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"What happened to YouTubers?": young men, power, and how to save them
Captain Cook, arriving in New Holland (the 18th century name for what is now Australia) in 1770, remarked in his journal of the strange equanimity of…
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Vertical Insanity: how the UK press is reshaping in strange ways
I’ve been on holiday the past week in Italy, so have been scrabbling like a madman, before and after, to catch-up on work.
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September 2024

Telegram and the "publisher" double standard
ALSO: The Spectator, finally, finds a buyer
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August 2024

Taylor Swift's American Dream (of global domination)
ALSO: SERIAL AT 10
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The Death of a Cinema
Is there any way back for the common or garden British high street cinema?
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July 2024

Follow Inflation: the circle that digital media needs to square
Are we all following too many account?
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June 2024

New York Times podcasts, Hot Ones & Dr Disrespect
Is the podcast industry separating into two tiers? Is Hot Ones over priced? Do streamers need to be ankle-tagged?
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May 2024

Podcasting in the great election year, 2024
ALSO: Let me buy you a drink
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April 2024

YouTubification is coming for all of the media
As someone working in professional podcasting, I routinely have clients asking me what the big podcast platforms are.
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March 2024

What an award-winning podcast taught me about podcasting
Six people with Parkinson’s walk into a pub — no, it’s not a joke.
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Storm in a Coffee Cup: is Pret at the vanguard of the new subscription wars?
There’s a chance that if you, unlike me, are based outside of the UK, you won’t even have heard of Pret a Manger.
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The Oscars kept the challenges of the cinema industry from from sight
ALSO: RIP VICE.
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