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‘Death knocks’ in 2023, Bob ‘Icebreaker’ Iger & newsrooms get scruffier

Ofcom assesses complaints against the press in the case of Nicola Bulley – Jamie East, creator of The Smart 7 news podcast, talks to Matt Deegan about how this story descended into true crime fervour.

February 24, 2023
Episode 87: Murdoch’s Sky Dream Falls Back Down To Earth; Hello Old Friends At Facebook; Goodbye Old Friends At Buzzfeed – The Media Podcast with Olly Mann

<![CDATA[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…

January 26, 2018
Episode 78 – Facebook Watch, The Week Junior & podcast poaching

<![CDATA[As Facebook launches a new video service, we ask if this heralds the return of *actual sound* to online video production. Media news and analysis, with broadcaster Olly Mann, Louise Ridley (Buzzfeed) and Matt Deegan (Folder Media). Felicity Capon, deputy editor of The Week Junior, talks to us about the success of the magazine, two…

August 11, 2017
Episode 71 – Full Fact on fake news, Simon Pearson on writing obituaries

<![CDATA[ We depart from the usual format this week to bring you two fascinating interviews about the craft of journalism: Mevan Babakar and Phoebe Arnold from Full Fact discuss the art of fact checking and its role in the digital age. Olly also talks to the obituaries editor of the Times, Simon Pearson, on how…

April 14, 2017
Episode 67: Zuckerberg’s State of the Union & New Threat to Whistleblowers

<![CDATA[Olly Mann is joined by media writer Maggie Brown and Folder Media’s Matt Deegan to discuss the latest media news. Facebook and YouTube consider the problems of identifying satire on their platforms, whilst Private Eye gets its best circulation figures EVER. Plus the panel reveal the latest radio winners and losers, changes at Channel 4…

February 17, 2017
BONUS: Fake News and the Fallout

<![CDATA[This week, we present a recent debate hosted by the Edinburgh International Television Festival in partnership with ITN (you can find the full video here). Jon Snow (Channel 4 News) welcomes a panel of experts to discuss the most pressing issue of our time: fake news. Brian Stelter, host of CNN’s Reliable Sources and their…

January 27, 2017
Episode 57 – What Lad Bible’s rise means for online video

<![CDATA[This week, Alex Hudson (metro.co.uk) and Lisa Campbell (Edinburgh International TV Festival) join Olly to discuss Lad Bible’s popularity with men on social media. Plus, a preview of all the best sessions from next week’s TV industry love-in in Scotland. Elsewhere on the programme: as Emma Swaine exits the BBC after 20 years our panel…

August 18, 2016

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