FA Cup Semi-finals Football Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa: After a great display against Arsenal yesterday, can Oliver Glasner’s side make it (back) to Wembley? Kicks off at 5.15pm BST/12.15pm ET on Saturday, April 26. Watch on BBC One/BBC iPlayer (FREE) in the UK, ESPN+ in the US. Nottm Forest vs Man City: One of […]
YouTube turned 20 yesterday. That first video, Me at the Zoo, is a low-quality clip about elephants. It did not suggest that it was to spawn a behemoth. However, two decades on, that is exactly what the now Google-owned video platform is. The first thing to note is that it is a quite staggering achievement
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After far too long a delay… we’re back! This episide, Charlotte and Chuck discuss all the various goings-on around Apple TV+ since they last chatted. This includes Apple TV+ Award nominations, the closing of Severance season 2 and the end of Mythic Quest. There is also chat about the Apple TV+ promotion dilemma (again) and
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This morning, I was thrilled to learn that The Addition has been nominated for an award. I am up for the Best Individual-Led Newsletter: Specialist prize at the Publisher Newsletter Awards. The award is the updated version of the one I won back in 2023, when The Addition was named Best Solo Newsletter. The others
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BBC insiders have reacted with horror to comments made by Gary Lineker in an interview with Amol Rajan that dropped today. The former footballer and outgoing Match of the Day host’s statements about a Gaza documentary pulled from BBC iPlayer triggered the backlash. The 13-year-old narrator of Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone has
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Women’s Champion League Semi-Finals Arsenal vs Lyon: Saturday, April 19. Kick-off 12.30pm BST/7.30am ET. Watch on TNT Sports 1/Discovery+ or DAZN (FREE) in the UK. Watch on DAZN in the US and internationally. Barcelona vs Chelsea: Sunday, April 20. Kick off 5pm BST/12pm ET. Watch on TNT Sports 2/Discovery+ or DAZN (FREE) in the UK. Watch on
In February 2022, I announced that I was going solo after three great years at The Mac Observer. (Big love to all those guys still.) It was there that I really started to write about streaming, although I’d previously covered the media. Much as I miss the TMO crew, running The Addition these last three
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TV producer and author Rob Burley’s book, a study of political interviews, became the two-part drama “Brian and Maggie”, which aired on Channel 4 earlier this year. In the second part of this discussion, he joins host Charlotte Henry to explain why the form he worked on for so long still matters. They also discuss
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Many aspiring authors dream of not just getting their book published but having it picked up to be a TV show or movie. TV producer and author Rob Burley succeeded in doing just that. Part of his study of political interviews became the two-part drama “Brian and Maggie”, which aired on Channel 4. In part
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There has been plenty of debate about coverage of the Israel-Hamas war following the atrocities of October 7, 2023. I’ve been deeply critical of the BBC and others. Whatever one’s view, The Guardian would seem to be an unlikely target for pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel action. Yet that is exactly what is set to take place. The
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