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The Future of Media, Explained - from Press Gazette

The Future of Media, Explained - from Press Gazette

By: New Statesman Media Group
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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.


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Episodes
  • Reporting Andrew arrest, robot reporters at Mediahuis and Dom's verdict on Prince Harry trial

    Reporting Andrew arrest, robot reporters at Mediahuis and Dom's verdict on Prince Harry trial
    Feb 26 2026
    Dominic Ponsford and Charlotte Tobitt talk about how journalists broke news of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest and why they named him despite the privacy risk. They also discuss a plan by Mediahuis to replace "first-line" reporters with AI robots and Dom gives (somewhat premature) verdict on the Prince Harry and others versus Associated Newspapers privacy trial.

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    29 mins
  • Quality not discounts: How The Atlantic is powering subscriber growth

    Quality not discounts: How The Atlantic is powering subscriber growth
    Feb 13 2026

    Atlantic Media’s chief growth officer Megha Garibaldi explained how the next phase of growth for the title needs a focus on “quality traffic” as referral sources decline across news media.


    Also joining the discussion with Press Gazette editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford was specialist media management consultant Graham Page of Q5.


    The Atlantic already has more than 1.4 million subscribers but Garibaldi sees plenty of scope for more growth. She also stressed that strong journalism remains the foundation of subscription growth, rather than deep discounting.


    Q5 head of media Graham Page highlighted the importance of publishers having cross-functional teams spanning editorial, product and commercial departments, unified around clear leadership priorities and metrics.


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    36 mins
  • Ben Smith on building a $40m turnover news business in three years

    Ben Smith on building a $40m turnover news business in three years
    Jan 29 2026

    Media start-up Semafor reached profitability in 2025 with revenue of $40m, in the third full year after its October 2022 launch.


    Co-founder and editor-in-chief Ben Smith joined Press Gazette’s UK editor Charlotte Tobitt in London to discuss how the business became an overnight success in a difficult climate for media overall.


    Smith discussed Semafor’s expansion plans, why its initial bet on video didn’t work out, why it still doesn’t have a paywall, and shared his advice for other media business founders.

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    49 mins
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