Newsrewired, an annual gathering discussing all things digital publishing, took place on Wednesday. There were some fascinating talks on stage and good conversations away from it. However, others and I were struck by how much focus there was on things like AI instead of the audience. It seems that in journalism, people have forgotten AI […]
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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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I don’t normally make a habit of making the newsletter about me, but today I must. I have resigned from the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). It has become a hostile environment for Jews, and I can no longer be a part of that. (Sadly, this is not the first time I’ve had to leave an
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As I’ve written before, women’s football in the UK is growing as a media proposition. It’s why a mega new deal was announced recently. There is no doubt that the BBC and Sky have been drawn in by both the Lionesses phenomenon and the growing quality of the teams at the top of the Women’s
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For months, I’d been working on an investigation on Muslim news platform 5Pillars for Jewish News. Regulator Impress has now found it guilty of breaching discrimination rules for a second time in 2024, and the story could be published. Muslim media organisation 5Pillars has again been found guilty by the regulator Impress of breaching the
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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In the last couple of weeks, and the last few days in particular, there has been a huge amount of buzz around Bluesky. The social media app looks reassuringly like Twitter in “the good old days”. It is the latest beneficiary of the anti-Elon Musk/Donald Trump backlash, with the number of users shooting up. A
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Hate to say I told you so. Ok, I don’t. Tonight it has been revealed that Gary Lineker is leaving Match of the Day at the end of this season. He will leave the BBC completely at the end of the 2026 World Cup. I’ve said for a while that I thought this would be
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Back at the start of the season, I pondered (and hoped) that the introduction of YouTube into the WSL media mix might help it have a breakthrough moment like the WNBA enjoyed in its latest season. A new media deal shows that things are really looking forward. In brief, the new deal is with Sky
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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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