Apple TV+ is presenting at the Television Critics Association 2023 winter convention today, giving details of upcoming shows. A few new trailers have also been released, giving fans a chance to see what is coming up on the streaming service. “Shrinking” “Shrinking” is from “Scrubs” and “Ted Lasso” producer Bill Lawrence. It stars Jason Segel […]
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Since its public launch a few weeks ago, ChatGPT has captured the imagination of many in the media. And scared plenty of others. What does an AI tool that can quickly write paragraphs of (mostly accurate) text mean for journalists, ad copywriters and others? Like the image-generating tool Dall-E, there is no doubt that it
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On this week’s “The Addition Podcast” I was joined by journalist and author Chris Stokel-Walker. We discussed and dissected everything that has gone on at Twitter since Elon Musk’s takeover. It’s been a pretty chaotic few months. We also looked at the growing level of scrutiny being directed at TikTok. The US is particularly nervous
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Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, lost the Conservative Whip on Wednesday after posting a tweet that compared the widespread distribution of Covid vaccines to the Holocaust. The tweet has since been deleted. It linked to an article purporting to show damage caused by vaccines and said: As one consultant cardiologist said to me,
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One story sucked all the air out of the tech and media space in the final quarter of last year – Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. Well, more accurately, it was multiple stories and a variety of incidents that all led back to the same person and the same company. There was a lot to
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There has been a shake-up of the top executives overseeing Apple’s services offering. Peter Stern, who was vice president of services, has left the company, Insider revealed on Monday. He was responsible for building the business operations of Apple TV+ as well as other services such as News+ and Fitness+. According to AppleInsider, Mr Stern
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[UPDATE 5 January 2022] The decision not to privatise Channel 4 has been officially announced by the government. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Michelle Donelan said: Channel 4 is a British success story and a linchpin of our booming creative industries. After reviewing the business case and engaging with the relevant
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2022 was a big year for streaming and plenty will be going on in 2023 too. (Obviously, sign-up for The Addition newsletter and read updates on this blog to keep on top of it all!) I had the pleasure of joining Chuck Joiner on ‘MacVoices’ for an in-depth discussion on the state of streaming, including
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To wrap up the “2023 Predictions” mini-series, and indeed “The Addition Podcast” for this year, host Charlotte Henry is joined by Kelly Guimont. They look at what Apple will do with its media offerings next year. If you missed the previous episodes in this mini-series, you can still listen to the conversations with Brian Morrisey
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This week on The Addition Podcast, I was delighted to be joined by Mark Stenberg, senior media reporter at AdWeek. We discussed a variety of issues, including why publishers will pivot to video (again), the risk of traffic from Google dwindling, the importance of newsletters and events to connect with your audience, and whether independent publishers
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