Brad Williams is the CEO and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios, a leading WordPress agency. He’s been involved in some ground-breaking projects, such as moving Microsoft’s blog networks from closed-source code to WordPress. Microsoft’s adoption of WordPress really helped validate the platform for enterprises.
Tyler Channell runs PaywallProject which is a WordPress stack for news publishers. Tyler recommends that the publishers use a paywall to drive revenue, no matter how small or regional their audience is. When he was in college, Tyler heard a professor say that someone needs to discover a way to make newspapers sustainable. That’s been…
Matt Medeiros is a foundational member of WordPress community, as a journalist and a podcaster. He believes that community is far more valuable than large number of newsletter and social media followers. Matt believes deeply in community, and also curiosity. It’s fascinating to hear about his journey and how his curiosity as led him from…
Brian Morrissey is a veteran of the media industry after long stints at DigiDay, Adweek, and Silicon Alley. He is full of interesting opinions about where the industry is going. Brian thinks that smaller is better for publishers. He believes that relationships are often far more valuable than a large number of newsletter and social…
Rae Morey launched “The Repository” in 2019. It’s a weekly newsletter that often breaks real news about what’s happening in the WordPress ecosystem. In this episode of the PublishPress podcast, we talked with Rae about the path she took through tech and journalism. She told us about some the challenges she’s overcome to survive and…
In this episode of the PublishPress podcast, we talk with Chris Hardie, who is a software engineer with a deep interest in journalism. Chris worked for Automattic for five years and recently completed a master’s degree in journalism. In 2022, Chris combined these two passions by acquiring Western Wayne News in Wayne County, Indiana. The…
Andy Dehnart has run the Reality Blurred website for 25 years now. He writes about reality TV and now also about true crime TV shows. In this episode of the PublishPress podcast, Andy talks about his career as an independent reviewer, and how small publishers can still thrive in 2025. This episode features Andy, plus…
Josh Koenig is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Pantheon. When scheduling this interview, I thought Josh was launching a tool called “Content Publisher” to connect Google Docs to WordPress. Given Josh’s previous achievements, I should have known better. Josh’s goals with this product are far bigger and more interesting. Content Publisher is the…
Welcome to episode #1 of the PublishPress podcast. In these podcast, we’re talk with people involved in WordPress publishing. You’ll hear interview with publishers who happen to be using WordPress, and also people in the WordPress space. In this first episode, we chat with Seth Rubenstein, Lead Engineer at the Pew Research Center. He’s been…
Seth Rubenstein is the lead developer at Pew Research. He’s been talking lately about their adoption of Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress publishing. Seth started with a really interesting Twitter thread full of examples: “For all its naysayers Gutenberg is a game changer for digital news apps. Its a force multiplier for your team. We’ve spent…