Category: Jake Kanter
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Media Predictions 2023
Will Bezos return to Amazon? Will there be less rooms for mags at WHSmith? And will Channel 4 sell Horseferry Road this year? Yes, it’s our EIGHTH annual predictions special, looking into the media trends of 2023, with: Faraz Osman, Gold Wala Tara Conlan, Media journalist Maggie Brown, Media Writer and Channel 4 historian Dan…
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US Special: Murdoch dumps Trump, Twitter Chaos & Fenton Bailey’s take on Reality TV
Has Trump been dumped by Murdoch? In this week’s show, host Jake Kanter is joined by Karin Robinson (Edelman) and Alex Hudson (Newsweek) to dissect the US media landscape in the wake of the Midterms. Also in the programme, we discuss the news that Emma Tucker looks set to swap editing the Sunday Times for…
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Where next for Ch4? Outrage at media arrests, Gary Lineker & Tony Pastor on Goalhanger Podcasts
Gary Lineker and Tony Pastor, co-founders of Goalhanger Films and Podcasts, talk about their top-hitting shows and covering the upcoming Qatar World Cup.
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‘Cold fury’ at BBC local radio cuts, Amazon Music expands & Channel 4 turns 40
In this week’s show, Jake Kanter is joined by a line-up of radio buffs: Ann Charles (Radio TechCon), Trevor Dann (ex-BBC) and Adam Bowie (BBC World Service). The trio discuss cuts at the BBC, where local radio feels the pinch of the corporation’s licence fee freeze: is local radio vanishing? Dan Taylor-Watt (ex-BBC iplayer) joins…
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C4’s ray of hope; Will audio drama rise or fall? Plus Roger Bolton gives the BBC Feedback
Jake Kanter is joined by Maggie Brown (Channel 4 Historian) and James Cridland (Podnews Editor) to tackle the media headlines. Maggie gives her report on Channel 4’s future – has the sale gone cold? Plus, James Cridland unpacks Spotify’s situation in light of podcast cuts. Our guests also debate the future of audio drama: Is…
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Edinburgh International TV Festival 2022
Matt Deegan and the panel are in Edinburgh to unpack Emily Matilis’ MacTaggart lecture and the challenges on the mind’s of TV makers from indies to streamers.
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Episode 159 – C4 4 The Chopping Block? UK TV IN EU; Sony Buys Somethin Else;
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…
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Episode 151 – BBC Three back on TV; Roy Greenslade and the IRA; A New Home for New Scientist; C4 Drops Ant Middleton
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…
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Episode 148 – Media Podcast Predictions 2021
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…
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Episode 142 – Channel Four Sale, GB News Plans, BBC’s Oxbridge Problem, Local Newspapers Linked To Election Turnout
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…
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