Index of case study interviews

This is an ongoing repository of my case study interviews. I’m compiling it to make it easier for new subscribers to access older case studies.

1. How Roca News grew to 1.1 million Instagram subscribers

2. Uncovered is building the largest community for true crime enthusiasts

3. He sold his newsletter to a climate tech company

4. How Libsyn plans to challenge Spotify for podcast dominance

5. How The Future Party grew its newsletter to 150,000 subscribers

6. How publishers can drive more subscription revenue

7. Why Brandi Kruse left her lucrative TV news career to launch her own podcast

8. How Stacker created a newswire for data journalism

9. Inside Morning Brew's video strategy

10. How two graduate students launched the leading biotech publisher in Europe

11. Why David Kushner is serializing his next book on Substack

12. How a kids-focused podcaster reached 1 million monthly downloads

13. How investment newsletter The Daily Upside reached 300,000 subscribers

14. How a serial media entrepreneur launched a new MVP

15. How a former Cosmo editor built Australia's largest women-focused media company

16. How a college student launched one of the most influential B2B sports media companies

17. How a podcast for entrepreneurial parents generates $200,000 a year

18. How Starter Story grew to 1.4 million monthly visitors and $500,000 in annual revenue

19. How Big Cabal Media became one of the fastest-growing news outlets in Africa

20. How an interest in whiskey birthed a thriving media company

21. Why The Information launched a Creator Economy newsletter

22. How Maria Brito used Instagram to build a 7-figure art consulting business

23. How an engineering student accidentally started a thriving science news site

24. Was Randy Cassingham the first member of the Creator Economy?

25. How ScoopWhoop became one of India’s most viral publishers

26. Judd Legum proved that investigative journalism can thrive on Substack

27. Can a hit YouTube channel thrive after its founder departs?

28. Can a former Myspace CTO drive the creator economy's next evolution?

29. Can Quartz become a scrappy media startup?

30. How Taegan Goddard built a thriving paid membership for Political Wire

31. This YouTuber built a massive following with pop music guitar lessons

32. How Newsflare monetizes video from over 60,000 contributors

33. How Blockworks is building a crypto media empire

34. 5 lessons from running a paid newsletter for the past year

35. How Josh Spector monetizes his 25,000 newsletter subscribers

36. How 6AM City is scaling crowdsourced local journalism

37. How The Discourse scaled its business model to 34 local news sites

38. This company specializes in turning industry conferences into podcasts

39. Daily Detroit is proving there’s a market for local podcasts

40. How two YouTubers turned their hunting vlog into a thriving business

41. How a VC investor grew her newsletter to over 100,000 subscribers

42. How a trade show’s newsletter saved the company during Covid

43. This Australian news site doubled its paid subscriptions over the past year

44. Why a Hell’s Kitchen print magazine pivoted to newsletters

45. This TV podcast generates $4,000 a month on Patreon

46. Inside the career of a successful ghostwriter

47. How Kent Anderson became a watchdog over the scholarly publishing industry

48. He got laid off from Yahoo Sports, so he launched his own sports newsletter

49. How a leading fintech events company pivoted to virtual events

50. This journalist launched a news outlet for French expats in the U.S.

51. He amassed 5,000 subscribers for one of New Zealand’s first paid newsletters

52. Why this digital publisher launched a twice-yearly print magazine

53. How a bestselling author became a one-man media company

54. Can local news thrive on Substack?

55. This agency helps B2B tech companies develop their own podcasts

56. This former Patch reporter launched his own thriving local news site

57. Macmillan was an early podcast pioneer. Here’s what it’s up to next

58. He wrote a newsletter for the Chicago Tribune. Then he launched his own

59. His barbecue site generates $100,000 a month

60. He helped launch a thriving news cooperative in Bristol UK

61. What it takes to operate a physical podcast studio

62. Why news publishers shouldn’t give up on Wordpress

63. How this barbecue website built a thriving ecommerce business

64. How to grow your newsletter by syndicating it to mainstream media outlets

65. This media company merged local news with content marketing

66. Why you should adapt your podcast episodes into multiple formats

67. How a blogger sold $72,000 in ebooks over a 3-day period