With the arrival of Deep Seek, journalist and author James Ball returns to the show to look at the reality of the Chinese-made model and discuss how AI can impact journalism. It’s clear there are opportunities to use these tools to do better work, but it’s unlikely media proprietors will see their development as anything […]
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Former GQ and Bloomberg News journalist Conrad Quilty-Harper joins the show to discuss his new publication, Dark Luxury. Through original reporting, he and his business partner seek to expose the underbelly of the industry that provides some of the world’s most expensive (and desired) goods and services. Before that, we discuss the sudden rise of
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I’m back with the first podcast of 2025! This week, I’m discussing Elon Musk’s closeness to President-elect Donald Trump with the journalist and author Chris Stokel-Walker. We also unpack Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end fact-checking across Meta’s various platforms. Chris Stokel-Walker’s Books YouTubers: How YouTube Shook Up TV and Created A New Generation Of Stars
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Co-hosts Charlotte Henry and Chuck Joiner take part in a year-end round-up of Apple TV+ in TV+ Talk. We discuss their favourite shows from the year and have a look to the future too.
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Mark Stenberg of Adweek returns to the show to reflect on the biggest media trends of 2024. It’s rather fitting, as he was on the first episode of this year giving his predictions. This time, themes including the downsizing of the industry, the rise of paywalls, the increased importance of sports rights and, of course,
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We all want to work on projects we’re passionate about, but sometimes compromises need to be made. This is particularly true in the current media environment. Is there a way to turn that passion into profits and therefore a sustainable media business? Peter Houston from Media Voices and Magazine Diaries/Grub Street Journal comes back on
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James Ball, The New European’s political editor and a former Guardian staffer, joins the show to discuss the potential sale of the Observer to Tortoise. The deal has caused widespread upset in the Guardian News and Media newsrooms, with staff at both the Guardian and Observer voting to strike and show they have no confidence
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Ben Mullin of The New York Times joins the show once again to discuss coverage of the US presidential election and Donald Trump, and what it means for the media going forward. He feels the media did a good job of holding all the candidates to account. I’m not so sure. We also discuss the
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This week on the show, I take the rather unexpected approach of encouraging you to listen to another podcast! Journalist and researcher Carl Miller joins to explain his gripping new podcast “Kill List”. It is an extraordinary series, that brings together hit men, human relationships and the dark web. We also discuss issues of journalistic
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I joined Robb Dunwood and Sarah Lane of Daily Tech News Show for the latest ‘Additional Conversations’ segment. This time we discussed the rise of free, ad-supported streaming services… and how they kind of look like cable.
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