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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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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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Sunday’s dramatic Rory McIlroy Masters 2025 win delivered the golfer a career grand slam. It also led Sky Sports to have its most-watched day ever. In total, 7.5 million people tuned into Sky Sports linear channels on Sunday. Presumably more watched via streaming services like NOW and Sky Go. Between 6am and 2am, Sky Sports
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The UK government has lost its bid to keep a legal battle with Apple private. The UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal rejected the case, which was on behalf of Home Secretary Yvette Cooper. In a ruling published yesterday, the specialist court said that conducting proceedings essentially in private “would have been a truly extraordinary step to
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“A good day to bury bad news.” That is what British special advisor Jo Moore wrote to colleagues on September 11, 2001. The appalling phrase flagged that nobody was paying attention to anything else on such a monumental day. Trump’s tariffs are, obviously, not of the same magnitude as the world-altering events of 9/11. However,
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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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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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The latest Nike advert, entitled “So Win”, combines two of my favourite things – Led Zeppelin and women’s sport. It features a number of superstars, including Caitlin Clark and Sha’Carri Richardson. The spot seems to be appearing throughout various bits of sports programming and I’m here for it:
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