Pressing Matters

Pressing Matters

Big Valley Marketing

Episodes 46
Avg. Duration 43m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (9)
Since Sep 2022
Latest Episode May 2026

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Pressing Matters, from Big Valley Marketing, features conversations with the top influencers in B2B Technology. From Fortt Knox to Audible, the (mostly) journalists we interview on this podcast have been there for all of it – and they have thoughts on where things are going. Whether you're interested in humans, chips, cybercrime, or long-necked lutes ... welcome to Pressing Matters, presented by Big Valley Marketing.

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S4E8 Chris Preimesberger, Reporter/Editor at Large

May 20, 2026 49m Transcript

Chris Preimesberger is one of the deans of tech journalism, known especially for his 15-year run at E-Week, including nearly 10 as the magazine's editor-in-chief. But tech reporting is, in many ways,…

S4E7 Gene Marks, President, The Marks Group

Apr 21, 2026 41m Transcript

Gene Marks didn't set out to be an influencer. He wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and be a CPA. And he has been for more than 30 years, first at KPMG and now as President of his own…

S4E6 Jeff Burt, Freelance Tech Journalist

Mar 17, 2026 41m Transcript

Jeff Burt spent his childhood wandering the world with his Army dad and digging deep into fantasy and horror stories with his mom. They even wrote a few superhero stories together just for fun.So by…

S4E5 Sean Kinney, Editor In Chief/Principal Analyst, RCR Wireless News

Feb 17, 2026 42m Transcript

Sean Kinney is yet another one of our guests who had at least one parent, his mother in this case, who was a school teacher. That's clearly a theme for journalists. What's a bit new this time around…

S4E4 Jon Reed, Co-founder, diginomica

Jan 16, 2026 54m Transcript

Jon may not be a philosopher, but as a writer, analyst, and podcaster, he certainly has the trust of the B2B community. Jon joins Pressing Matters to tell us about his mission to disrupt B2B tech…

S4E3 Emilia David, Senior AI Reporter, VentureBeat

Dec 09, 2025 50m Transcript

Emilia David comes from a long line of journalists. Her late mother, in fact, was a well-known and controversial Filipino political columnist. Her writing helped usher in women's reproductive rights…

S4E2 Jon Swartz, Senior Content Writer, Techstrong Group

Nov 18, 2025 56m Transcript

In more than three decades covering technology, John Swartz has met a lot of people: engineers, journalists, CEOs, and he's got a story for all of them. As a student at San Jose State, he was part of…

S4E1 Maribel Lopez, Founder & Principal Analyst, Lopez Research

Oct 21, 2025 43m Transcript

Back when Maribel Lopez left Forrester and became an independent analyst in 2008, she was taking a great risk. Independent analysts were not the force they are today. Social media was just getting…

S3E13 Third Anniversary Episode: Michael Nuñez, Editor Director, VentureBeat & Fred Vogelstein, Co-Editor and Co-Founder, CrazyStupidTech

Sep 23, 2025 55m Transcript

We all know the internet has significantly impacted media's business model over the past three decades, and the conventional wisdom is that AI will do the same. Many believe it will replace…

S3E12 Allie Garfinkle, Senior Finance Reporter, Fortune

Aug 19, 2025 52m Transcript

Whatever stodgy image you have in your mind of the typical finance news reporter, I guarantee it isn't Allie Garfinkle. And yet still relatively early in her career, Allie has established herself as…

S3E11 Misadventures in Marketing: Are You Getting the Message?

Aug 05, 2025 1h 8m

This week, we're highlighting another great podcast, Misadventures in Marketing, that is produced by our friends at the American Marketing Association San Francisco (AMASF).In this, the 4th episode…

S3E10 Annie Saunders, Editor, Tech Brew

Jul 22, 2025 24m Transcript

Annie Saunders has been a tech journalist for several years now, but her diverse career background, local news, commodities, food, had her questioning why we'd even invite her on this show. No need…

S3E9 Julie Bort, Editor, Startups & Venture Capital, TechCrunch

Jun 17, 2025 39m Transcript

Julie Bort has been in tech journalism long enough to have had not one, but two tenures of 13 plus years – first at Network World and then at Business Insider, now editor of VCs and startups at…

S3E8 Jeremey Owens, Editor-in-Chief, San Francisco Business Times

May 20, 2025 45m Transcript

Jeremy Owens just landed a new gig as the latest editor in chief of the San Francisco Business Times. In this market, that's a minor miracle. Jeremy joined us to talk about that change, his early…

S3E7 Matt Kapko, Reporter, CyberScoop

Apr 22, 2025 32m Transcript

Are you ready for RSA 2025? Matt Kapko of CyberScoop is, and he definitely doesn't want to hear about AI, although he and I–and everyone listening to the podcast today–all know he will. In addition…

S3E6 Fred Vogelstein, Co-Editor and Co-Founder, CrazyStupidTech

Mar 18, 2025 53m Transcript

Fred Vogelstein wanted to be a Moscow bureau chief. He did manage to get to Berlin as a student in the months after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, but he still hasn't been to Moscow. Instead, Fred…

S3E5 Catherine Sbeglia Nin, Managing Editor, RCR Wireless News

Feb 18, 2025 32m Transcript

Unlike most of our previous guests, Catherine Sbeglia Nin didn't set out to be a reporter. She was a doctoral candidate in film theory. When realizing she was miserable, she figured she'd find other…

S3E4 Patrick Seitz, Senior Writer, Investor's Business Daily

Jan 21, 2025 37m Transcript

It's pretty rare these days to find anyone in tech media who has been at the same outlet for a quarter century. But Patrick Seitz has been covering the fascinating world of tech, finance, and the…

S3E3 Michael Krigsman, Host and Publisher, CXOTalk

Dec 16, 2024 32m Transcript

Michael Krigsman doesn't call himself a journalist. Yes, he has produced 800 podcasts and videos in the past 11 years as the founder and host of CXOTalk, but he doesn't have a journalism degree or…

S3E2 Esther Ajao, News Writer, TechTarget

Nov 19, 2024 35m Transcript

At the age of eight, Esther Ajao did something braver than most of us will do in our entire lives. Having spent her early years in her native Nigeria, raised by an extended family of grandparents and…

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