“Top Gun: Maverick” will land on Paramount+ on 22nd December, it was announced on Tuesday. On that date, the biggest hit of this year will be available on the streaming service in: “Top Gun: Maverick” will become available in France and South Korea some time next year. The arrival of Tom Cruise and co. finally […]
Zoe Kleinman joins host Charlotte Henry to discuss being the BBC’s first-ever Tech Editor, the changing nature of tech news and what comes next for some of the biggest firms in the sector. She also reveals what she looks for in a story. * Twitter users jump to Mastodon – but what is it? –
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Following the US Midterm elections, significant media outlets owned by Rupert Murdoch are turning on Donald Trump. It comes as the former President is expected to announce that he will be running in the 2024 race for the White House. There is a brutal editorial in the Wall Street Journal. Entitled “Trump Is the GOP’s
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Simon Owens wrote a fascinating Substack newsletter about Twitter’s failure in the creator economy and he joins host Charlotte Henry to discuss the issues, what changes could be made to improve things for creators on Twitter, and whether Elon Musk’s plans for the company will deal with any of this. [The discussion with Catherine Perloff
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The new Netflix ad-supported tier is going live today – Thursday 3rd November. In the UK, the Basic with Adverts plan will cost £4.99 a month while in the USA it will be $6.99 a month. As discussed on a recent episode of The Addition podcast with Adweek‘s Catherine Perloff, there will not be a
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Esther Kezia Thorpe of Media Voices joined host Charlotte Henry to discuss the growth of newsletters, what’s next for them as a channel, and whether people are already receiving too many. They also discuss the launch of The Publisher Newsletter Awards and why now is the time to recognise innovation and excellence in the space.
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With all eyes on what UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will do in his Autumn Statement later this month, the BBC is getting some economics lessons. The New Statesman‘s Anoosh Chakelian reported that a number of economic think tanks and experts are contributing to discussions to help the organisation cover key fiscal matters. This review was
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Digital rights campaigning organisation Open Rights Group (ORG) have called on Elon Musk to let Twitter be “opened up”. Following the billionaire’s purchase of the social media network, ORG Executive Director Jim Killock told The Addition: What Twitter really needs is to be opened up. There are increasing calls for social media to work like
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The first clue that The Daily Show host Trevor Noah might not know that much about the UK or its political culture was when he referred to Rishi Sunak as “England’s first Prime Minister of colour, of Indian descent.” Sunak is, of course, not England’s Prime Minister, but the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Catherine Perloff, platforms reporter at AdWeek, joined host Charlotte Henry to discuss how marketers and media buyers are reacting to the ability to the prospect of advertising on Netflix, how the streamer is handling the technology to make it happen, and when we might know if it is actually working for everybody involved. * Netflix
