Steven Watson on niche interests, humble pie and beautiful magazines

For this podcast our Editor Mike Piggott spoke to Steven Watson, Director at Stack Magazines. We start this pod in a slightly unusual fashion, with Mike and Steven immediately talking about moustaches, naked men and subverting the male gaze. They eventually get around to discussing magazines. They begin with why Steven started the business in 2008, how the industry and the desire for print has changed over the years, how Steven picks titles for subscribers, who the subscribers are, why AI is no threat to indie publications, and finally, they talk about some of Steven's favourite titles (see the list below). Useful links 10 of the best independent magazines right now Indiecon Festival 2023, in Hamburg (Steven is speaking) Stack's Discord Russia-Ukraine war: indie magazines against hopelessness