sessions from The Publisher Summits, which were held in June. The Summits covered four product areas across 2 days in London, from newsletters and print to apps and podcasts, featuring speakers from The Economist and the FT to Reach, National World, Grazia and more. Thanks to the sponsors of the Publisher Podcast Summit - Crowdfindervideo and Syno. Find out more about them and how they help publishers take their podcasts to the next level at publishersummits.com [http://publishersummits.com]. This episode features a session on how publishers can build communities through podcasting. Peter Houston interviews Countryfile Magazine Plodcast’s Fergus Collins, and Women’s Running’s Esther Newman about bringing podcast listeners into a community - one where they can not only communicate with you, but also build connections with each other. Get the learnings from this episode written up in article form straight into your inbox by signing up to The Publisher Newsletter at voices.media [https://voices.media].

This is the latest in a series of sessions from The Publisher Summits, which were held in June. The Summits covered four product areas across 2 days in London, from newsletters and print to apps and podcasts, featuring speakers from The Economist and the FT to Reach, National World, Grazia and more. Thanks to the sponsors of the Publisher Podcast and App Summits - Crowdfindervideo, Pugpig, and Syno. Find out more about them and how they help publishers take their magazines and newsletters to the next level at publishersummits.com [https://publishersummits.com]. This episode features insight from Aleena Augustine, who is Audience Growth Manager at The Observer. Now this is a bit special as The Observer brand was acquired by Tortoise Media in April of this year, so there was an awful lot to talk about there. Aleena spoke specifically about how the team is combining podcasts and apps for a powerful subscriber proposition – and what comes next for native audio within its app. Get the learnings from this episode written up in article form straight into your inbox by signing up to The Publisher Newsletter at voices.media [https://voices.media].

This special episode of The Publisher Podcast is an audio teaser for our Inside the Print Revival report, published by Media Voices. If you haven't already got the report, you can download it from voices.media/printrevival [https://voices.media/printrevival/]. We at Media Voices had been wondering for some time about what is really going on in the print magazine market as we watched the number of stories shared about print launches and relaunches grow from a trickle to, if not quite a tidal wave, a fairly fast-flowing stream. Talk of a print comeback has been increasingly common in the magazine market. But at the same time, news about magazine circulations dropping, print operations being scaled back and regular closures have continued. With these two seemingly contradictory narratives competing for our attention, we decided to try and find out what is really going on. Inside the Print Revival is made possible with the support of our sponsors: Freeport Press, [https://freeportpress.com/] Warners Media Group, [https://warnersgroup.co.uk/] Atex, [https://atex.com/] FIPP, [https://fipp.com/] Piano [https://piano.io/], and Manson Group. [https://mansongroup.co.uk/]

This is the first of a series of sessions from The Publisher Summits, which were held in June. The Summits covered four product areas across 2 days in London, from newsletters and print to apps and podcasts, featuring speakers from The Economist and the FT to Reach, National World, Grazia and more. Thanks to the sponsors of the Publisher Newsletter and Print Summit - Passendo, Piano, Warners Group Publications, FIPP, and Syno. Find out more about them and how they help publishers take their magazines and newsletters to the next level at publishersummits.com [http://publishersummits.com]. This episode brings together two sessions from the Publisher Newsletter Summit stage looking at newsletter marketing and discovery. The first talk is from Sophie Laughton, Newsletter Editor at Metro.co.uk [http://metro.co.uk], sharing how a site redesign helped their team drive newsletter sign-ups, and what other publishers can learn. Then you’ll hear from Hannah Tomes at the Spectator, interviewed on-stage by Esther Thorpe, discussing which marketing and growth strategies have and haven’t worked for them. Get the learnings from this episode written up in article form straight into your inbox by signing up to The Publisher Newsletter at voices.media [https://voices.media].

It was standing room only at the inaugural Monetising B2B conference, organised by Flashes & Flames, at London's historic Stationers' Hall on 20th May. Peter and Esther went along to fly the flag for Media Voices. The conference was focused not on the difference between pureplay events and information companies, but on the data-fuelled intersection and growth potential between them. The breadth and depth of the day's content echoed the mission of Flashes & Flames and of the change underway in B2B companies in the era of AI and revenue diversification. Although there were a wide range of topics discussed during the day, this episode brings out highlights from three hot-topic areas:  * AI's profit potential: How B2B's application of AI is moving to commercial reality; * Data with purpose: Why proprietary data can define the future of B2B; * Events re-imagined: From trade shows to festivalisation - why the future of events belongs to those who curate memorable (and valuable) experiences. For the full event report, see Flashes & Flames [https://flashesandflames.com/2025/06/19/looking-back-on-an-excellent-event-and-to-monetising-b2b-in-2026/].