It's our SEVENTH annual special looking into the media trends of 2022, with: Hannah Russell, Mags Creative Jim Waterson, the Guardian Maggie Brown , Media Writer and Channel 4 historian Dan Taylor Watt , Digital Product leader, formerly BBC iPlayer/BBC Sounds Jake Kanter , The Times Faraz Osman , Gold Wala Ann Charles , Radio TechCon ...find out why our panel think this is the year for aVODs, a worrying time for 5live, the pressure off for Channel 4 and who will replace Andrew Marr. Plus: we're ...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 167
Just how much more can the BBC cut from its services? Potentially the same amount again, it transpires, with the schedules set to be packed with repeats as the corporation is forced to make “significant” programming cuts, according to the National Audit Office. Matt Deegan is joined by The Times’ media correspondent Jake Kanter , The Week founder Jon Connell and journalist and comedian Suchandrika Chakribarti to discuss the week’s media news. Also on the programme: the Guardian hits 1 million pa...
Dec 17, 2021•43 min•Ep. 166
It’s all change at The Daily Mail - Grieg is out, Dacre’s back... but is it Mail Online now calling the shots? Host Matt Deegan is joined by Press Gazette’s Charlotte Tobitt and Great Scott Media’s Leon Wilson to review the week’s media news. Also on the programme: Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries steps into the media spotlight - we try and glean something from that, plus the BBC’s ambitions to turn hit podcasts into talked-about TV, the rise in fortunes at Buzzfeed and the latest rumours surrou...
Nov 26, 2021•38 min•Ep. 165
Is Paul Dacre *really* going to be running OFCOM? That’s the question the sector is asking this week, after more leaks suggest Government meddling in the interview panel and process. Matt Deegan is joined by Faraz Osman (of TV indie Gold Wala ) and Jack Davison (EVP, 3Vision ) to discuss this and the rest of the week’s media news. Also on the programme: ITV bounces back with revenues up on those from 'the beforetimes'; the BBC is under scrutiny as it ends its partnership with Stonewall; and in t...
Nov 12, 2021•48 min•Ep. 164
Recorded live at the Radio Academy Festival this week, Kerrang! Radio breakfast show presenter Sophie K talks about smashing through barriers and breaking the mould as a female in the male-dominated world of rock radio. There are catchup tickets still available for this annual audio event, including: BBC content chief Charlotte Moore on her plans for audio and a new scheme for indies Claudia Winkleman and Clara Amfo in conversation And some radio geek called Matt Deegan talking about a youthquak...
Nov 05, 2021•12 min•Ep. 163
For those in the radio industry, Wednesday was the biggest day for 18 months, with £500m worth of sales resting on data from the audience research survey (suspended during the pandemic). But elsewhere in the media, this set of listening figures looks set to have an impact on their businesses too. Matt Deegan welcomes two new stations execs to talk about their first results: Stig Abell (Times Radio) & Phil Riley (Boom Radio) as well as Tech Con's own Ann Charles to discuss the importance of t...
Oct 27, 2021•50 min•Ep. 161
Thirteen months after the search began, BBC Studios finds their new boss is the same as the old one. Why has the appointment taken so long? Matt Deegan is joined by media writer Maggie Brown, Newsweek International editor Alex Hudson and Endelman's Karin Robinson to discuss this and the week's other media news. Also on the show: over in Europe the radio industry has been getting together for Radio Days Europe, looking at the fortunes of broadcasters during the pandemic - is confidence running lo...
Oct 15, 2021•35 min•Ep. 161
Media news and analysis, with new host Matt Deegan and guests this week consultant Paul Robinson (Creative Media Partners) and Elizabeth Carr-Ellis (Hello Magazine). Netflix buys up the rights to the Roald Dahl back catalogue. With Amazon, Disney and Apple all spending big this year, how does this deal match up in the streaming wars? Also on the programme: with Andrew Neil spilling all in the tabloids, what now for GB News - and what does this mean for the return of News UK’s TV plans? All this,...
Oct 01, 2021•47 min•Ep. 160
“One Voice” is the UK’s biggest conference for voiceovers, and Leah Marks and Nic Redman from the British Podcast Award-nominated Voiceover Social podcast, have put together this collection of the best bits of One Voice 2021 especially for you, Media Podcast listeners. Featuring top impersonators Rory Bremner and Jess Robinson, as well as the best continuity announcers working in the business today - and one of the best outtakes in the world of voiceover this year (hint: stick around until the e...
Aug 27, 2021•36 min
Joining Olly Mann this week are: Deadline ’s international editor, Jake Kanter , podcaster and founder of Don’t Skip Media , Christina Moore and the writer, podcaster and audio critic Caroline Crampton . This week: It’s deja vu all over again, as the government ponders selling Channel 4 – but is the case for a sale stronger now than it was five years ago? Plus, Sony Music Entertainment buys radio indie Somethin’ Else. The EU asks if British TV shows should still count as European content. We ref...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Today we've handpicked three choice sessions from this year's mammoth international conference on podcasting, Podcast Day 24. Featuring: Shima Oliaee on the making of Dolly Parton's America former WNYC & BBC exec Tony Phillips on the future of audio Richard Palmer from Triton Digital and Jamie Cho from Commercial Radio Australia on how Australia is catching up with the States Thanks to Podcast Day 24 for sharing these, exclusively with The Media Podcast. To discover all 24 hours of talks and...
Jun 11, 2021•45 min•Ep. 158
Olly Mann is joined by the editor of Newsweek International , Alex Hudson and chief content officer of Somethin’ Else , Steve Ackerman . This week: Audio awards aplenty at the ARIAs. Discovery merges with WarnerMedia and Amazon buys Bond’s back catalogue – along with the rest of MGM. BBC Studios struggles to secure a new boss and the fallout continues from Martin Bashir’s Diana Panorama scandal. Plus: Facebook’s latest news deal and, in the Media Podcast Quiz, Olly channels Linda Bellingham. A P...
May 28, 2021•59 min
Joining Olly Mann are the CEO of production company Nine Lives Media and exec producer of Songs Of Praise, Cat Lewis , radio presenter and broadcast consultant Paul Robinson and journalist and founder of podcast company Message Heard , Jake Warren . This week: Studio audiences are set to return but some shows including Have I Got News For You will also keep their online setups. Why is live laughter important to the production process? Bauer unveils its subscription package for niche stations. Is...
May 14, 2021•57 min
Joining Olly Mann this week are the news editor of the Press Gazette , Charlotte Tobitt , radio executive Trevor Dann and digital editor at Immediate Media , Rebecca Messina This week: As Spotify and Apple launch paid subscriptions for podcasters what will it mean for the way audio makers get paid? Also: News UK scales back its TV ambitions. Who might be in the running to buy BT Sport? Annie Mac to leave Radio 1. Plus: The runners and riders in the BAFTA and ARIA awards announced this week and, ...
Apr 30, 2021•58 min
Olly Mann is joined by the entertainment director of Heat magazine and host of the PilotTV podcast, Boyd Hilton , writer, editor and campaigner currently working at Hello magazine , Elizabeth Carr-Ellis , and broadcast consultant and director of RadioTechCon , Ann Charles . This week: How might coverage of future high-profile deaths be adjusted in the wake of this week’s 100,000 complaints about the BBC’s handling of Prince Philip’s death? We ask how much is too much and should there be a differ...
Apr 16, 2021•52 min
Olly Mann is joined by planning director at Edelman, Karin Robinson , LBC presenter, author and broadcaster Iain Dale and media executive and director of broadcasting at City University London, Professor Lis Howell . This week: BBC Four winds down original commissioning so will an archive-only channel be more high-brow or low-brow than BBC Two? Spotify joins the live audio conversation by buying Locker Room; Kay Burley deletes references to Sky News from her social media – does this foretell a m...
Apr 02, 2021•50 min
Olly Mann is joined by journalist, broadcaster and one half of Fortunately… , Jane Garvey and the managing director of Folder Media and co-founder of the British Podcast Awards , Matt Deegan . This week: The BBC announces plans to shift programmes and networks around the UK but will audiences see and hear a difference? As Facebook ends its feud with the Australian government and news providers, what does it mean for British publications? Also: Where and when might Piers Morgan appear next, and w...
Mar 19, 2021•52 min
Olly Mann is joined by journalist and Channel 4 historian Maggie Brown and Deadline ’s international editor, Jake Kanter to discuss BBC Three’s return to broadcast TV. A former Fleet Street editor reveals he supported the IRA. New Scientist is snapped up by the publisher of the Daily Mail and the budget offers some financial help for freelancers plus Ant Middleton won’t be back on Channel 4, but why? Links as mentioned in the show: The Network Application Form 2021 – The Edinburgh International ...
Mar 05, 2021•52 min
Olly Mann is joined by the editor of Newsweek International, Alex Hudson and TV development executive Steven Bricknall . This week: Chattering classes pull up a chair in Clubhouse; Australian Facebook users lose access to news articles in a row with the Australian government; BBC World News TV is pulled in China and World Service radio goes silent in Hong Kong; Meghan Markle wins a long-running privacy case against the publisher of the Daily Mail and there’s more funding for covid-hit community ...
Feb 19, 2021•41 min
Olly Mann is joined by director of Creative Media Partners, Paul Robinson , founder of production house Gold Wala, Faraz Osman and the creative director of Zinc Media, Emma Hindley . On today’s show: Allegations of bullying emerge from behind the Gogglebox sofas. Why the advertising standards authority has clipped Ryanair’s wings and former editors of the New York Times and FT club together to buy the New European. Plus, Simon Mayo switches lanes to drivetime at Greatest Hits Radio. Prince Harry...
Feb 05, 2021•49 min
It's our fifth annual predictions special! Join Olly Mann as he floats swiftly through the lockdown homes of our media pundits to discover what the year head might have in store for the UK media industry... and listen as they squirm for being unfairly held to account for predictions made in 2020. Featuring the predictions of Jake Kanter (Deadline), Faraz Osman (Gold Wala), media writer Maggie Brown, Ann Charles (Radio Tech Con), Matt Deegan (Folder Media) and Iain Dale (LBC). Produced by Matt Hi...
Jan 15, 2021•38 min
Olly is joined by Matt Deegan (Folder Media) and Rebecca Messina (Immediate Media) to discuss the media news from the past fortnight. On today’s show: Spotify snaps up Harry and Meghan - we take a look at the former royals’ podcast strategy and another spendy year for the Swedish music giant; we look to the future of broadcasting, as OFCOM announces a new review of the TV landscape. Also on the programme, the Guardian reports record donations, the BBC invests in the comedy scene and, in the medi...
Dec 18, 2020•49 min
Who will launch first? The battle for TV news hots up as Rupert Murdoch’s News UK TV takes on Andrew Neil’s GB News. Our esteemed media panel this week are producer and director of Wakey! Deborah Coughlin, Hot Pod writer and journalist Caroline Crampton and chief content officer at Somethin’ Else, Steve Ackerman. They discuss: Facebook announcing a big payday for UK news publishers - but is it too little, too late? Plus, we find out why Prison Radio is the darling of awards worldwide, what needs...
Dec 04, 2020•53 min
Olly Mann is joined by journalist and Channel 4 historian Maggie Brown , planning director at Edelman and host of Democratically 2020 , Karin Robinson and broadcast consultant and director of RadioTechCon , Ann Charles . This week: Will some long-lost paperwork clear the BBC of claims it coerced Princess Diana into giving that Panorama interview? Graham Norton jumps along the dial to Virgin Radio as other notable names hang up their headphones at Radio 2. Spotify’s multi million dollar podcastin...
Nov 20, 2020•56 min
Olly Mann is joined by professor emeritus of journalism at City University, Lis Howell and entertainment director of Heat magazine and host of the PilotTV podcast, Boyd Hilton . This week: As news channels roll into a third day of USA election coverage, we ask which broadcasters won the hearts and minds of our panelists. As The Sun successfully defends its Johnny Depp defamation case, what does News Group Newspapers’ victory mean for tabloid journalism? Plus, the legacy of legendary print journa...
Nov 06, 2020•51 min
Olly Mann is joined by radio consultant and director of Creative Media Partners Paul Robinson , editor of Newsweek International Alex Hudson and former Press Association, HuffPost UK and ITV News executive and now the founder of Bird Lime Media, Dawn Kelly . This week: Is the Daily Telegraph correcting a glaring error by bringing its sub-editors back in house? Jeffrey Katzenberg throws in the towel on Quibi and ITV sets its sights streaming (again). Plus, as Twitter fans spot some far-right tatt...
Oct 23, 2020•58 min
Olly Mann is joined by co-host of ‘ Fortunately... ’ and Woman’s Hour , Jane Garvey , international editor of Deadline , Jake Kanter and print journalist at Hello magazine, Elizabeth Carr-Ellis . On today’s show: Is the government about to sell off Channel 4? Does the BBC have an Oxbridge problem? And can the lure of Andrew Neil entice viewers to news channel newbie GB News ? Plus, we explore the link between local newspaper circulation and voter turnout. And the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have ...
Oct 09, 2020•42 min
Olly Mann is joined by head of communications at ITN and former editor of Broadcast magazine Lisa Campbell , founder of production house Gold Wala Faraz Osman and Creative Director of Folder Media Matt Deegan . On today’s show, Ofcom approves Radio 1 Dance to stream on BBC Sounds but commercial rivals are unhappy. Could Apple News’ podcast of print articles help save the world’s biggest newspapers? And in what state is arts and culture journalism as The Guide closes amid losses of £25m at The Gu...
Sep 25, 2020•1 hr
Olly Mann presents news, analysis and gossip from the creative media industries, with magazine journalist and blogger Elizabeth Carr-Ellis , creative director of Folder Media, Matt Deegan and editor of Newsweek International, Alex Hudson . This week: Times Radio takes to the air; hundreds of media jobs are lost; millions of dollars are poured into the podcast market; And Facebook is facing a boycott from a third of big brands. Plus in our final Media Podcast Quiz of the season we celebrate the p...
Jul 10, 2020•55 min
Olly Mann is joined by planning director at Edelman and host of Democratically 2020 , Karin Robinson ; director of Creative Media Partners, Paul Robinson ; and senior lecturer in sports journalism at the University of East London, Dekan Apajee . On today’s show: Who’s splashing £30m to boost diversity but asking staff to volunteer for redundancy? The Daily Mail outshines the Sun as Britain’s biggest selling paper, and is the risk to journalists covering civil unrest on the rise? Plus, we discove...
Jun 26, 2020•50 min
