Simon Owens wrote a fascinating Substack newsletter about Twitter’s failure in the creator economy and he joins host Charlotte Henry to discuss the issues, what changes could be made to improve things for creators on Twitter, and whether Elon Musk’s plans for the company will deal with any of this. [The discussion with Catherine Perloff […]
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The new Netflix ad-supported tier is going live today – Thursday 3rd November. In the UK, the Basic with Adverts plan will cost £4.99 a month while in the USA it will be $6.99 a month. As discussed on a recent episode of The Addition podcast with Adweek‘s Catherine Perloff, there will not be a
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Esther Kezia Thorpe of Media Voices joined host Charlotte Henry to discuss the growth of newsletters, what’s next for them as a channel, and whether people are already receiving too many. They also discuss the launch of The Publisher Newsletter Awards and why now is the time to recognise innovation and excellence in the space.
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With all eyes on what UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will do in his Autumn Statement later this month, the BBC is getting some economics lessons. The New Statesman‘s Anoosh Chakelian reported that a number of economic think tanks and experts are contributing to discussions to help the organisation cover key fiscal matters. This review was
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Digital rights campaigning organisation Open Rights Group (ORG) have called on Elon Musk to let Twitter be “opened up”. Following the billionaire’s purchase of the social media network, ORG Executive Director Jim Killock told The Addition: What Twitter really needs is to be opened up. There are increasing calls for social media to work like
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The first clue that The Daily Show host Trevor Noah might not know that much about the UK or its political culture was when he referred to Rishi Sunak as “England’s first Prime Minister of colour, of Indian descent.” Sunak is, of course, not England’s Prime Minister, but the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Catherine Perloff, platforms reporter at AdWeek, joined host Charlotte Henry to discuss how marketers and media buyers are reacting to the ability to the prospect of advertising on Netflix, how the streamer is handling the technology to make it happen, and when we might know if it is actually working for everybody involved. * Netflix
Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy has been taken off air for a week. In a statement, the broadcaster said: Channel 4 has a strict code of conduct for all its employees, including its programming teams and on-air presenters, and takes any breaches seriously. Following an off-air incident Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy has
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I’ll be honest – this is not the show I planned to put out this week. But those plans have been rather overtaken by events. No, not the chaos in the British government, but the chaos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). More specifically, the season finale of “She-Hulk -Attorney at Law”, which was something
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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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