Category: Steve Ackerman
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Episode 157 – ARIAs 2021; Amazon Buys Bond; Discovery And WarnerMedia Merge
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…
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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 137 – Spotify Podcasts; Freelancer Support; Bauer Radio Rebrands; Twitter Fact Checking
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.
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Episode 130 – Ofcom’s Online Oversight; BBC’s Future Fight; Hollywood Stars Make A Beeline For Berkshire
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.
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Episode 127 – 2020 Vision: Pundit Predictions Special
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. Some of our favourite contributors share their forecasts, including journalists Alex Hudson and Rebecca Gillie, audio…
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Episode 123 – Samira Ahmed vs the BBC, Daily Mail podcasts, Apple’s new TV shows
The Media Podcast with Matt Deegan 