Nicholas Quah

Nicholas Quah is a journalist for Vulture and is the creator of the Nieman Lab newsletter Hot Pod News.

Nicholas Quah
Born1989 or 1990 (age 33–34)[1]
Other namesNick Quah
OccupationJournalist
EmployerVulture
Known forWriting about podcasts
Notable work
  • Hot Pod Newsletter
  • Servant of Pod
Awards
  • 2020 Antitrust Writing Award nominee
  • 2021 Fortune Creator 25
Websitewww.nicholasquah.com

Career

Quah was the creator of the Hotpods newsletter.[2] Quah worked for BuzzFeed in 2015 while writing the newsletter.[3] Vox Media acquired the Hotpod newsletter in 2021 as part of plan to expand The Verge.[4][5] Quah had been running the newsletter for almost seven years.[6] After Hot Pod was acquired by The Verge, Quah started working at Vulture.[7] Quah also hosts his own podcast called "Servant of Pod," which discusses the business side of podcasting.[8][9] The show was a 2021 Webby Award honoree in the business category.[10] Quah occasionally contributes podcast reviews and criticism to NPR's Fresh Air.[11][12] He also wrote a book about the podcasting industry.[13]

Quah provided commentary on the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on podcast consumption.[14] For instance, Quah noted that podcast downloads decreased in March 2020, but that in late April 2020 downloads began increasing again.[15][16] Jim Epstein criticized Quah for supporting government funded public broadcasting.[17] Quah is in support of a decentralized federated business model for NPR because he believes that would allow for an increase in local reporting.[18] Quah worked for Panoply and commented on the benefits of podcast networks.[19] Quah covered the story about Gimlet Media unionizing.[20] Quah opposed Luminary's paywalled business model saying that it "strikes at the ideological heart of the medium."[21][22] Quah pointed out that a paywalled podcast company will have to be able to beat all the free alternatives in order to do well.[23] Quah covered the plagiarism issues that Crime Junkie ran into.[24][25] Quah has called the true crime genre the "bloody, beating heart of podcasting."[26] Quah uses multiple podcasting applications but recommends Pocket Casts.[27]

Quah was a juror for the Peabody Awards.[28] Quah has written about how being on the Apple Podcast charts is often meaningless.[29] Quah was an Antitrust Writing Award nominee in 2020.[30] Quah was a 2021 Fortune Creator 25.[31] Tom Jones wrote in Poynter that "No one analyzes the ins and outs of the podcast world better" Quah and that "no one [provides reliable coverage on podcasts] better than Vulture's Nicholas Quah."[32][33]

References
  1. Weissman, Cale Guthrie (March 10, 2017). "How This 27-Year-Old Transformed His Side Project Into A Business". Fast Company. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  2. "Why Digital Hoarding Can Be Healthier Than Real World Hoarding". Fortune. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  3. "A BuzzFeed employee secretly has finger on the pulse of the podcast universe". The Daily Dot. 2015-04-09. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  4. Steinberg, Brian (September 7, 2021). "Vox Media Set to Acquire Podcasting Newsletter Hot Pod". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on September 7, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  5. Carman, Ashley (2021-09-27). "Welcome to Hot Pod from The Verge". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  6. "A Good Newsletter Exit Strategy Is Hard to Find". Vanity Fair. 2021-11-12. Archived from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  7. "Hot Pod acquired by Vox Media: The Media Roundup". What’s New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News. 2021-09-08. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  8. Beer, Jeff (2020-06-17). "Podcasting's best listener launches his own podcast about podcasting. Is this 'peak podcast'?". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  9. "Hot Pod creator Nick Quah on the 'massive gap' between podcast monetization and engagement". Digiday. 2020-07-28. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  10. "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  11. "About 'Fresh Air'". NPR. NPR. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  12. Nick, Quah (May 10, 2023). "Nick Quah". Nick Quah. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  13. Gamerman, Ellen (2018-07-16). "Podcasts Hit the Books". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  14. Kerry Flynn (4 December 2020). "What's next for America's favorite news podcast". CNN. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  15. "Put the paywalls back up on coronavirus coverage". Poynter. 2020-04-01. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  16. "People crave coronavirus news, but they often need a break from it, too". Poynter. 2020-04-30. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  17. "Funding for Public Broadcasting Is Just 0.01 Percent of the Federal Budget. It Should Still Be Eliminated". Reason.com. 2017-02-23. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  18. "NPR is reinventing itself. Here's how it could change for the better". Poynter. 2017-06-27. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  19. "Guide to Podcasting". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  20. Pellico, Katie (2019-03-15). "There is big money in podcasting. What does this mean for the industry? | CNN Business". CNN. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  21. "Quah: Luminary Attracts Bile". Podcast Business Journal. 2019-03-13. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  22. Mack, Zachary (2019-04-30). "Apple, Luminary, Spotify, and the podcast wars to come". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  23. "Apple (AAPL) Developing Podcast Service". Investopedia. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  24. "What the Plagiarism Accusations Against "Crime Junkie" Could Mean For Podcasting". InsideHook. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  25. "The Problem With Crime Junkie". Indianapolis Monthly. 2019-11-07. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  26. "Want to quit your job and start a true crime podcast? Obscura's host did it". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  27. Smith, Rachel Holliday (January 29, 2019). "A Beginner's Guide to Getting Into Podcasts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  28. "Peabody Awards names new Board of Jurors; Monica Kaufman Pearson to lead Board". Grady College. 2021-11-15. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  29. Carman, Ashley (2018-11-29). "Gaming the Apple Podcast charts is cheaper and easier than you think". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  30. "Nicholas Quah - Concurrences". awards.concurrences.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  31. "Nick Quah | Fortune Creator 25". Fortune. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  32. "Hey Twitter, want to start a subscription model? Here's who to start charging first". Poynter. 2020-07-24. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  33. "Here's a look back at the best and worst of news media in 2020". Poynter. 2020-12-18. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
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