Podcasts boom in summer of sport | Lindsay Nicholson interview
And we reveal the latest line-up for our Future of Media Technology Conference on 12 September - the number one event in the UK for media leaders.
Good morning and welcome to your Press Gazette Future of Media newsletter on Thursday, 25 July.
Lindsay Nicholson was the grande dame of UK magazines until she was made redundant in 2017. She spoke to Press Gazette about a year of calamity which also included losing her husband, her home, a spell in police custody and a descent into alcoholism.
And she shared her tips for success as a magazine editor and media leader.
We also unveil the line-up for our Future of Media Technology Conference on 12 September held at the Hilton Bankside in London. This is a must-go event for anyone who wants to make valuable new connections and better understand the disruptive themes that impact our ever-more complicated industry.
And fresh on the heels of our look into the world of political podcasts we report on the booming sport podcasts sector which is also having a bumper summer. It is an industry which Gary Lineker bestrides like a crisp-loving colossus. Sadly we haven’t managed to pin him down for an interview yet (please write back Goalhanger Podcasts!) but we did speak to some other leading practitioners in the sector.
The big media news of the week was Google’s epic u-turn on cookies after spending five years leading us all up the garden path. The tech giant will still be making big changes to privacy on Chrome, we just don’t know what they are. The consensus from industry experts appears to be: keep working on alternative ways to enable advertisers to target your readers because the empire of cookies will continue to crumble.
I’m heading off to Wales to spend a couple of weeks in the rain this weekend but will be leaving you in the capable hands of Press Gazette UK editor Charlotte Tobitt. The daily newsletter will be taking a break with me so look out for next week’s Future of Media email update for a full round-up.
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Future of Media Technology Conference line-up for 2024
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Huw Edwards tops 2024 list of BBC’s highest-paid journalists despite departure
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Bonnier News CEO on power of bundles and personalisation
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 Eriksson told Press Gazette UK editor Charlotte Tobitt about the business transformation he has overseen and the internal culture change needed to do so, why Nordic countries are ahead on subscriptions, and the thinking behind the bundle subscription strategy.