Coverage of the latest tech and media.
Tuesday’s newsletter was all about the phenomenon of daily news podcasts. Paid subscribers were treated to insights from Dave Hamilton from BackBeat Media (who sells advertising for The Addition) and Tom Merritt from “Daily Tech News Show” (which I appear on roughly once a month). They are very much worth reading. I was also in […]
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Most media outlets, certainly the major ones, have to be multimedia offerings. Newspapers need to provide videos, games and… podcasts. Daily news podcasts have become particularly popular. The New York Times and The Times newspapers are among those that offer such a product. Then there is “The News Agents” from Global and Persophonica. It was
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In today’s newsletter, I looked at the renewed focus on the funding of the BBC. A new expert panel on the issue and changes to the cost of the licence fee have been announced. I contacted the corporation whilst writing the story. However, I had to send it out before they responded. They have though
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Channel 4 published a summary of its investigation into what was known about the allegations around Russell Brand on Thursday. It found “no evidence to suggest that there was knowledge within the channel of the allegations contained in the Dispatches programme about Russell Brand’s behaviour while he was a presenter on Big Brother’s Big Mouth
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Taylor Swift film “The Eras Tour” has smashed Disney+ records. It is now the most-watched music movie on the platform I don’t know about you, but I’m not at all surprised. I’m no Swiftie, but I think she is a genius for the entertainment juggernaut she has built. Per Variety: “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
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You may have noticed that The Addition was a bit quiet last week. That’s because some exciting things are happening. Firstly, this newsletter is going (almost entirely) paid only. The full Tuesday and Friday versions, and the archive, will be available only to paid subscribers. These are going to include longer analysis pieces as well
Ofcom put GB News “on notice” on Monday. It announced five breaches of two sections of the Broadcasting Code. They are all related to programmes presented by serving politicians. The regulator said that “any repeated breaches of Rules 5.1 and 5.3 may result in the imposition of a statutory sanction.” The five breaches occurred twice
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Don Lemon has announced that Elon Musk has cancelled a partnership with his new show on Twitter. The decision apparently came after an interview by the former CNN anchor. Kara Swisher seems to have got the scoop. (She was interviewed by Lemon at a recent book tour event which was later published as a podcast.)
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It appears the bid for The Spectator and Th Telegraph from UAE-backed consortium Redbird IMI may have been quashed once and for all. At least in its current structure. (Full disclosure: I have contributed to both the publications involved in the bid.) Sky News‘s Mark Kleinman tweeted that changes to the law are afoot that
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Mehdi Hasan revealed details of his own media company on Wednesday. Called Zeteo, meaning “to seek” in Greek, the company is based on Substack. It will publish a weekly streamed show by Hasan, as well as a podcast and newsletters, according to Jeremy Barr at The Washington Post, who exclusively broke the news. Zeteo will
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