Ep. 50: 1 year and 190k subscribers later: An all-in bet on indie media ft. Phil Rosen

This week Francis is joined by award winning financial reporter, Phil Rosen. Last year Phil left his role as Senior Markets Reporter at Business Insider to pursue his independent newsletter-first media company, Opening Bell Daily. His flagship newsletter Opening Bell Daily, now has over 190k subscribers within its first year of operation.

Opening Bell Daily: https://www.openingbelldailynews.com

Phil's X: https://x.com/philrosenn

00:00 Introducing Phil Rosen and Opening Bell Daily

02:00 Building the foundation of a successful writer

05:27 Independent journalism's rise over established media

13:49 Navigating the business side of journalism

18:22 The freedom of building a new business model

21:40 Phil's ambitions to NOT scale the business

24:32 The death of objectivity in journalism

30:48 The untapped market for valuable growth

33:40 Overcoming the fear of posting video

39:30 Paywalls: The necessary evils of the media business

44:36 Advice for aspiring writers and creators