Olly Mann presents your regular insight into the media industries with Channel 4 historian Maggie Brown and deputy editor of metro.co.uk , Alex Hudson . This week: The Guardian turns a profit for the first time in decades - so should other newspapers liberate their news from behind a paywall? Danny Baker gets his marching orders from the BBC; As Channel 4 opens its new HQ in Leeds , PACT launches an accelerator programme for independent production companies in the region; plus, could negative co...
May 10, 2019•38 min•Ep. 114
In this episode of The Media Business Podcast , ALF Insight’s MD Fraser Murdoch is joined by partner and founder of agency start-up HMS16 Richard Hammond and Goodstuff ’s co-founder Andrew Stephens to discuss how each wins new business at their respective advertising agencies. Given their different models, HMS16 a start-up and Goodstuff a network agency breakaway, this makes for a frank and compelling listen. In the second part of the episode, Fraser is joined by Adeline Bonnet , ALF’s head of c...
Apr 30, 2019•31 min
Olly Mann presents insight, analysis and gossip from across the creative media industries with guests Faraz Osman (managing director of production company Gold Wala ) and BBC Woman’s Hour presenter Jane Garvey . This week, will a cash injection bring children back to TV? Elsewhere, in the magazine industry, we discuss which face of 80s pop culture is getting a lift, Global’s billboard ambitions and the results of the second ever gender pay gap survey . All that and more - including the Media Pod...
Apr 19, 2019•57 min•Ep. 113
Our European correspondent Paul Robinson reports from the recent Radiodays Europe conference, with full interviews with Radio 1 Breakfast show host Greg James about his first year at the helm, and the BBC Managing Editor Bob Shennan on refreshing breakfast on all their national music stations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 12, 2019•25 min•Ep. 113
Olly Mann presents insight, analysis and gossip from the creative media industries - this week with guests Paul Robinson (director of Creative Media Partners) and Matt Deegan (managing director, Folder Media). This week, as the ink dries on the BBC’s biggest deal in history to take control of Dave and his sisters Gold and Eden , will a licensing agreement with Discovery be enough to fund a looming gap in the licence fee? Also, who should archive user-generated content - and does it matter if it ...
Apr 05, 2019•50 min•Ep. 112
Broadcast continues its 60th anniversary celebrations with a Media Business Podcast of its Broadcast Indie Survey Reveal event. Indie Survey editor Jesse Whittock introduces the top-line findings of this year’s survey, before Broadcast editor Chris Curtis presides over the ‘State of the Nation’ panel. He is joined by Naked Entertainment chief operating officer Susie Dark ; Curve Media joint chief executive Camilla Lewis ; Endemol Shine UK chief executive Richard Johnson and All3Media chief opera...
Mar 29, 2019•38 min
Jim Waterson (Media Editor, The Guardian) & Caroline Crampton (writer, Hot Pod & The Listener) join Olly Mann to debate the week's UK media news. They discuss how an unlikely alliance is forming to try and change the way Google, Facebook and others dominate the media market, as well as the new research showing the divide between podcast audiences in the US and UK. Also on the programme, the panel chat about how Disney is edging closer to completing its deal for Fox... plus Global and Bau...
Mar 15, 2019•44 min•Ep. 112
Broadcast kicks off its 60th anniversary celebrations with a Media Business Podcast of its Gamechangers session, featuring Stephen Lambert and Sir Peter Bazalgette . Recorded at The Soho Hotel in February, the Studio Lambert founder and ITV chairman shared a stage to discuss their varied careers, the health or drama and non-scripted programming, and the current challenges and opportunities facing broadcasters and producers. There will be further B60 Gamechangers panels throughout the year, and n...
Mar 01, 2019•51 min
Are the BBC’s politics programmes still cutting the mustard, can Snapchat beat Netflix at their own game? Plus, the government-backed plan to save local newspapers, and the secret group of journalists stoking online harassment. Olly Mann is joined by Lis Howell (City University) and Susie Marsh (ITN Productions) to discuss these stories and more, with Olly Mann. A PPM Production, produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 22, 2019•42 min•Ep. 110
Media news and analysis, this week with Renay Richardson (Broccoli Content) and Alex Hudson (metro.co.uk). The panel discuss what the Spotify takeover of Gimlet means for podcasters, the solution to digital journalism’s crisis as The Pool closes and BuzzFeed shed jobs... and how Instagram’s new ‘sensitivity screen’ may protect users. All that, plus chatter on the week Sky News turned the cameras on their own team, Will Young’s OFCOM complaint over the Grand Tour, and in the Media Quiz, we play ‘...
Feb 08, 2019•51 min•Ep. 109
In the first of a series of specials, we've partnered with the team at Media Business Insight to take a closer look at the media business - brought to you monthly by Media Business Insight, the publisher of Screen International and Broadcast. In this inaugural episode, Screen International editor Matt Mueller is joined by the director of Film4 Daniel Battsek and Screen International’s chief film critic Finn Halligan and features editor Charles Gant to discuss this year’s awards season, looking i...
Feb 02, 2019•54 min
Fortnightly news, gossip and analysis from across the media industries with Olly Mann and guests Leon Wilson (Managing Director, Talkback Thames) and Iain Dale (Presenter, LBC). On this show: Buzzfeed UK announces staff cuts after losing its UK editor. All change at breakfast time as Zoe Ball takes over Radio 2 and Chris Evans returns to Virgin. Bauer launches a new classical music station as the home of its new signing Simon Mayo. Plus; an Oscar nomination for a film from the Guardian and socia...
Jan 25, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 108
'Tis the season for our bumper predictions special, where we invite our roster of industry insiders to reveal their trends for the year ahead in tv, radio, print and online - and hold other account for what they predicted in 2018... with Jake Kanter, Steven D Wright, Maggie Brown, Steve Ackerman, Rebecca Gillie and Faraz Osman. Presented by Olly Mann and produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. A PPM Production. Please consider taking out a voluntary subscription to help fund and support the show: ...
Jan 11, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Media news and analysis with guests Faraz Osman (Gold Wala), Steve Ackerman (Somethin' Else) and Rebecca Gillie (theweek.co.uk). We put the best and worst journalism of the year under the microscope, and discover why the cost of rebuilding Albert Square has gone millions over budget. Plus, we plot the trajectory of personalised podcast ads, and, in the Media Quiz, challenge our guests to name the personality at the heart of three TV shows coming to our screens in 2019. A PPM Production, produced...
Dec 14, 2018•50 min
Media news and analysis, with presenter Olly Mann, broadcast consultant Paul Robinson and journalist Nastaran Tavakoli-Far. Could the I’m A Celebrity grand final be a mere warm up to the Brexit debate? We discuss the many ways broadcasters have tried to make the political debates palatable to British viewers. Also on the programme: why freelancers in radio may force a change in pay, how Mark Zuckerberg’s year got a little bit worse, and why another crop of freesheets have bitten the bullet. Plus...
Nov 30, 2018•46 min
Media news and analysis, with guest presenter Jake Kanter and guests Maeve McClenaghan and Rebecca Gillie. On today’s show - Trump versus journalism, Nick Clegg’s journey from Downing Street to Silicon Valley, and what’s wrong at Radio 2? Plus our panel discuss the gift of Iceland’s Christmas advert ban and the argument for giving controversial figures a platform. ...and, can you spot the worst podcast cliches in the Media Quiz? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 17, 2018•35 min
Shouting at Prime Ministers was off-limits at BBC Westminster before Paul ‘Gobby’ Lambert . He was the Producer who cried, ‘ ANY MONEY IN THE BOX, CHANCELLOR? ’ at George Osborne on Budget day and got Bill Clinton to talk to the News Channel by shouting, ‘ OI, BILL! ’. In this interview with Olly Mann, Paul recalls how his inspired pursuit of Cherie Blair made several front pages, bemoans the current crop of journos who’d rather seek out sources on Twitter, and reveals how the murder of Milly Do...
Nov 02, 2018•38 min
News, analysis and gossip from the creative media industries with Olly Mann and guests. On this week’s show are managing director of Kerfuffle TV , Steven D Wright and CEO of the ShoutOut podcast network and host of careers podcast Wanna Be , Imriel Morgan . This week: Viral content king LADBible has rescued its arch rival Unilad from administration - is there room for both brands in the crowded viral marketplace? Vice journalist Oobah Butler reveals he has been pranking broadcasters by sending ...
Oct 19, 2018•50 min
Media news and analysis, with Olly Mann and guests. This week, Steve Ackerman (MD, Somethin' Else) & Matt Deegan (Folder Media) discuss where Chris Evans can take Virgin Radio this time, Wireless and News UK. Plus our panel ponder Global’s foray into street ad marketing, The Telegraph's new paywall tweaks, and we catch up on all the summer's big business moves. AND in the Media Quiz, we pit the finest minds* against the brains behind Radio 4’s new quizbook (RRP £12.99). A PPM Production, pro...
Oct 05, 2018•39 min
This bonus episode of The Media Podcast features Anna Richardson interviewing Lisa McGee, creator of Channel 4’s hit comedy Derry Girls . Lisa is joined by other cast members to discuss the process of bringing the series to screen and the overwhelming responses from audiences. Recorded at the Edinburgh Television Festival 2018. This podcast contains some strong language. A PPM Production, produced by Matt Hill and Peter Price. Thank you to the Edinburgh International Television Festival for shar...
Sep 18, 2018•52 min•Season 1Ep. 101
In this bonus episode, we hear the full, unedited recording of this year’s MacTaggart Lecture, delivered at the Edinburgh International TV Festival by actor, writer and producer Michaela Coel. You’ll hear her rise to fame - from an estate in Tower Hamlets to the BAFTA-winning success of Chewing Gum on E4 - as well as a brutally honest account of what it took go get that series made. This podcast contains strong, and sometimes racist, language. A PPM Production, produced by Matt Hill. Thank you t...
Aug 31, 2018•54 min
Jake Kanter (Business Insider) and guests descend on Edinburgh for the biggest date in the industry - featuring Alison Kirkham (BBC Controller of Factual Commissioning) Faraz Osman (MD, Gold Wala ) and Scott Bryan (Buzzfeed). Jeremy Corbyn’s big idea for tech giants to subsidise the BBC, Michaela Coel’s punch on the nose for British TV in a brutally honest MacTaggart lecture, and a rude awakening for television controllers about the way they do business. Also on the programme: Lenny Henry shares...
Aug 24, 2018•57 min
Media news and analysis with Olly Mann and guests radio producer Trevor Dann (Audio UK) & journalist and writer Tobi Oredein (Black Ballad). What does another new culture secretary mean for the industry? Who won the latest copyright battle between the internet giants and the EU? What will LBC do with Eddie Mair? Our panel discuss these stories. Also on the programme: we speak to Lisa Campbell from the Edinburgh International TV festival about her top picks for this August. PLUS in the Media ...
Jul 14, 2018•41 min
THE MEDIA PODCAST QUIZ - LIVE! - TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE Join Olly Mann and Media Podcast regulars for our biggest ever Media Quiz to celebrate our 100th episode. Thursday 19 July 2018, 7pm, Exmouth Market, London EC1R. Full details: http://themediapodcast.com/live Episode 99: Media industry news and gossip presented by Olly Mann with guests Rebecca Gillie, journalist at The Week.co.uk , and radio consultant Matt Deegan of Folder Media . On today’s show: Instagram steps on YouTube’s turf in the ba...
Jun 29, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Media news and analysis, with Olly Mann and this week's guests Talkback's Leon Wilson and former Discovery exec Prof. Lis Howell. The panel discuss how Paul Dacre’s departure will affect the Daily Mail, what the secret sauce is in Love Island’s success, and allegations surrounding local TV provider 'That's TV'. Also on the programme, we field questions from Audioboom clients to exec Ruth Fitzsimons, and what Jeremy Vine is doing at the helm of The Wright Stuff - as well as continuing his Radio 2...
Jun 15, 2018•45 min
Media news and analysis, with Olly Mann and guests Imriel Morgan (ShoutOut Network) and Alex Hudson (metro.co.uk). With the Evening Standard under fire for their leaked branded content strategy, we ask are companies paying for favourable coverage and does it matter? Also on the programme, we discuss the news that Grimmy and Greg are to swap shows on Radio 1, and could we be about to see a partnership between the BBC and ITV? AND in the Media Quiz, we play ‘Ladies First’ to decide whether the med...
Jun 01, 2018•45 min
Olly Mann and Rhianna Dhillon were live at Saturday's British Podcast Awards in London, talking to the winners and audio industry execs about the future of the medium. If you're looking to understand this emerging media platform, there's no better place to start. Featuring interviews with the winner of Podcast of the Year Cariad Lloyd and Listeners Choice winners Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo, as well as the winners of Best Family podcast (Co-producers Stephen Scott & Philip Feenan, Once Upon ...
May 25, 2018•27 min
Olly Mann presents news and analysis of the media industry with Somethin’ Else managing director Steve Ackerman , and Heat magazine ’s entertainments director, Boyd Hilton . This week: Testing times for Audioboom as a takeover proposal is withdrawn. How YouTube plans to recover from its annus horribilis. Could a UK streaming service revolutionise pay-per-view sports? ‘Digital’ radio listening beats analogue for the first time and after the closure of STV2, where next for local TV in Scotland? Pl...
May 18, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Olly Mann presents news and analysis of the media industry with editor in chief of Business Insider UK, Jim Edwards , plus freelance journalist and special projects editor at Buzzfeed UK, Louise Ridley . This week: How does press freedom in the UK compare to the rest of the world, the BBC partners to sell podcast ads, and why Al-Jazeera’s London staff are striking. All that, plus life after mornings for Matthew Wright and what losing the Debrief means for the industry. And in the Media Podcast Q...
May 04, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Informed insight and analysis of the media industries with Olly Mann and guests – journalist for The Week magazine , Rebecca Gillie and managing director and head of creative at Gold Wala , Faraz Osman . On the show this week: As a Daily Mail journalist is fired for accidentally publishing the c-word, should online publishers be spending more on sub-editors? Radio 4’s rebroadcast of Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” speech caused a stir but is the outcry justified? And as Key 103 rebrands as Hits...
Apr 20, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 93
