Semafor, the much-discussed media outlet from Ben Smith (ex-Buzzfeed/New York Times) and Justin Smith (ex-Bloomberg), went live on Tuesday. There is a whole host of stories and newsletters available already. In a post introducing Semafor, Ben Smith wrote that the publication’s approach is “built from the core principles of journalism”. We take people seriously when […]
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Hadley Freeman is leaving the Guardian for The Sunday Times, where she will write a weekly column as well as other features. She has been on the Guardian for 22 years. Guardian editor Katharine Viner told Press Gazette: She is a wonderful writer and has been a fantastic Guardian colleague for many years. We wish
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Ofcom announced a new investigation into GB News on Wednesday. The regulator will look into comments made around COVID vaccines in an interview conducted by presenter Mark Steyn with author Dr Naomi Wolf. It said there had been 411 complaints from viewers following the interview, which aired on 4 October 2022, and explained: We consider
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Welcome to The Addition Blog! It’s been a very exciting few months since I launched my newsletter and podcast. I am so grateful for the support I have received. The newsletter will continue to go out twice a week, with a new podcast episode once a week. If you have not yet had a chance
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“Mythic Quest” season three will premiere on 3 November. In this season, Ian Grimm (Rob McElhenney) and Poppy Li (Charlotte Nicdao) have moved out to create their own games studio and are challenging their former colleagues. Poor David Brittlesbee (David Hornsby)… The official trailer was already released on Tuesday (look out for the nice bits
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Peter Houston is a co-presenter of the Media Voices podcast and involved in the fantastic projects that team works on. He also writes the brilliant The Magazine Diaries Substack – a weekly newsletter full of publishing ideas worth stealing. He joined host Charlotte Henry to discuss some of the exciting things happening in the magazine
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There’s been lots of news about Apple’s media operations in recent weeks. Much of it concerns sports coverage. We’ve had a standoff with the New York Yankees over who would commentate on last Friday’s matchup with the Red Sox at which it was thought/hoped that Aaron Judge would hit his historic 61st and 62nd home
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Apple announced a range of devices at its ‘Far Out’ event on 7 September, most notably the iPhone 14 range. Nica Montford of the “SnobOS” podcast emptied her bank balance and got an iPhone 14 Pro, an Apple Watch Series 8 and some new AirPods Pro. She joins host Charlotte Henry to discuss just how
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Former Editor-in-Chief of The Mac Observer Bryan Chaffin joins host Charlotte Henry to discuss the iPhone 14 event. What does the latest batch of iPhones mean for media creation and consumption? In particular, they discuss how the constant improvements in smartphone cameras means they have almost entirely overtaken entry-level DSLRs. There was certainly a lot
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Lauren Ingram, the founder of Women of Web3, discusses all things blockchain, crypto and metaverse with host Charlotte Henry. She explains what on Earth Web3 actually is, why female voices matter as it is developed, and what the impact on the media industry could be. Women of Web3Muse's Will Of The People becomes first UK
