It's our EIGHTH 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

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 paid subscribers, all without a paywall. So what can other publishers learn from this milestone? Plus we look back at the scoops of the year as judged by the British Journalism Awards, ponder Ladbible?s rise and rise - and, in the Media Quiz, we find out who?s to blame in our latest innovative gameshow format... The Blame Thrower.

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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 surrounding Talk TV.

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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 the Media Quiz... we learn a novel way to get your outstanding invoices paid. 

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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 youthquake in radio

All the details on how to watch all the sessions are at radioacademy.org/festival

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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 this unique set of figures.

Also in this RAJAR special: how Graham Norton's got on, where are the young people, has Coronavirus been BBC Local Radio?s saviour.... and in The Media Quiz, we play a classic radio game.

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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 low in the audio sector?

All that plus: the rise and rise of substack, has Channel 4 neglected its hard of hearing audiences and, in the Media Quiz, we see who?s dropped onto our casting couch.

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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, plus the sonic screwdriver changes hands as Dr Who leaves BBC Studios and... in the media quiz, we?ll find out who?s axed, back or vaxxed.

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?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 end).

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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.

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 panels, head to podcastday24.com

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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).

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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 media quiz, we deck the halls with some news in brief.

SHARE US AROUND: we?re not shy. Send this link to your media friends and let them have the inside track on the latest trends in our sector: https://podfollow.com/themediapodcast

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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?

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?

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 tattoos that programme makers missed, is it the chop for Sky History?s new woodworking format?

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, Listen

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 Guardian.

Plus, the big themes from the virtual Edinburgh International Television Festival 2020.

With thanks to our friends at the Edinburgh Television Festival, we're pleased to bring you David Olusoga's James MacTaggart Lecture.

David Olusoga is a familiar face to millions as the presenter of A House Through Time, Black and British: A Forgotten History and the BAFTA Award winning Britain?s Forgotten Slave Owners.

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 productions that have been Made In Dagenham.

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On today?s show; who?s splashing 30 million pounds 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, if you want to be famous, you probably work in advertising.

And in the media quiz, we?ll be ?making our mind up? about a Eurovision collaboration between Magic and Netflix.

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Media industry news and gossip presented by Olly Mann with guests Faraz Osman (managing director of production house Gold Wala), podcaster Christina Moore (Don?t Skip Media) and Rebecca Messina (digital editor at Immediate Media).

This week: Hundreds of audio production companies sign an equality pact to fight racism in the industry; Editors at top US publications quit over the workplace culture; And some of Britain?s favourite comedies are pulled from streaming sites.

Joining Olly Mann is senior broadcast journalist at Radio 1?s Newsbeat, Louise Ridley, chief content officer at Somethin' Else, Steve Ackerman and the editor of Newsweek International, Alex Hudson.

On today?s show: Spotify signs Joe Rogan to boost its podcast offering; BBC freelancers fight for COVID-compensation; Emily Maitlis in the dock for a Newsnight intro and Bauer rebrands 49 local radio stations.

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Joining Olly Mann: Podcaster and deputy editor of Pilot TV, Boyd Hilton, presenter of the BBC?s Woman?s Hour and Fortunately, Jane Garvey and broadcast consultant and director of Listen

Joining Olly Mann in this edition, recorded on Thursday 30th April, are Professor Emeritus of Journalism at City University, Lis Howell, international editor of Deadline, Jake Kanter CNN?s media and entertainment reporter Frank Pallotta.

On today?s show: Harry and Meghan break up with the British tabloids, Disney?s coronavirus response threatens to damage the reputation of The Mouse, and Channel 4 try to woo advertisers with free use of their creative team. And in the Media Quiz, we play ?HBO or NO?? with the fresh shows landing on the latest big streaming launch.

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Media industry news and gossip presented by Olly Mann with guests radio and podcast critic for The Observer, Miranda Sawyer, LBC host Iain Dale and senior analyst at Edelman and host of the ?Primarily: 2020? podcast, Karin Robinson.

On today?s show: The rise of pandemic podcasting, what we lose if we lose the Jewish Chronicle, why The Telegraph is shunning China?s money and Ofcom?s feathers are ruffled as London Live and ITV air baseless covid-conspiracies.

Plus, the Edinburgh TV festival goes digital and the audio industry offers funding for freelancers hit by the outbreak.

Olly Mann is joined by journalist and Channel 4 historian Maggie Brown and director of Creative Media Partners, Paul Robinson to survey the ever-changing media landscape.

This week: Newspapers fight coronavirus advertising blacklists, there?s a revival for BBC local radio, and could your broadband bill help fund the licence fee?

Plus, how sports media might retool for a world with no fixtures and a real time example of the pitfalls of remote recording.

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Jim Waterson (media editor, the Guardian), Rebecca Messina (digital editor, Immediate Media) and Matt Deegan (creative director, Folder Media) join Olly Mann to reflect on the media?s response to the global Coronavirus pandemic.

Including details of how broadcasters are changing their output to meet new demand; how the government?s relationship with the media has changed since the outbreak; how news of the pandemic reached Germany?s Big Brother house and the precariousness of being a freelancer in uncertain times.

Plus, in the Media Podcast Quiz, top tips for effectively working from home courtesy of the world?s most celebrated writers.

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Faraz Osman (managing director, Gold Wala) and Alex Hudson (deputy editor, Metro.co.uk) join Olly Mann to dissect the fortnight?s media industry news and gossip.

Toby Young puts your money where his mouth is in defence of free speech; Samira Ahmed settles with the BBC and Britain exits the Creative Europe Fund.

Karin Robinson and Steve Ackerman join Olly Mann for more media news and analysis including the government?s latest salvo against the BBC, Ofcom?s new powers over online harm, and how the death of Caroline Flack has thrown the nature of social media discourse into sharp relief.

Plus, the future of multi-lingual podcasts and the million-pound movie studio coming to *checks notes* Reading.

And, in the Media Podcast Quiz, how many Julians does it take to run a newsroom?

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Media news and analysis, this week with Deadline Hollywood?s International Editor Jake Kanter, media writer Maggie Brown and broadcast consultant Paul Robinson.

It?s all change at the top of The Sun as Victoria Newton becomes editor - with repercussions for the Sun On Sunday and at The Times. 

Also on the programme: Times Radio - that?s happening. Disney Plus reveals impressive numbers - as do the UK's national radio stations as the quarterly RAJARs are announced. 

AND in the media quiz, we discover the trends of yesteryear returning to our screens.

It?s all to come, in today?s Media Podcast.

Olly Mann is joined by podcaster and deputy editor of Pilot TV magazine, Boyd Hilton and the founder of Wakey Wakey TV, Deborah Coughlin.

This week?s top questions: Who?s in the frame to succeed Tony Hall as director general at the BBC? Who will step into Sandi Toksvig?s shoes on Bake Off; Will NBC?s new global TV news network threaten the dominance of rivals CNN and BBC World News? Should shorthand still be a required skill for journalists? And why is Victoria Derbyshire leaving our daytime screens?

Our annual predictions special is a glimpse into what 2020 has in store as The Media Podcast?s panel of industry insiders stroke their crystal balls to bring us prophecies for the year ahead in TV, radio, print and online.

Olly Mann with guests Faraz Osman (managing director, Gold Wala) and Karin Robinson (senior analyst at Edelman and host of podcast ?Primarily: 2020?).

On this week?s power panel are Jake Kanter (chair of the Broadcasting Press Guild), Lis Howell (Professor Emeritus at City University?s Department of Journalism) and Paul Robinson (director of Creative Media Partners).

The second instalment of the race to the Oscars, in partnership with MBI Media and Screen International. With Avengers: Endgame writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely sat down with Screen International to reveal how they approached writing the record-breaking superhero epic and their favourite moments from the movie.

After the Walt Studios Motion Pictures release became the highest-grossing film of all time with $2.8bn at the global box office, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely sat down to discuss their journey across the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The duo reveal how they approached writing the climactic instalment of the Infinity Saga ? the name given to the series that comprises the first 23 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

They also share their thoughts on awards recognition for superhero movies, the screenwriters who most inspire them and their relationship with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige.

To subscribe to future episodes, search for the Screen International Podcast, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotofy, Google Podcasts and a host of podcast apps. Screen International is a Media Business Insight company.

Olly Mann is joined by director of RadioTechCon Ann Charles and podcaster, deputy editor of Pilot TV magazine and the reason Olly?s wife still buys Heat, Boyd Hilton.

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In the first of Screen International?s awards season podcast series, Screen editor Matt Mueller is joined by features editor Charles Gant and joint managing director of Picturehouse Cinemas and Picturehouse Entertainment Clare Binns to discuss the kick-off to the 2019/20 awards season.

Who are the early front-runners in the major categories, how is the date change impacting the release schedule and can anything beat Parasite in the international feature film category?

Matt, Clare and Charles discuss the shorter window for capitalising on awards contenders this year following the US Academy?s decision to move the Oscar ceremony forward to February 9 and Bafta responded in kind, shifting to February 2 ? what ripple effect will that have on exhibitors, distributors and audiences?

Others topics include examining the contenders across all major categories that are making the biggest impression so far, and how the US Academy?s expanded international membership is exerting a stronger influence on the overall shape of nominations.

To subscribe to future episodes, search for the Screen podcast, which is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and a host of podcast apps. Screen International is a Media Business Insight company.

Maggie Brown, Steve Ackerman and Matt Deegan join Olly Mann for more media news and analysis, including how podcasts are helping Spotify grow their profits, can audio help the Mail dominate online news and where will Ben Cooper go after Radio 1?

PLUS Samira Ahmed and Ofcom give the BBC more headaches.

AND in the media quiz, we take a look at the first reviews for Apple TV?s original series.

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With Olly Mann, Renay Richardson (Broccoli Content) and Alex Hudson (Metro.co.uk).

Media industry insight, analysis and gossip presented by Olly Mann with guests Trevor Dann (secretary of AudioUK and presenter of the monthly roundtable editions of Radio Today), Karin Robinson (host of ?Primarily: 2020? and senior analyst at Edelman) and Faraz Osman, (managing director, Gold Wala)

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Media news and analysis, with Olly Mann and guests Rebecca Gillie (theweek.co.uk) and Maisie McCabe (Campaign Magazine).

In this bumper 'back to school' edition, the panel cover Channel 4 joining Sky?s Adsmart scheme, the BBC and FAANG attempt to halt the spread of disinformation online, and we remember the halcyon days of extravagant press trips.

PLUS, in the media quiz, we wave goodbye to some media stalwarts.

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In a special edition of the Media Business Podcast from this year?s Edinburgh Television Festival, podcast host and chief executive officer of Media Business Insight, Conor Dignam, looks at the best of the festival?s commissioning panels, to help indies get the right programme idea to the right people.

Boyd Hilton presents a special edition of The Media Podcast from the 2019 Edinburgh TV Festival with guests Cat Lewis (CEO, Nine Lives Media) and Jim Waterson (media editor, The Guardian).

The panel discuss the news and gossip from the annual TV shindig - including Dorothy Byrne?s powerful performance at the festival?s Listen

Olly Mann is joined by managing director of Gold Wala, Faraz Osman and founder of the Don?t Skip podcast network Christina Moore

The BBC goes pop with a brand new controller, the tabloids are rocked by a big legal settlement, and there?s more drama with the tax status of on-air talent.

Plus why you might be a celebrity without even knowing it (it?s all to do with your follower count) and can Channel 5 make money by going highbrow?

And in the Media Podcast Quiz, dead formats get the kiss of life as we play In With The Old.

We?ll be back in August with a special podcast from the Edinburgh TV Festival.

Media insight and analysis with Olly Mann and guests Iain Dale (LBC), Karin Robinson (senior analyst at Edelman and host of the podcast ?Primarily: 2020?) and Boyd Hilton (entertainment director at Heat magazine and host of PilotTV Podcast).

On this week?s show: Can Facebook?s new currency save its relationship with media companies? How rewriting the gender balance in ITV comedy writing and why the televised lie detector has been permanently unplugged. Plus news of another delay to the government?s ?porn block? legislation and there?s precinct predictions in the Media Podcast quiz.

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In this bonus episode of The Media Business Podcast we join Managing Editor of Broadcast?s Commissioner Index, Alexandra Zeevalkink, as she welcomes a panel of drama commissioners to the podcast.

Listen in to discover the pitch preferences and individual programming strategies of Lee Mason (Channel 4), Huw Kennair-Jones (ITV) and Philippa Collie Cousins (UKTV).

If you?re looking to get your drama show made by a broadcaster, then this podcast is for you!

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Olly Mann presents insight, analysis and gossip from the creative media industries recorded live at Podcast Day 2019. Olly?s guests this week are radio futurologist and editor of Podnews, James Cridland, and managing director of Somethin? Else, Steve Ackerman.

This week: The Obamas take up podcasting; Brexitcast transfers to TV; a change in Google?s search algorithm Listen

Radiodays Europe: Podcast Day ? the continent?s premier conference for the podcast industry ? is taking place at Kings Place on Thursday 13th June 2019.

Speakers include Brexitcast?s Katya Adler and Laura Keunsberg, George The Poet, Beef & Dairy?s Benjamin Partridge, plus representatives from Spotify, the BBC, NPR, The New Yorker.

To celebrate, The Media Podcast is giving you the chance to win win free entry (worth ?300) and the chance to witness Olly Mann recording the next edition of The Media Podcast at the event.

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Olly Mann and guests Jake Kanter (executive editor, Business Insider UK and Rebecca Gillie (TheWeek.co.uk) discuss the latest news from the creative broadcasting industries.

Screen International reports from the Cannes Film Festival in the second of our new Media Business Podcasts, brought to listeners monthly by Media Business Insight, the publisher of Screen International and Broadcast.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 disappears into the ether? Reality TV stars ask for more support from producers, and we preview the first slate of shows you (may) be watching on Apple TV+.

Plus, as always, the Media Podcast quiz.

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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 Listen

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 Bauer announce big changes to commercial radio with a flurry of press releases.

AND in the media quiz, it?s the return of our favourite game: Famous Last Words.

You can sign up for Caroline's new newsletter, The Listener, at thelistener.email

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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.

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.

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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 ?Love and Hate?.

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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 in particular at what it means for talent and studios and what it takes to win an Oscar these days. As a former president of Miramax and Buena Vista International, Battsek reflects on how awards season has changed over the years.

In the second part of the episode, we sit down with Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley from Number 9 Films, who will be honoured at this year?s Bafta film awards ceremony for their Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema. Producers of acclaimed features including Carol, Made In Dagenham and Colette, Karlsen and Woolley discuss what the Bafta honour means to them as independent producers, and what it?s like to navigate the awards season trail. It?s a journey that goes all the way back to 1992?s The Crying Game.

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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 social media stars receive a notification about product placement.

All that, and the Media Podcast Quiz, in this week?s edition of The Media Podcast.

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'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, Steve Ackerman, Rebecca Gillie and Faraz Osman.

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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.

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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, the panel talk Netflix?s new Roald Dahl commission, Paul Dacre?s parting shot at his old enemies at the Guardian... and in the Media Quiz, we test our pundits knowledge of the lighter stories of the week.

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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?

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 Dowler affected his attitude to doorstep interviews.

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 Listen

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).

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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 sharing this audio with our listeners. You can find more great sessions from this year on their YouTube channel.

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.

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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, Goldwalla) 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 his highlights of the festival, and in the Media Quiz, our guests try to spot the difference between real commissions and pitches we made up.

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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 Quiz, we guess people, places and things.

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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.

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 show.

AND in the Media Quiz, our guests match the pundit to the network in the battle of World Cup broadcasters.

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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 media?s attempts to promote gender equality are progressive or just plain patronising.

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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 a time in Zombieville), Represent Award (Davot Irving, Fran Reynolds, Dave Lavis, Liz Hall, Carousel Radio), Fiction (Ross Sutherland, Imaginary Advice), Entertainment (Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast), Best New Podcast (Maeve McClenaghan, The Tip Off), Comedy (Beef And Dairy Network Podcast, Benjamin Partridge), Current Affairs (The Foreign Desk, producers Bill Leuty, Joleen Goffin and presenter Andrew Mueller), Most Original (execs Becky Power & Nicola Borradaile, The Discovery Adventures, LandRover), Culture (The Two Shot Podcast, Craig Parkinson), Sport (Adam Catterall Nick Peet Mike Pickston), Best Interview (Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast), True Crime (Producers Neal Razzell, Emma Rippon and James Beard), and Podcast Champion (Helen Zaltzman). All in 26 minutes - blimey!

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?

Plus news from the BAFTA TV awards in this week?s Media Podcast Quiz.

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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 Quiz, we poke around the vaults of the BBC?s sound effects library to play ?What?s That Sound??.

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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 Radio Manchester, is radio in the UK losing its regional variations?

Olly Mann is joined by broadcast consultant Matt Deegan (Folder Media) and journalist Kieran Yates to dissect the week?s media news; how did the media fare in the gender pay gap revelations?

Also on the programme: our panel discuss Monocle?s intern woes, Disney?s lifeline for Sky News... and just who will be presenting this year?s MacTaggart keynote in Edinburgh. All that AND we crunch the numbers in our Media Quiz.

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In this bonus episode of The Media Podcast, radio consultant Paul Robinson reports from RadioDays Europe 2018 in Vienna.

Ultravox frontman Midge Ure tells Paul why radio stations wanted him to trim the length of Vienna; Daniela Linzer, programme director of Austria's national station Kronehit on the tough competition between public and commercial broadcasters in Austria; Director of BBC radio Bob Shennan on the switch off of FM broadcasting and Elvis Duran, breakfast show DJ on Z100 New York explains why he'll never hang up the mic and go into management.

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Media insight and analysis with host Olly Mann and guests LIs Howell and Alex Hudson. The panel hear from some of the guests at the RadioDays Europe conference in Vienna, and consider how the Cambridge Analytica story could change the way Facebook is regulated.  Also on the programme: can ITV?s Saturday Night Takeaway survive without Ant, who killed the NME, and why are the BBC having more presenter trouble.  

Broadcast consultant and Media Podcast regular Paul Robinson interviews Elvis Duran, longtime host of New York?s number one Breakfast show on Z100 about making radio friendlier, Daniela LInzer of Austria?s national station KRONHEIT on making the move to management, and Midge Ure on getting his songs on the radio.  Plus, Bob Shennan, Director of BBC Radio and Music, on the BBC's digital strategy and why it?s not yet time to turn off FM.

Finally, the Media Quiz brings you all the best stuff from the conference in the Good Ideas Game.

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Media news and analysis, this week recorded at the Guardian's Changing Media Summit. Olly Mann is joined by delegates to discuss some of the key trends in international media, as well as covering the big media stories of the week.

On the programme: Sam Baker (The Pool) and Matt Kelly (The New European) discuss the role of a partisan press in a digital age, as well as what the end of Leveson 2 means for Fleet Street. Buzzfeed's Jim Waterson gives his take on Comcast?s audacious bid for Sky TV, Jason Phipps (the Guardian) and Nicky Birch (Rosina Sound) discuss smart audio and Alexa, and Cindy Gallop discusses the responsibly of the advertising industry to shape the future of tech.

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Media insight and analysis, with Olly Mann and guests Paul Robinson and Nastaran Tavakolifar. The panel discuss the Guardian's new interactive storytelling for audio, as well as Twitter bringing a new approach to live video.

Also on the programme: Murdoch commits to Sky News for another decade, the BBC brings in the big guns to sell shows abroad, advertisers bail from the Daily Mail, and 'hey Siri,' the reviews are in on Apple's new HomePod.

Plus, in the Media Quiz, we play Blockbusters - you can hum your own theme tune.

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Media news and analysis, with Olly Mann guests Boyd Hilton (Heat magazine) and Rebecca Gillie (theweek.co.uk). The panel discuss the big stories of the week, including the news that Richard Desmond is (finally) poised to sell his paper empire, whilst purchasers Trinity Mirror face phone hacking victims in court.

We discuss those stories, plus Ian Katz's first moves at Channel 4, why 6Music might need a rejig of its own, the fallout from the BBC gender pay gap dispute... how podcasts are the future of advertising (sponsors - please get in touch)...

AND in the Media Quiz, we hold people to account for the words they use. Just like proper journalists.

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Media writer Maggie Brown and Somethin? Else managing director Steve Ackerman join Olly Mann to discuss the biggest stories of the week from the TV, radio, online and print industries.

This week: How competition concerns have scuppered the Murdoch family?s reach for the sky; New algorithms at Facebook are poised to reunite friends, but at what expense to media brands? And what future for original online journalism as staff are made redundant at Buzzfeed UK?

Plus, it?s a game of guess who in this week?s Media Podcast Quiz.

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Olly Mann is joined by top industry insiders to reveal their trends for the year ahead in tv, radio, print and online. Louise Ridley (Buzzfeed), TV producer Faraz Osman, Business Insider's Jake Kanter and Holden Frith and Rebecca Gillie from theweek.co.uk share their tips.

Also on the programme: we discuss the latest pay row at the BBC, the news that Radio 2?s new daytime schedule has an actual woman in it, and what the new Culture Secretary has in their in-tray.

PLUS we hold our guests to account for last year?s prognostications. How accurate were they?

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With investigative reporter Meave McClenaghan (The Tip Off), consultant Matt Deegan (Folder Media) and... whatever was left of the voice of Olly Mann. As Disney and Fox tie the knot, the panel debate what it all means for Sky News and for Murdoch?s print empire.

Also on the programme: Buzzfeed announce big cuts to its UK new operation, and awards season continues as we look at the winners of the British Journalism Awards.

Plus, we answer these questions: why is Apple investing in audio search technology? How will AI destroy our newsrooms? And can we go a whole podcast without mentioning the BBC?

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#84 - The Death of Soho, Audie Awards 2017 and Children?s Repeats - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann

News, analysis and gossip from the creative media industries with Olly Mann. This week Lisa Campbell (director, Edinburgh International TV Festival) and Paul Robinson (broadcast consultant) discuss what counts as a new production in children?s TV - how often can broadcasters repeat a show before the young audience cottons on?

Amid ongoing claims of harassment at Amazon Studios, will a $250m quest to adapt Lord Of The Rings pay off?

Plus: A rundown of the winners at the Audie Awards, the case for and against net neutrality and the pros and cons of cutting in Soho.

And there?s corectins and clrificaions - oops, that?s correction and clarifications - to be made in the Media Quiz.

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Iain Katz leaves Newsnight to take on the top job at Channel 4, former controller Jay Hunt announces she?s off to work for Apple... With careers spanning print to tv to online, what do these appointments say about the way the media is changing?

Also on the programme: as the Weinstein scandal moves to Westminster, we look at how UK newsrooms are attempting to drain the swamp, and we crunch ALL the numbers: from Bake Off to the latest RAJARs, via the Guardian?s big reveal on voluntary donations.

And in the Media Quiz, we play Location, Location, Location, Location.

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News and analysis from the creative industries with Olly Mann and guests James Ball (Special Correspondent for Buzzfeed UK), and Nastaran Tavakoli-Far (BBC World Service).

As male movie execs are outed, and more actors and presenters share their stories of harassment, our panel debate if this scandal will be the one that finally changes the culture of the entertainment industry?