Category: Olly Mann
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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 147 – The Audio Adventures of Harry & Meghan
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…
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Episode 146 – TV News Wars; Prison Radio success; Is Strictly Thrifty?
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…
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Episode 145 – BBC Revisits Diana’s Panorama Interview; Graham Norton Swaps Radio 2 for Virgin; Piers Morgan’s Ministerial Drought Ends
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…
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Episode 144 – USA Elections; Johnny Depp vs The Sun; BBC Social Media Guidelines vs Pride; The Legacy of Robert Fisk
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…
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Episode 143 – Quibi Calls It Quits; Telegraph Sub-Editors Return Home; Far-Right Tattoos Sink Woodworking Format
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…
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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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Episode 141 – Sir Harold Evans; Radio 1 Dance; Apple News Today; Edinburgh TV Festival 2020
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’…
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Episode 140 – Times Radio Goes On Air; Media Job Losses; Facebook Boycott
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…
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Episode 139 – Daily Mail Outshines The Sun; Journalists And Political Unrest; TV Diversity Boost
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…
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