The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices

This week, director of the Membership Puzzle Project Jay Rosen takes us through why membership could be the future of funding journalism, and what needs to be done to make it valuable to readers and publishers alike. In the news round-up the team discusses Esquire's controversy for controversy's sake, how journalism can convince the public it's relevant and useful, and ask what the future of Twitter might look like. Chris takes potshots at two beloved authors. We're reading: • Google UK chief Ronan Harris says digital giant is not stealing advertising from publishers, via Press Gazette - http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/google-uk-chief-ronan-harris-says-digital-giant-is-not-stealing-advertising-from-publishers-telling-editors-we-come-in-peace/ • Snapchat will overhaul its app to boost user numbers, via The Drum - http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/11/08/snapchat-will-overhaul-its-app-bolster-user-numbers-it-endures-the-growing-pains • Is Mark Zuckerberg Facebook's last true believer? via Vanity Fair - https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/is-mark-zuckerberg-facebooks-last-true-believer

This week, host and founder of The Tip-Off Maeve McClenaghan takes us through why it's important to celebrate investigative journalism in an age of 'fake news' and limited resources for journalists. https://soundcloud.com/thetipoff In the news round-up, the team takes a deep dive into new ad-blocking stats, laments the closure of Teen Vogue in print, worries about Snapchat's future and celebrates more paywall success. Audio glitches suspiciously kill a discussion on billionaire media owners. What we're reading: • The United States of American Media, Inc - via Popbitch - http://popbitch.com/2017/10/the-united-states-of-american-media-inc/ • In the hunt for reader revenue, publishers give micropayments another look, via Digiday - https://digiday.com/media/hunt-reader-revenue-publishers-give-micropayments-another-look/ • What your site can learn from 100 news organizations with robust membership programs, via Membership Puzzle Project - https://membershippuzzle.org/articles-overview/what-your-site-can-learn

This week, publisher of The Week Kerin O'Connor takes us through the reasons behind the magazine's continued success on the newsstand, and how it encourages a relationship between it and its audience. In the news round-up the Media Voices team talk about the Guardian's membership success, the spectacularly frightening changes to the Facebook news feed, and ask whether we should be nice to the Duopoly. Listener beware, you're in for a scare! What we're reading: • '“News you don’t believe”: Audience perspectives on fake news', via RISJ:https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/our-research/news-you-dont-believe-audience-perspectives-fake-news • 'The Gender Trap with Media on Social Channels' via Thomas Baekdal: https://www.baekdal.com/blog/the-gender-trap-with-media-on-social-channels • 'Why bad ads deserve to die, and what might replace them', via LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-ol-patt-morrison-andrew-essex-advertising-20171025-htmlstory.html

This week, Stylist Magazine's editor-in-chief Lisa Smosarski explains how the title has managed to grow its weekly circulation at a time when much of the industry is experiencing print decline. In the news round-up the gang butt heads over the Guardian's new £42 million Venture Capital fund, argue about The Wall Street Journal's new social media guidelines and agree that BuzzFeed UK's success is a good thing (mostly). What we're reading: • 'The war to sell you a mattress is an internet nightmare', via Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-bloggers-lawsuits-underside-of-the-mattress-wars • 'Not a revolution (yet): Data journalism hasn’t changed that much in 4 years', via Nieman Lab: http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/10/not-a-revolution-yet-data-journalism-hasnt-changed-that-much-in-4-years-a-new-paper-finds/ • '“De Correspondent” and the blueprint for a successful membership model', via Monday Note: https://mondaynote.com/de-correspondent-and-the-blueprint-for-a-successful-membership-model-3660eba337ba

In this week's episode, the University of Oregon's Carolyn S. Chambers professor in journalism Damian Radcliffe takes us through his latest report into local journalism in the Pacific Northwest: https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/22803 In the news round-up, the gang discuss strict new NYT social media guidelines for journalism, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's statement on moderating news content, and whether publishers should 'punish' audiences who come in through social. We can't stop making analogies; we're like sharks who just have to keep swimming. What we're reading: • Medium makes its 'open paywall' available to all writers -https://www.wsj.com/articles/medium-opens-subscription-program-to-all-writers-1507651200 via WSJ • What Facebook did to American democracy - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/10/what-facebook-did/542502/?utm_source=twb via The Atlantic • Real news about Fake News - http://www.niemanlab.org/collection/fake-news/ via Nieman Lab Background music courtesy of Nicolai Heidlas Music via SoundCloud -https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas

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