Last night, (midnight UK time) the NWSL, America’s domestic women’s soccer football league, kicked off. The format is fairly straightforward and is typical of US sports. Fourteen teams play each other home and away and then there is a playoff to decide the champions. (Orlando Pride won last year.) The media setup is interesting though. […]
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What I’m Watching Mythic Quest is the best show on Apple TV+ and it has returned for season four. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s ostensibly about people working at a successful video games company, but you do not have to be a gamer to love it. Everything is about the relationships between the
Sean McNulty from The Ankler discusses the Oscars, the SAG Awards and the future of these kinds of shows. Does anyone actually care?! The viewership for the Academy Awards show stayed stable this year, once all the various streaming options were taken into account. Away from awards, we look at the growth of The Ankler
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Almost all of the media industry, one way or the other, is talking about AI. And quite right too. The technology, whichever way it progresses, will have a huge impact on everything from marketing to journalism and beyond. We’re not talking about nonsense like NFTs here. My view, as I’ve outlined before, is to focus
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I had the thrill of contributing to the British Journalism Review for the first time. The piece was published in the latest edition of the journal. It covers Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, President Donald Trump and the media ecosystem bringing them all together. An excerpt is below: Was it a Nazi salute? Was it just
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I wanted to introduce a new segment in which I recommend some thing to watch over the weekend and tell you how to watch them! This week, is a sport focussed one, but it won’t always be like that. Premier League Football Nottinghm Forest vs Man City: Saturday, March 8. Kick-off at 12.30pm GMT. Watch
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Yesterday, in a move that surely underlines my deep dedication to readers of The Addition, I sat down to watch the hottest new thing in streaming, determined to let you know what all the fuss is about. I made it through 11 minutes of Meghan Markle’s Netflix series. Having survived a discussion on bees, homemade
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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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There has never been more TV, movies, books, podcasts and newsletters. I love making and consuming all those thigns, but are we becoming overwhelmed by the amount of media out there? Some it feels a bit like homework. Kelly Guimont joins the show to discuss. Before that, we chat out about the surprise return of
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Tickaroo Live Blog have come on board as a sponsor of The Addition. They are a fantastic live blogging platform used by some of the biggest names in the news and sports business such as Der Spiegel in Germany and Stuff in New Zealand. I’m so excited to be working with them! You’re going to
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