The Stack

How do you run a serious newspaper in China? Jonathan Fenby, former editor of the ‘South China Morning Post’, joins the programme to recount his experiences operating an ambitious news organisation in an often oppressive environment. Then, crossing to our Hong Kong bureau, the co-director of the ‘Hong Kong Free Press’ tells us how local media is reacting to a string of disappearances in the city's publishing community.

Mexico’s Eduardo Rabasa of ‘Editorial Sexto Piso’ believes that his region is one to watch in 2016. We also head to Vienna to meet Rita Vitorelli who is the editor of ‘Spike’, a publication that aims to capture the essence of the city’s art scene. Plus: lifestyle and current affairs with a dash of Italian style, courtesy of Federico Sarica’s ‘Studio’.

In this special edition of The Stack we look back at some of the best interviews on the show this year. We recap the first episode in September with a live audience in London and recall meeting guests including Ian Birch and Gert Jonkers. We also replay our time at the Frankfurt Book Fair and remember our talk with Australian leading magazine food editor Donna Hay. Plus: a review of the best Japanese titles.

On this week’s show we discuss the divide between the weeklies and premium titles. Plus: a look at ‘Too Much’, a magazine based in Tokyo, and Austrian magazine ‘A Priori’.

We’re jumping into the numbers with Bloomberg Intelligence for a long-form look at 2015. Some once-mighty titles disappeared from newsstand shelves, as so-called lad’s magazines struggled to remain relevant. And yet those with a better-defined brand presence persevered. Plus, is small-scale publishing finally about to flourish?

Tyler Brûlé clears a space between Santa Claus and his reindeer to host a special edition of The Stack live from the Monocle Christmas Market. Hear from Monocle’s editors and friends as they discuss their seasonal favourites and preferred periodicals against a backdrop of festive fun at Midori House.

We discuss the men’s magazine market after the closure of publications such as ‘Details’. We also talk to an editor of a magazine about dogs.

One week on from the horrific events in Paris, we look back at how print media covered the attacks. Photographer Zed Nelson joins Tyler Brûlé and Andrew Tuck as they delve deeper in the broadsheets and ask why this time there seems to be a lack of a single defining image.

We’re tracking down that elusive quality that makes today’s news magazine. Tyler Brûlé is joined by France 24’s Bénédicte Paviot to discuss whether the weeklies are still the defining beacons they once were. Plus: a quick dash to Belgium to hear from a Flemish magazine that’s expanding its readership – despite hitting newsstands just four times a year.

This week we cover The Modern Magazine conference in London and discuss the challenges of taking a magazine onto the airwaves. Plus: we look at the state of newsstands in Spain.