Episode

How the Kyiv Independent built 20,000 paying members in a warzone

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The Future of Media, Explained - from Press Gazette
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Jul 31, 2025
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Summary

Kyiv Independent launched in November 2021, just three months before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here chief operating officer Zakhar Protsiuk talks to Press Gazette editor-in-chief Dominic Ponsford about building a 70-strong team out of nothing, funded mainly by reader revenue, and the ways they have had to constantly reinvent their model. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.