We’ve heard a lot about “peak streaming” and “streaming fatigue”, but now some data provides insight into how prevalent these issues are. CableTV.com polled 1000 Americans on various aspects of the streaming industry and got some interesting, if not wholly unsurprising, results back. We discussed them on the latest “Additional Conversations” segment on “Daily Tech News Show”: […]
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This week Ben Mullin of the New York Times joins the show to discuss a row engulfing NPR after a long-serving editor hit out at the organisation in an excoriating essay. Uri Berliner had worked at NPR for 25 years. Then he released an essay for The Free Press and went on its podcast, raising
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Huw Edwards has resigned from the BBC. He said he had done so based on medical advice following the sexting scandal he was involved in. In a statement, the BBC said: Huw Edwards has today resigned and left the BBC. After 40 years of service, Huw has explained that his decision was made on the
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International radio station the BBC World Service is often cited as one of the key achievements of the corporation, a demonstration of something that it alone can do and a good use of the Licence Fee. Many people can recall following major events when abroad thanks to it. Yet it is under growing financial strain.
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Lillian Landor quit as senior controller of BBC News International Services and BBC World Service director this week. She will depart in July. A message from me As you have heard from Deborah, today I’m announcing my decision to step back from my role in BBC News. Serving as Director of the World Service has
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I have teamed up with my friends at Media Voices for a monthly column on the creator economy. Each month, I explore the different ways publishers can learn from this thriving part of the media industry. For many young journalists, a job at the BBC would be one of their ultimate career goals. However, for
It’s the latest episode of TV+ Talk and that means we’ve been chatting Apple TV+ for a year! This month, my co-host Chuck Joiner and I chat about everything that has happened over that time. Of course, we had to pick out our favourite movies and series from the last year or so. Watch to
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Despite having to cover the lives of other people, journalism is a rather introspective industry. Journalists love talking about journalism. I write this newsletter, for goodness sake! But there is something unique about films about journalists and journalism – the tone they tend to take and the mystique that they build around our industry. I’m
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The transfer window seems to have opened early in the world of British sports journalism. There have been major moves at The Times and The Athletic. On Wednesday, Henry Winter announced he had been made redundant from his role leading football coverage at The Times. It seems, on the face of it, a bizarre decision
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Tuesday’s newsletter was all about the phenomenon of daily news podcasts. Paid subscribers were treated to insights from Dave Hamilton from BackBeat Media (who sells advertising for The Addition) and Tom Merritt from “Daily Tech News Show” (which I appear on roughly once a month). They are very much worth reading. I was also in
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