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
Happy Birthday ‘TV+ Talk’ – a Year of Talking Apple TV+ Read More »
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
When Hollywood Does Journalism Read More »
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
A Shake-up in British Sports Journalism Read More »
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
Why Daily Podcasts Work (And Why They Don’t) Read More »
The Addition Podcast is back! This week, guest Kelly Guimont joins host Charlotte Henry. They discuss Jon Stewart’s revelations about Apple, tech companies becoming media companies, the most streamed shows and more.
The Addition Podcast Returns Read More »
Most media outlets, certainly the major ones, have to be multimedia offerings. Newspapers need to provide videos, games and… podcasts. Daily news podcasts have become particularly popular. The New York Times and The Times newspapers are among those that offer such a product. Then there is “The News Agents” from Global and Persophonica. It was
Why Every Newspaper Wants a Daily Podcast Read More »
One of the first things many of us learn when we get into journalism is to personalise big issues. Tell a story. You often hear journalists express how they want to “tell peoples’ stories” or similar. It is hard to process the big numbers and the big picture, but we can all latch on to
Reporting Traditions Means We’ve Lost Sight of the Scale of October 7 Read More »
This week, John Stewart hosted Lina Khan, chair of the FTC on “The Daily Show”. During a somewhat sycophantic interview, the host explained how Apple vetoed the same conversation when he was making a show for Apple TV+. He also said that the company didn’t want him to do a segment on AI. We knew
The Danger of Tech Firms Becoming Media Companies Read More »
Today marks 30 years of BBC Radio 5Live, the sports and news talk station. It’s the sibling of Radio 4 that’s really into football. I’ve written before that the station often accompanies me for large parts of the weekend – from “Fighting Talk” in the morning (not the same without Colin Murray,) to the football
BBC Radio 5Live Celebrates 30th Birthday Read More »
