The 3 Best The Business of Content Podcast Episodes
1) How The Hustle reached 1 million email subscribers
I interviewed Sam Parr about what strategies he used to grow the Hustle's subscriber base, how his editorial team goes about picking daily topics, and what kind of companies like to advertise on a new...Show More
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Everything about this episode was interesting. The best part was what the naked truth he throws around ✅ Email is the universal most pow...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) How Axios tries to create truly differentiated content
There are few people as knowledgeable about web publishing as Scott Rosenberg. In 1995, he and a group of other San Francisco Examiner journalists launched Salon.com, one of the first online magazines...Show More
3) He ran the newsletter strategy for BuzzFeed and The New Yorker
Dan Oshinsky didn’t apply for an open position to run BuzzFeed’s newsletter operations. He just happened to reach out to editor Ben Smith back when BuzzFeed was hiring a bunch of people with weird int...Show More
4) Why this business news outlet ditched advertising to focus entirely on paid subscriptions
My newsletter: https://simonowens.substack.com/ If you attend any media industry conference, you'll hear lots of discussions from publishers about how they're trying to diversify their revenue strea...Show More
5) Why a former New York Times editor launched her own women-focused magazine
My newsletter: https://simonowens.substack.com/ Francesca Donner has had a somewhat unusual journalism career in that she never aspired to be a reporter or have her own bylines; instead, she started...Show More
6) How an IMDB co-founder achieved three successful media exits
My newsletter: https://simonowens.substack.com/ One day in the 1990s, Alan Jay received a surprising phone call at work from Jeff Bezos's assistant, who said the Amazon founder wanted to meet w...Show More
7) How a San Francisco print zine evolved into a thriving local blog
My newsletter: https://simonowens.substack.com/ If Stuart Schuffman were in his early 20s today and building an independent media career, he'd probably be a TikTok influencer, but when he launc...Show More
8) How a government contractor built a media empire around his niche content
My newsletter: https://simonowens.substack.com/ By the time Eric Coffie launched his YouTube channel in 2016, he was already one of the most successful federal government contractors in the US and e...Show More
9) This local newsletter covering a Dallas suburb has the highest paid conversion rate on Substack
My newsletter: https://simonowens.substack.com/ The Coppell Chronicle isn’t your average Substack newsletter. For one, the headlines are incredibly boring. Secondly, there’s really no free version o...Show More
10) This former Amazon executive generates over $200,000 from a newsletter he sends just once a week
My newsletter: https://simonowens.substack.com/ If you ask Dave Anderson what he does for a living, he’ll probably tell you he’s retired, but that’s not entirely true. While he did leave his last fu...Show More