How to build a media business by two outsiders learning the craft. Matt Reustle and Dom Cooke have decades of experience in... more
Our guest today is Matthew Sherry, co-founder and CEO of Platform Media. Founded in 2021, the business is home to... more
Our guest today is Dan Shipper, the co-founder and CEO of Every. Every started at the beginning of the pandemic... more
This week, we bring you two titans of the podcasting world, Tim Ferriss and our very own Colossus chairman, Patrick... more
Our guest today is sports media veteran Mike Stricoff. Mike spent a decade producing live sports talk on national TV,... more
Welcome back to Making Media. Our guest today is Emily Sundberg. Like many of our most creative guests, Emily has... more
Our guest today is Jack Davenport. Jack is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of British-based Goalhanger Podcasts. Goalhanger is the... more
Our guest today is Peter Kafka. If you've listened to media podcasts, you've likely listened to Peter's Recode Media. It... more
Our guest today is Ben Springwater. Ben is the founder of Matter, a reading app that pulls everything you want... more
Our guest today is the preeminent aviation journalist, Jon Ostrower. Jon is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Air Current,... more
If you make a podcast or like sports, you will enjoy this episode. Spike Eskin runs all of the programming... more
Our guest today is Adam Hansmann, co-founder of The Athletic. The Athletic launched in 2016 when the idea of paying... more
Our guest this week is CBS Sports Writer Kyle Porter. Kyle writes and podcasts about golf for CBS, and he... more
We reflect on Making Media's inaugural year and 2023 as a whole for the podcasting world. From shifts in the... more
Today's guest is Craig Fuller, Founder and CEO of FreightWaves and CEO of FLYING Magazine. We get into some of... more
Our guest today is Jonathan Becker, Founder of Thrive Digital. Paid growth is a complex topic and it is something... more
Today, we’re joined by Kaki Orr, the Creative Director for Branded Content at The North Face. After a career as... more
Part of our mission with Making Media is to highlight great content across the internet. Today, we're sharing our favorite... more
Our guest today is Tammy Winter, the Commissioning Editor of Stripe Press. As the name suggests, Stripe Press is a... more
Today we are talking Marvel. It's the cinematic universe that's made over $30 billion at the box office (and that's... more
Our guest today is Amy Astley, global editorial director and editor-in-chief of the Iconic Architectural Digest. It's rare to find... more
In early October, Matt put together seven insights that he's learned and implemented from this show. Today, it's Dom's turn... more
We are joined today by Bryan Curtis, Editor-at-Large at The Ringer. Bryan writes excellent columns on theringer.com and hosts The... more
Today we welcome Lenny Rachitsky to Making Media. Lenny has built the biggest business publication on Substack, "Lenny’s Newsletter," with... more
Last week, we launched a new Colossus podcast called Art of Investing. It was our biggest and most successful launch... more
This is Matt Reustle and today I am joined by Jacob Donnelly. Jacob is the founder at A Media Operator... more
Today on Making Media Matt shares his top 7 bits of media wisdom that he has thoughtfully curated during his... more
Today we have a special guest on Making Media. There are few people who write and live like David Coggins.... more
This week we cover another niche media business. Our guest, Thomas Shields, launched The Dink in late 2020 and has... more
Today we're sitting down with Brian Morrissey and getting back to the guts and glory days of the media industry.... more
Today we speak with the Wall Street Wonder, Matt Levine. Matt's Bloomberg column, Money Stuff, has become a must read... more
Today, we’re speaking to the CEO of Flightradar24, Fredrik Lindahl. Flightradar24 might not qualify as a traditional media company but... more
Our guest today is David Law. David is a broadcaster and co-founder of the biggest podcast in tennis, aptly named... more
Our guest today is Greg Rose, who has worked closely with Richard Branson at Virgin for nearly 15 years. As... more
Today, we’re answering a question we get a lot. How do you start a podcast? We’ll tell you everything you... more
Our guest today is someone we've mentioned frequently on this podcast, Liberty RPF. It's difficult to define exactly what Liberty... more
Today’s episode is a little different. Rather than bring a guest on, we’re going to break down how Forbes works.... more
Our guest today is Kevin Espiritu. Kevin is the founder and CEO of the world’s most followed gardening brand and... more
Our guest today is Jay Clouse. Past guest Chris Hutchins told us that Jay had given him some of the... more
Our guest today is Om Malik. Back in 2015, Om published an interview, or what might better be described as... more
Our guest today is Adam Ryan, the founder of Workweek. At Colossus, we're big fans of Workweek. We've hosted the... more
Today, we speak with the founder of the UK’s fastest growing radio station, Louis Timpany. Louis started Fix Radio in... more
Part of our mission with Making Media is to highlight great content across the internet. Earlier this year, we talked... more
Today, we speak with one of our esteemed hosts, Eric Golden, in our first in-person Making Media episode. After a... more
Our guest today, Chris Hutchins, is a bit of a podcast whisperer and has some of the most unique ideas... more
Today, we are going behind the scenes with a master of his craft, Morgan Housel. In the investing world that... more
We are diving deep into the world of intellectual property with legendary comic book artist Todd McFarlane. IP sits at... more
Today, we speak to the person who keeps us up-to-date on everything media-related, Sara Fischer. Sara is a media reporter... more
Julian Treasure is an expert in communication and one of the most powerful speakers in the world. How do I... more
After a huge week for the show, we take stock and open the mailbag of questions we’ve received over the... more
We’re joined by the co-founder of Golf’s leading podcast and media business, Neil Schuster. No Laying Up has humble roots... more
In this episode of Making Media, Matt and I speak with Bryan Barletta – the founder of Sounds Profitable. Sounds... more
We are joined by the Founder and CEO of ConvertKit, Nathan Barry. Nathan might be the most transparent business builder... more
A special announcement today. The Colossus Merchandise Shop is open for business. If you're listening to this, that means we... more
We’re delighted to be joined by Adi Ignatius, the Editor in Chief of the Harvard Business Review. HBR is over... more
For this episode of Making Media, we spoke with Hiten Samtani, SVP of Content at The Real Deal. Now, I'm... more
For this week's Making Media, we sit down with longtime journalist and media observer, Simon Owens. Simon started in newspapers, he’s... more
We answer frequent questions sent to us over the past few weeks. Dom goes on the offensive over podcast show... more
Today, we speak with one of YouTube's biggest stars, Doug DeMuro. Doug has one of, if not the biggest, YouTube channels... more
We’re very excited for this one. Part of our mission with Making Media is to highlight great content across the... more
We hear you, you’re enjoying our debriefs and want more inside Colossus content. Here it is, we spend the first... more
If you make a podcast or like sports, you're gonna enjoy this episode. We've brought on someone I consider to... more
What goes into a podcast launch, how does this launch compare to previous ones, and why is Jimmy Chin a... more
For this episode of Making Media, Dom and I sit down with Sean Griffey, CEO and Co-Founder of Industry Dive.... more
For episode number 1 - we sat down with the father of Colossus, Patrick O'Shaughnessy. You likely listen to Patrick's ... more
Welcome to Making Media, where Colossus colleagues Matt Reustle and Dom Cooke will talk to the best media operators, document... more
For episode number 1 - we sat down with the father of Colossus, Patrick O'Shaughnessy. You likely listen to Patrick's Invest Like... more