The Media Club with Matt Deegan
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Media news from the UK, looking at television production, streaming, radio, audio, journalism, the internet, publishers and more. Each week expert analysts and media practitioners join the host, media consultant Matt Deegan, to talk about the top media stories and work out what it means for the sector and the people in it.Recent experts have included Broadcast's Rebecca Cooney and Chris Curtis, The Guardian's Michael Savage, Deadline's Jake Kanter, the Press Gazette's Charlotte Tobitt, Ankler's Manori Ravindran, plus writers Tara Conlan, Scott Bryan, Jane Martinson, Jim Waterson and Boyd Hilton. Our industry practitioners have included Expectation's Peter Fincham, Gold Wala's Faraz Osman, Multitude's Will Wood, Nest's Derek Drennan, BBC Radio 3's Sam Jackson, Persephonica's Dino Sofos, City AM's Christian May, ITN's Lisa Campbell and Daily Mail's Jamie East.Find out more at https://www.themediaclub.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 25, 2020 • 1h
#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’ 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. And in The Media Podcast Quiz we celebrate the winners of the ‘Pand-Emmys’ - the first major industry awards show since the start of the pandemic.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production. Produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 10, 2020 • 55min
#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 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.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production. Produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 26, 2020 • 50min
#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 Mail outshines the Sun as Britain’s biggest selling paper, and is the risk to journalists covering civil unrest on the rise?Plus, we discover why, 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.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production. Produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 12, 2020 • 56min
#138 - Equality in Audio Pact; Tim Davie named BBC DG; Journos out, AI in at MSN
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.Plus, the BBC gets a new director general and MSN discovers the downside of letting artificial intelligence run its newsroom.And in the Media Podcast Quiz, we Play Your Cards Right.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production. Produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 30, 2020 • 1h 1min
#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.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.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production. Produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 15, 2020 • 47min
#136 - Buzzfeed Layoffs; BBC Four For The Chop; Murdoch Misses His Bonus
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 RadioTechCon, Ann Charles.This week: Buzzfeed’s London staff go in search of new jobs, TV productions turn their hand to socially-distanced shooting and is BBC Four on the chopping block?Plus, Helen Thomas takes the reins at Radio 2 and in the Media Podcast Quiz, as Richard and Judy’s Book Club returns to save us from lockdown purgatory we play Beat The Bookshelf.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production. Produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 4, 2020 • 55min
#135 - Harry & Meghan's Tabloid Breakup; Disney’s Virus Response; C4's Free Creativity
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.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production. Produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 18, 2020 • 58min
#134 - The JC in Liquidation; Listening Habits in Lockdown; Edinburgh TV Festival goes online
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.And in The Media Quiz, we wade through the weirdest shows in the Disney+ back catalogue.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production. Produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 3, 2020 • 35min
#133 - Newspapers fight corona ad blacklists; Sports pages with no sport; Streamlined radio schedules; BBC floats broadband licence fee idea
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.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production. Produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 20, 2020 • 38min
#132 - Pandemic Broadcasting, Remote Working and Freelance Precariousness
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.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production. Produced by Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
