Two new podcasts have launched and caught my attention in recent days. One was “Mixed Signals”, a media show from Semafor presented by Ben Smith and Nayeema Raza. Then there is “Not Another One”, a politics show featuring Tim Montgomerie, Iain Martin, Miranda Green and Steve Richards. They are both really good shows presented by really good […]
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This month, I’ve mostly been catching up, notably with Loot on Apple TV+. I also thought I’d expand things a little bit and share what I’m reading too. Feel free to leave any recommendations in the comments! What I’m Watching Loot (Apple TV+) When Apple TV+ does 30-minute comedies, they tend to be pretty good.
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Every month I write the “Lessons from the creator economy” column for Media Voices. In my latest piece, I explored alternative models to venture capital for creators. The first thing people tend to ask when they find out someone is a creator is “how do you make money”. Readers will know that there is a
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This week, Presidents Biden and Trump agreed to televised debates to be aired on CNN and ABC. Dylan Byers at Puck has a great rundown of how it all happened and why it is such a big deal. (Sorry, The Commission on Presidential Debates.) Here in the UK, we don’t know exactly when our General
The pioneering American media blog Mediaite turned 15. this week Founder Dan Abrams reflected on the time in a post on Monday and commented on the rather hostile reception his site received. He recalled: Why the hell do we need Dan Abrams’ Mediaite?” queried Fast Company. Slate declared, “The fledgling media Web site leaves an
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Women’s sport is having a moment. In the UK, the Women’s FA Cup Final between Man Utd and Spurs was attended by 76,082 fans on Sunday (including me). That’s just shy of the record-breaking 77,390 who went to Wembley last season. Today, Arsenal Women announced that they will use the club’s main Emirates Stadium as
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Despite having to cover the lives of other people, journalism is a rather introspective industry. Journalists love talking about journalism. I write this newsletter, for goodness sake! But there is something unique about films about journalists and journalism – the tone they tend to take and the mystique that they build around our industry. I’m
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One of the first things many of us learn when we get into journalism is to personalise big issues. Tell a story. You often hear journalists express how they want to “tell peoples’ stories” or similar. It is hard to process the big numbers and the big picture, but we can all latch on to
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This week, John Stewart hosted Lina Khan, chair of the FTC on “The Daily Show”. During a somewhat sycophantic interview, the host explained how Apple vetoed the same conversation when he was making a show for Apple TV+. He also said that the company didn’t want him to do a segment on AI. We knew
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