The death of podcasting has, surprise, surprise, been greatly exaggerated. Don’t believe me, ask Travis and Jason Kelce. The brothers have signed a deal with Wondery reported to be worth around $100 million. Now, Taylor Swift may have played a helping hand in this, but it demonstrates that there is still major money in podcast […]
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A monthly visit to DTNS for ‘Additional Conversations’. This time we discuss Olympics coverage and rebundling more broadly. Verizon has announced a Peacock/Netflix deal in time for Paris 2024. Full episode.
Additional Conversations: Streaming the Olympics and Rebundling Read More »
Exciting news! There are going to be MORE podcasts from The Addition. I’m going to try and post episodes most days of the week. The Wednesday one will remain a big setpiece interview or conversation, potentially split into two parts if they are longer discussions. There may be more of those in the week too.
The Projects Saving Local Media – with Dan Kennedy and Ellen Clegg (part 1) Read More »
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
Do You Really Need a Podcast? Read More »
The Podcast Show London is fast becoming an essential date in the industry diary. I’ve been for the last two years and it is telling how many people come from across the world, notably the US, to spend to days in a business centre in Islington. Last week there was a huge range of big-name
James Corden Clears the Room Read More »
Tuesday’s newsletter was all about the phenomenon of daily news podcasts. Paid subscribers were treated to insights from Dave Hamilton from BackBeat Media (who sells advertising for The Addition) and Tom Merritt from “Daily Tech News Show” (which I appear on roughly once a month). They are very much worth reading. I was also in
Why Daily Podcasts Work (And Why They Don’t) Read More »
Part of the reason for starting this blog to complement the newsletter was to share things that I like and think you like. The podcast “Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra” is certainly one of those things. Now, obviously a bit of a fangirl for the MSNBC star, but this limited series really is exceptionally put together.
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In a crisis, controlling the narrative is key. A large part of that is the person at the centre of a story deciding when they talk and who they talk to. Increasingly, the decision on the latter seems to be – not a journalist. The most recent example of this is Premier League footballer Ivan
Steven Bartlett, Ivan Toney and Journalist Dodging Read More »
The team behind “The News Agents” podcast will launch “The News Agents: USA” on 20th June. They made the announcement whilst speaking at The Podcast Show London today. The weekly show will cover US politics in the run-up to the 2024 election and be hosted by Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis. The pair presented “Americast”
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