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 managemen ...
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Peter Csathy's podcast explores the future of entertainment, media and tech and features the entrepreneurs, executives, and creators leading the way - all with a healthy mix of mind, body and soul. Diverse stories, from diverse voices via Peter's expert analyses and exclusive interviews. Peter is an internationally recognized media, entertainment and tech expert and Chairman of Creative Media, a leading legal services and business advisory firm (creativemedia.biz). He is the author of severa ...
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The Great AI Copyright Debate: "Fair Use" or Not? (As Voiced by Google's NotebookLM)
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In this part 3 of his Google NotebookLM podcast series, host Peter Csathy enables his "synthetic" AI-generated guest hosts to discuss "the great AI copyright debate: fair use, or not?" Csathy generated this episode by simply uploading the text of his recent article on the subject. The results are fascinating. The conversation smart. But very differ…
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Google's NotebookLM AI Hosts Discuss Themselves: The Results Are Fascinating (& Scary Good)
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In this Part 2 to host Peter Csathy's Google NotebookLM generated podcast series, NotebookLM's "synthetic" AI-generated co-hosts discuss themselves - i.e., what their AI-generated personas mean for creativity, art and society. The result is fascinating. So good - the convers-AI-tion, so smart. It's scary. Csathy generated the episode simply by past…
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Google's New NotebookLM: AI Generated Podcast Demo Featuring Creative Media
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Google just launched NotebookLM, an amazing new content generating AI wunder-app that, in Google’s words, is designed to be “your personalized AI research assistant.” NotebookLM can do many things, but its audio podcast generating feature is what really stands out. In this episode, rather than host Peter Csathy telling you about it, he let's the ap…
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The Great AI Debate: Are We (Or Are We Not) In An AI Bubble? (Hosted by Streaming Media)
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This week's episode features Creative Media's Peter Csathy participating in Streaming Media's recent "Great AI Debate" hosted and moderated by expert and media cartographer Evan Shapiro - and also featuring AI experts and entrepreneurs H. Schuster of HUSSLUP and Chris Giliberti of Avail. The debate's central question was a simple one -- are we (or …
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Interview: Ben Gottdiener, CEO of Narrativ (& His New SAG-AFTRA Deal)
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As part of his continuing generative AI and media-focused "the brAIn" series, Creative Media's Peter Csathy interviews CEO Ben Gottdiener, CEO of Narrativ - the company that enables users to create digital voice replicas (what some call "digital clones") using genAI. Narrativ's mission is to be the "marketplace for advertisers to license talent aud…
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Interview: Shara Senderoff, CEO Jen Music AI (& Why They Are "Ethically Sourced")
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Peter interviews Shara Senderoff, Founder and CEO of Jen Music AI. The two discuss how Jen Music's "ethically sourced" music ethos is fundamentally different than the ethos of Silicon Valley-backed generative AI music services Suno and Udio. Neither of those companies chose to seek consent from -- or give compensation to -- the artists, musicians a…
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Media Companies: To Litig-AI-te or License? How to Decide in Generative AI Cases (& The State of the Law)
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This episode features host Peter Csathy's recent roundtable discussion from Digital Hollywood's "AI Summer Summit" about the state and status of copyright law and litigation in the world of generative AI (and whether unlicensed scraping is infringement), the current status of the key cases, and how media companies and publishers should decide to li…
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EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft's CTO & Other Experts Discuss Where Generative AI Video Is Going
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This week's episode features host Peter Csathy's exclusive roundtable discussion with many of the leading players, experts and voices in the world of generative AI and video (including Microsoft CTO Andy Beach). The roundtable for Digital Hollywood's "AI Summer Summit" took place last week and focused on the state (and sophistication) of generative…
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25 Ways Media & Entertainment Use Generative AI Right Now
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In this week's companion episode of Peter Csathy's "the brAIn" podcast, Peter discusses 25 significant ways that the media and entertainment industry is already using generative AI right now -- but doing it "quietly" so that it doesn't rattle legal sabers or attract too much creative community blowback. It's kind of like "25 Things You Always Wante…
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Bonnier News CEO on power of bundles and personalisation
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Sweden's biggest news publisher Bonnier News has more than tripled profits in the past eight years and doubled revenue. It now believes a subscription bundle, putting together all of its Swedish brands and harnessing AI to better personalise what users see, will be the way forward for continued revenue growth. Bonnier News chief executive Anders Er…
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Is Generative AI "Training" on Unlicensed Copyrighted Works Infringement (or Fair Use)? How the Supreme Court Will Decide
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In this special bonus episode of Peter Csathy's companion "the brAIn" podcast, Peter tackles the fundamental issue now facing Big Tech and Big Media -- whether generative AI "training" on unlicensed copyrighted works is infringing (or is, instead, defensible fair use)? Peter gives a concise, non-legalese overview of the business and legal issues in…
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Content as AI "Seeds" with Endless Creative Possibilities: Point/Counterpoint
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In this week's episode of Peter Csathy's new companion generative AI focused podcast "the brAIn" (episode 3), Peter first discusses the concept -- promoted by Black Eyed Peas auteur will.i.am -- of the new generative AI era of artists as being "seeders." Gone are the days of "traditional artists" in will.i.am's view, and he uses himself as an examp…
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World's biggest football publisher expands into USA
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Goal, Indivisa and Mundial publisher Footballco was reaching 30 million people in the US without having any meaningful boots on the ground. But at the start of 2024 Jason Wagenheim arrived as its first CEO for North America, bringing lessons that sports publishing can learn from lifestyle after a long stint at Bustle Digital Group. Wagenheim told P…
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Total Politics is making B2B work without a paywall
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At the half-way point of the UK general election campaign Press Gazette sat down with Mark Wallace, hief executive of Total Politics Group, to find out how the company makes free political journalism pay. Press Gazette asked how the Politics Home, Conservative Home and The House publisher is faring since incorporating in its new form in 2022, and f…
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Camilla Tominey and Kamal Ahmed on cracking a busy news podcast market
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The Telegraph’s new daily news podcast, The Daily T, is the latest entrant to an increasingly crowded audio market. Days after the show bagged the first election trail extended nterview with Rishi Sunak, Press Gazette spoke with Daily T hosts Camilla Tominey and Kamal Ahmed about how they’re hoping to stand out from the competition with a right-of-…
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Daily Mail CEO Rich Caccappolo on keeping journalism free
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This episode includes excerpts from an interview between Press Gazette editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford and Rich Caccappolo, CEO of Daily Mail publisher DMG Media. It also features media consultant Matthew Scott Goldstein. They talk about how to save journalism (and democracy) on the open web by adapting to Google's plan to switch off cookies on Ch…
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The Atlantic's winning subscription strategy with CEO Nicholas Thompson
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The Atlantic has become profitable after years in the red and marked the major milestone of reaching one million subscribers, it announced in April. CEO Nicholas Thompson joined Press Gazette to discuss the subscription strategy behind The Atlantic's recent success, how advertising fits in, the search for an elusive third revenue stream, and what g…
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ADHD, autism and the news business: How different minds can thrive in media
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Press Gazette editor Dominic Ponsford talks about exclusive new research on the prevalence of neurodiversity in news media. He also speaks to Times Radio journalist Darryl Morris and freelance journalist Lydia Wilkins about the benefits and challenges ADHD and autistic thinkers can bring to jobs in journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
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How to make news pay on Youtube with TLDR
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Founder of video news network TLDR Jack Kelly explains how he funds an 11-strong editorial team providing a serious news for younger viewers on Youtube. The profitable publisher is funded mainly through the Youtube ad revenue split but also makes money from direct-sold sponsorship and a foray into print publishing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr…
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How The Economist is attracting younger readers with cut-price daily app
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Press Gazette editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford discusses the latest UK magazine industry circulation figures with reporter Bron Maher. They pick out the winners and losers from the latest crop of results and also hear from Economist executive vice president Nada Arnot about how the title's cut-price daily edition Expresso achieved lift-off in 2023.…
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Online advertising - how publishers can survive a tsunami of change
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Online advertising used to support investigative journalism at digital-native brands such as Buzzfeed News and Vice. In the space of just a few years everything has changed, and thousands of journalists have lost their jobs as a result. Press Gazette editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford talks to former Business Insider editor-in-chief Jim Edwards about…
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Beyond Google? Amazon and Microsoft are future says Ricky Sutton
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Former online editor of the News of the World turned tech entrepreneur turned future of news Cassandra Ricky Sutton joins Dominic Ponsford on the podcast sofa. The last year has been bleak for ad-funded news media but Ricky believes he has the solution. He explains why Google's reign as the most important tech partner for news publishers is drawing…
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Why Reach is upbeat about online ads despite the big cookie switch-off
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Reach group director of digital Terry Hornsby is at the forefront of the journey away from third-party cookies at the UK’s largest commercial news publisher. Hornsby told Press Gazette's Charlotte Tobitt the three pillars that will help Reach grow digital revenues through this monumental shift to the open web, discussed why trusted premium publishe…
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Political reporting in an election year with Christopher Hope and Gloria De Piero
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In the latest episode, Press Gazette editor in chief Dominic Ponsford met GB News presenting duo Gloria De Piero and Christopher Hope at their new Westminster studio. They spoke about their new weekly show, PMQs Live, the future of political reporting in an election year and why they think GB News is striking a chord with viewers by offering them m…
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How publishers can sell online advertising in an awful market
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Guardian US senior vice president for advertising Luis Romero talks to Press Gazette about what it is like to sell in the toughest ad market since 2008. He also shares some tactics and strategies the Guardian is deploying to persuade more brands to spend money on reaching its 40m US readers per month. His pitch is a simply one - stop supporting the…
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Why bad news can be good for business publishers with Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour
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Dow Jones CEO and Wall Street Journal publisher Almar Latour spoke to Press Gazette about how the financial news division of News Corp managed to just achieve its most profitable quarter since 2007. In this edited version of his interview at the Press Gazette Media Strategy Network event in New York, he also spoke about what publishers need to focu…
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How to make local news pay with Newsquest CEO Henry Faure Walker
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Last year UK regional news giant Newsquest made £40m in pre-tax profits on turnover of £190m. This year it is tracking to have ad revenue broadly flat over two years. CEO Henry Faure Walker spoke to Dominic Ponsford about how the publisher of 200+ titles is bucking the trend on both audience and advertising revenue decline. He also shed light on so…
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From subscriptions to membership at Elle
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Elle UK editor Kenya Hunt talks to Press Gazette about why she hopes readers will pay £150 a year to become fashion industry insiders as members of Elle Collective. She also talks about the future of magazines, diversity and why magazine editors have a duty to present images of female beauty responsibly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m…
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How the Daily Mail become a hit on Tiktok
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The Daily Mail has an average reader age of 56 but has managed to become an unlikely hit on youth social media platform Tiktok. The newsbrand is currently celebrating becoming the biggest publisher of news on Tiktok, ahead of broadcasters Sky News, ABC News and NBC News. Mail Online head of social video Phil Harvey, who joined the publisher in Marc…
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Rupert Murdoch has announced his plans to step down as executive chairman of News Corp after nearly 70 years in charge in November. Press Gazette editor in chief Dominic Ponsford discusses The Murdoch Factor with Peter Jukes (author of Fall of the House of Murdoch and co-founder of Byline Times). What is the key quality which has enabled Murdoch's …
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Is the future looking brighter for Future?
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CEO of Future plc Jon Steinberg explains why he believes his company still has the right ingredients for success (whatever investors may currently seem to think). He also talks about how he has tackled taking over from a highly successful predecessor, what he thinks about AI in publishing and how the company is just starting to generate revenue fro…
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Launching in a time of turmoil, with Semafor CEO Justin B Smith
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Bron Maher speaks to Semafor CEO Justin B Smith who explains the news startup's launch strategy. Semafor launched in October last year promising to be the news outlet for the "200 million people who are college educated [and] read in English”. Nine months on, chief executive Justin B Smith explains to Press Gazette that, while it still wants that a…
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AI in the newsroom part 2 - caution at The Guardian
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Like most news publishers, The Guardian is still in an experimentation phase with generative AI as it tests the technology’s limits and learns whether it can fit into an editorial workflow. Crucially, however, it has not deployed any gen AI tools yet and is not planning to do so in the immediate future. Head of editorial innovation Chris Moran join…
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AI in the newsroom at Mediahuis
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Our latest edition investigates practical applications of generative AI in the newsroom at European news group Mediahuis. Aisha Majid interviews Trui Lanckriet, MediaHuis' group data and insights director Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Big news media trends for 2023: This much we know
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Dominic Ponsford, Charlotte Tobitt and William Turvill from Press Gazette sum up the big news media trends from the first half of 2023. They share what we have learned so far about generative AI, the looming showdown between news publishers and tech giants and a macro-economic climate which is costing thousands of journalists their jobs. Hosted on …
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Solutions journalism at The Times
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Times columnist Rachel Sylvester talks to Press Gazette about a pioneering project which is shaping the policy agenda in two major areas of public life: education and health. Over the last two years she has been leading commissions charged with developing concrete solutions for reforming these two areas. The results have been welcomed by politician…
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Generative AI and the news business: Don’t get fooled again
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Dominic Ponsford speaks to CEO of Agate Dominic Young about the threat posed to the news business by generative AI and reveals what publishers can do about it. Young was closely involved in licensing and digital development at News International in the early years of online publishing. He feels news publishers and regulators must learn from the mis…
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Why Barstool Sports is betting on success during a ‘dark time for media’
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In seven years at US sports and lifestyle digital media powerhouse Barstool Sports, chief executive Erika Ayers has helped grow revenues from around $2m to above $250m. Ayers told the latest episode of Press Gazette's Future of Media Explained podcast about the diverse revenue mix that has made this possible - and why the company has continued to g…
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How the FT found a new paying audience with FT Edit
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On the 48th episode of Press Gazette's Future of Media explained podcast we speak with Malcolm Moore, the editor of the Financial Times' low-price product FT Edit. When Press Gazette last interviewed Moore in March 2022, when FT Edit had just launched, he shared his hopes that the new app would entice a group of new paying readers toward the FT - w…
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Doing battle with the duopoly, with Paul Deegan of News Media Canada
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Paul Deegan is the president and chief executive of News Media Canada, which represents 560 news publishers across Canada. Since starting in his role around two years ago, Deegan has been at the forefront of Canada’s battle to force Google and Facebook to pay for news. With the nation’s Online News Act approaching passage into law, Press Gazette’s …
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How publishers can cash in on online shopping: e-commerce and affiliate marketing, with The Independent
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This episode of Press Gazette’s Future of Media Explained podcast features an interview with Christian Broughton, Managing Director of The Independent. The Independent runs one of the best-known affiliate marketing operations among news publishers through its Indy Best product reviews and recommendations section. As advertising revenue has declined…
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Tina Brown on Sir Harry's legacy and the future of investigative journalism
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Former New Yorker editor Tina Brown talks to Press Gazette about the future of investigative journalism and the legacy of her late husband Sir Harry Evans. She shares her concerns about quality journalism and shares some solutions about what can be done to save it. Brown also has some forthright views about Prince Harry and his fight against the UK…
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Life after The Times for David Aaronovitch: Going solo on Substack
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David Aaronovitch left The Times in March after 18 years as a columnist with the paper. But he quickly got underway with his solo venture: Notes from the Underground, hosted on Substack. In this week's Future of Media Explained podcast, Aaronovitch discusses his departure from The Times, why he decided to write for Substack, and shared his views on…
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The Podfather: How to build a podcast from scratch, with Andrew Harrison of Podmasters
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Andrew Harrison, the co-founder and group editor of Podmasters, was one of the early pioneers of British current affairs podcasting. He and his team launched Remainiacs (since rebranded as Oh God, What Now?) in 2017 using Harrison's PPI compensation payout. Today Podmasters produces several other shows, including The Bunker, Hello Girls and Mugshot…
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The future of music journalism with NME's Holly Bishop
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NME was founded as a newspaper devoted to rock music back in 1952. More than 70 years on, and NME is no longer in print and covers a broad range of music, as well as film, TV and gaming. In this week's podcast, Holly Bishop, the chief operating officer of NME Networks, which also includes Uncut, Musictech and Guitar.com, speaks to Press Gazette's W…
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Going global with GQ editorial boss Will Welch
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The Covid-19 pandemic led Conde Nast to accelerate its plans to create a digital-first global content strategy. Several of its biggest brands, including Vogue, GQ and Conde Nast Traveller, have now restructured under global leaders - ending unnecessary competition and sharing the same joint vision and ethos for the first time. GQ global editorial d…
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Making tabloid journalism pay in the digital age
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One of News UK’s top executives talks to Press Gazette about how Rupert Murdoch’s most beloved brand is still managing to pay its way. Dominic Carter is executive vice president and publisher of The Sun and he talks explains how the title has maintained its position as the UK’s most popular commercial news brand and why digital revenue growth is ou…
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Why the New York Times wants you playing games, with Jonathan Knight
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The New York Times has the most paying subscribers of any English-language publisher, boasting some 9.6 million people buying access. But they're not all there for the Gray Lady's reporting: more than a tenth of those subscribers are paying for access to the Times' games offering - with no news included. On this week's podcast The New York Times' h…
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AI & NFT "Quick Takes" (for the week of 3/20/23)
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Welcome to host Peter Csathy's AI & NFT "Quick Takes" episode, where Peter lays out the most critical business and legal developments of the past week in the worlds of generative AI and Web3/NFTs that impact the creative community, media, entertainment and the Arts. Peter goes rapid fire in less than 10 minutes first with the headline AI and NFT st…
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Donations as a reader revenue strategy, with Mother Jones CEO Monika Bauerlein
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American investigative magazine Mother Jones began life in 1976 with the idea of producing a "new brand of socially conscious journalism". As an independent non-profit outlet, Mother Jones relies upon readers for three-quarters of its revenue - both in the form of subscriptions but especially donations. About 50,000 people support Mother Jones jour…
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