On March 23, 2020, then-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson looked down the barrel of a camera and uttered the words: From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction – you must stay at home. The UK’s first full COVID-19 lockdown had begun. Five years on, many of us have tried […]
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We think we have access to everything, but is that true? From movies to games, digital content is being lost from the public record. This includes the winding down of certain hardware formats such as Blu-ray, meaning certain things can no longer be accessed. Chris Sutcliffe of Media Voices returns to the show to discuss
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Tom McTague, currently political editor at Unherd, is set to take over as New Statesman editor. He replaces Jason Cowley, who led the magazine for 16 years and left at the end of 2024. The news was first broken by Politico‘s Emilio Casalicchio. There is reporting at NS sister publication Press Gazette too. 🗞️🚨 MEDIA
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The start of World Cup qualifying and a huge clash in the WSL are amongst the sporting highlights to watch this weekend.
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To state the obvious, Lionel Messi’s arrival at Inter Miami in 2023 was a big deal. It mattered to both the MLS and its media partner Apple, which owns the global rights to the league for a decade and used the World Cup winner as a key way to sell its Season Pass subscription. However,
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Channel 5 often gets lost in the debate about streaming and British public service broadcasters. I confess I don’t spend much, if any time watching it. However, recent figures show plenty of people do. There is something very interesting going on there. Over 31 million people watched a Channel 5 property last month. That is
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