The Future of Media, Explained - from Press Gazette podcast

The Future of Media, Explained - from Press Gazette

Press Gazette has covered the world of news media since 1965. This podcast draws on the expertise of our award-winning team and brings in expert voices to explain one theme, idea, strategy or innovation every week. The Future of Media Explained aims to provide industry leaders with the information they need to create commercially successful businesses based on quality content. If you need to know about topics like: cookie-less targeting, data journalism, paywall strategies, content management systems, new publishing revenue strategies and audience growth tactics - then this is the podcast for you. It also aims to provide insight into the biggest challenge of all, how to lead and inspire people on the journey of technology-led change which ever major media company globally is going through. It is hosted by Press Gazette Editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford who is joined every week by a member of the team sharing insights from their area of expertise and featuring interviews with some of the leading names in media globally. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Press Gazette has covered the world of news media since 1965. This podcast draws on the expertise of our award-winning team and brings in expert voices to explain one theme, idea, strategy or innovation every week. The Future of Media Explained aims to provide industry leaders with the information they need to create commercially successful businesses based on quality content. If you need to know about topics like: cookie-less targeting, data journalism, paywall strategies, content management systems, new publishing revenue strategies and audience growth tactics - then this is the podcast for you. It also aims to provide insight into the biggest challenge of all, how to lead and inspire people on the journey of technology-led change which ever major media company globally is going through. It is hosted by Press Gazette Editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford who is joined every week by a member of the team sharing insights from their area of expertise and featuring interviews with some of the leading names in media globally. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

 

#103

How to stop working for you CMS and make it work for you

Dominic Ponsford talks to WP Engine director of product management Jason Konen and CTO of ... more

11 Dec 2025

36 MINS

36:07

11 Dec 2025


#102

Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips on life after Google

Press Gazette UK editor Charlotte Tobitt speaks to Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips about how th... more

20 Nov 2025

21 MINS

21:31

20 Nov 2025


#101

Turmoil at The Telegraph, trouble at The Times | Misinformation and the Huntington train stabbings

Press Gazette editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford and UK editor Charlotte Tobitt discuss the ... more

06 Nov 2025

23 MINS

23:49

06 Nov 2025


#100

Optimising programmatic advertising: What publishers need to know

Advertising has funded journalism and kept the lights on for democracy since the steam age... more

31 Oct 2025

30 MINS

30:21

31 Oct 2025


#99

The race to video with Goalhanger's Jack Davenport

Whatever medium publishers started out on, many are now racing towards Youtube and other o... more

01 Oct 2025

40 MINS

40:31

01 Oct 2025


#98

Personalisation is paying off for Hamburger Morgenpost

Hamburger Morgenpost head of product Dana Schluenzen tells Dominic Ponsford how offering r... more

24 Sep 2025

26 MINS

26:47

24 Sep 2025


#97

Why The Economist isn't doing deals with OpenAI

Unlike many publishers, The Economist has chosen not to do any licensing deals with the li... more

18 Sep 2025

36 MINS

36:54

18 Sep 2025


#96

Reach versus Newsquest, publishers versus AI and the break-up of Google

In which Charlotte and Dom discuss: the latest mass job cuts at Reach, the latest attacks ... more

10 Sep 2025

29 MINS

29:51

10 Sep 2025


#95

How the Kyiv Independent built 20,000 paying members in a warzone

Kyiv Independent launched in November 2021, just three months before Russia's full-scale i... more

31 Jul 2025

40 MINS

40:10

31 Jul 2025


#94

How The Times became a small screen success story

Times Media head of digital Edward Roussel talks about the relaunched smartphone app which... more

16 Jul 2025

36 MINS

36:39

16 Jul 2025


#93

On the front line of the reality wars with Rob Waugh

Rob Waugh talks about the shadowy figures who are successfully bombarding UK news media wi... more

03 Jul 2025

27 MINS

27:52

03 Jul 2025


#92

Video masterclass with PA Media's Joe Pickover

UK national news agency PA Media has massively ramped up its video output in recent years ... more

10 Jun 2025

38 MINS

38:07

10 Jun 2025


#91

Death of the website, the never-ending pivot to video and why Dom loves Substack

'The death of the website' was the name of one panel session at a recent publishing indust... more

22 May 2025

27 MINS

27:49

22 May 2025


#90

Alison Phillips on crime, tabloids and positive news

Former Mirror editor Alison Phillips talks to Press Gazette's Dominic Ponsford as she laun... more

07 May 2025

26 MINS

26:25

07 May 2025


#89

Making political news pay the Politico way

Press Gazette senior reporter Bron Maher talks to Politico executive editor for Europe Kat... more

24 Apr 2025

29 MINS

29:16

24 Apr 2025


#88

Jim Mullen's legacy at Reach | Value of news to Google | Sun losses, Times profits

The Press Gazette teams offer their insights on the legacy of outgoing Reach CEO Jim Mulle... more

03 Apr 2025

28 MINS

28:44

03 Apr 2025


#87

Why AI could spell doomsday or a big payday for publishers with Matthew Scott Goldstein

Press Gazette editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford caught up with New York-based publishing co... more

20 Mar 2025

30 MINS

30:24

20 Mar 2025


#86

How to lose £100m with GB News | Print decline in the USA | Green shoots at Reach

Press Gazette's editorial team share their insights into big stories from the world of new... more

06 Mar 2025

20 MINS

20:08

06 Mar 2025


#85

London's Local News Renaissance with Jim Waterson

With three major London-wide local journalism launches in the last months is journalism ab... more

20 Feb 2025

25 MINS

25:58

20 Feb 2025


#84

Newsletter strategy for publishers: Masterclass with the FT's Sarah Ebner

Over four years at the [Financial Times] (https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/financial-tim... more

06 Feb 2025

26 MINS

26:43

06 Feb 2025


#83

What works on Substack, how Youtube became newstube and why Harry took the cash

Bron Maher discusses Press Gazette's new ranking of the most lucrative titles on Substack,... more

23 Jan 2025

20 MINS

20:51

23 Jan 2025


#82

AI tipping point in 2025: What publishers need to know

Former digital development director of The Sun Paul Hood has just quit his job to study ge... more

08 Jan 2025

33 MINS

33:09

08 Jan 2025


#81

What we learned in 2024 about the business of news

The Press Gazette team look back on the big themes of 2024 for news publishers and reveal ... more

19 Dec 2024

24 MINS

24:14

19 Dec 2024