Sitemap - 2023 - Simon Owens's Media Newsletter
You're not optimizing your newsletter enough
The advertising recession is definitely here
How to leverage live audio to drive paid subscriptions
The perils of launching a subscription product too early
Let's talk to Richard Rushfield about building The Ankler
Testing out new paid subscription perks
In praise of outside-the-box media business models
The alternate universe where Gawker Media is still thriving
The next era for bootstrapped media
Let's talk about growing your subscription business
One of the biggest mistakes newsletter writers make
The Creator Economy "middle class" does exist
Emanuel Cinca will generate over $1 million this year from his newsletter
The media industry’s original sin
Let's talk to Stephen Hayes and Taegan Goddard about monetizing political news
Was I too bullish on Substack Notes?
Substack Notes could be the Twitter killer we've been waiting for
Announcing my newest content series
Why some creators prefer selling online courses over subscriptions
Let's talk about selling online courses
If AI destroys the media industry, then who will feed the chatbots?
Local newspapers have lost the plot
The low-hanging fruit for newsletter publishers
Creator funds are even more bullshit than we realized
Let's talk to Dan Oshinsky about newsletter growth
Is the Morning Brew model crumbling?
Publishers shouldn't have closed down their comment sections
What to make of the paltry payouts from YouTube Shorts
Let's talk about how to build a successful ghostwriting business
The shallow branding of shortform video
How to supercharge your newsletter growth
How Vice became the poster child for the Facebook media bubble
Let's talk about growing your newsletter audience
The increasing importance of newsletters for selling books
Understanding Business Insider’s pivots
Let's talk about building an events arm of your media business
The Creator Economy isn’t overhyped
How to build a $525 million B2B media company
Every company eventually tries to become a media company
Let's talk to Sean Griffey, CEO of Industry Dive
This YouTuber details his 12 separate revenue streams
TikTok's monetization is "absolute garbage"
Meet the guy who’s shaping HubSpot’s media strategy
How to build a successful B2B media company