The Media Podcast with Matt Deegan

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The Media Podcast with Matt Deegan episodes:

04.19.2024
A Factual Funding Crisis & Joe Lycett's Churnalism
The BBC has been criticised this week by MPs for their plans to move production across the UK in a project, the broadcaster calls 'Across the UK'. The corporation are also planning on introducing performance related pay for some of...
04.12.2024
Special: How To Prepare For A General Election
Execs from several newsrooms come together to debate how to cover the next general election in this brave new world of AI, deep fakes and partial broadcasting. Media news and analysis with Matt Deegan. We speak to Sam Woodhouse, the...
04.05.2024
C4 Scopes In-House Production, BBC In Flux, MIPTV London
How does Channel 4 plan to run its own production arm? And how long does the BBC have in its current form? Matt Deegan is joined by Dr Jon Wardle (NFTS) and broadcast consultant Ann Charles to digest the week’s...
03.29.2024
Live in LA! Podcast Movement: Evolutions 2024
Matt Deegan is in LA this week for this annual podcast industry event, talking to the great and good of the US podcast scene. Tom Webster discusses the need to persuade media buyers that podcasting is the safest bet in...
03.22.2024
BBC Radio... with Ads? What It Means For The Audio Sector
Is the BBC planning to take ads in the UK? We look into a curious story from The Times this week, and its implications for British audio businesses. Independent media news and analysis, with guests Alex Farber (The Times), Faraz...
03.15.2024
Kategate, Telegraph Deal Unravels, UKTV vs AI
What does this latest photoshop faux pas tell us about media consumers and levels of trust in the media? Matt Deegan is joined by Charlotte Tobitt (Press Gazette) and Rebecca Cooney (Broadcast) to discuss the major media news of the...
03.08.2024
A Bad Week for Talk TV & GB News, Popbitch deep dive
As Talk TV moves online and GB News reveals dire finances... we look back at the health of the start-up news channels. Media news and analysis, with Matt Deegan and guests Jake Kanter (Deadline) and Chris Lochery (Popbitch). Also on the...
03.01.2024
AI vs Studios, Radio 3 Upheaval, Vice Era Ends
Should we stop building studios? In the wake of the latest AI developments, that’s what Tyler Perry is doing. But is he right to do so? Media news and analysis with Jane Ostler (Kantar) and Professor Lis Howell (City University). Also...
02.23.2024
Broadcasting Press Guild at 50, All3Media Sale, News Mags Dip
As the Broadcasting Press Guild celebrates 50 years of service, we bring together some board members to discuss the future of the sector. Media news and analysis, with guests Caroline Frost (Radio Times) and media writer Kate Bulkley. Also on the...
02.16.2024
The Morning After: Why A Good Superbowl Masks Paramount's Problems
The Superbowl was big this year. Really big... but not big enough to beat an economic crisis. We look at the issues at Paramount, with broadcast consultant Paul Robinson & media writer Scott Bryan. Also on the programme: Channel 4 pushes...
02.09.2024
Launches Galore: BBC Stations, Freely and Sports Agents
This week Matt Deegan is joined by Senior Director of Strategy at Edelman UK, Karin Robinson and head of Radio Techcon Ann Charles. this week the BBC has announced a slate of new stations, UK broadcasters have clubbed together and...
02.02.2024
RAJAR, Blue Peter and Channel 4 Cuts
This week on The Media Pod, Matt Deegan is joined by Gold Wala's Faraz Osman and Adam Bowie to take you through the weeks media news. This week the panel discuss the changes at Channel 4 and what the future...
01.26.2024
Are We Ready For An Election?
There’s history repeating itself at The Telegraph as another government probe is launched, and the minister who commissioned it firing rounds at the BBC. Is the media industry ready for an election year? Media news and analysis with guests media...
01.19.2024
Mirror Editor Goes, Post Office Dramas & Hopes For Local News
On the agenda this week: the editor of the Daily Mirror quits, amid swingeing cuts at Reach. Is the paper in serious trouble? Media news and analysis with host Matt Deegan and guests Chris Curtis (editor, Broadcast Magazine), Alex Farber...
01.12.2024
Media Predictions 2024
In our EIGHTH annual predictions special, Matt Deegan welcomes the UK's finest media commentators to discuss the media trends for this year - and to account for last year. On the table is the predicted growth of audiobooks, potential job cuts...
12.15.2023
Netflix Global Stats Unveiled, Zucker Eyes All3Media
What does All3Media have in common with The Daily Telegraph? Both may soon be in the hands of Jeff Zucker in billion dollar buyouts. Meanwhile it feels like Samir Shah is already BBC Chair, as he weighs into the latest...
12.08.2023
Samir Shah takes BBC Chair, Spotify cuts & a Premier League win
The BBC have a new chair - and a new licence fee settlement. Media news and analysis with Broadcast writer Rebecca Cooney and Adam Bowie. Also on the programme: how did they make Planet Earth 3? The creative director of the...
12.01.2023
Telegraph saga, Newsnight trim and Bauer re-brand
On the show this week we’re joined by head of commercial marketing at Bauer, George Butler and media writer Tara Conlan to discuss when should governments interfere with the media? Never, according to Jeff Zucker who insists Abu Dhabi will...
11.27.2023
Marcus Ryder MBE: "We are all just one commission away..."
More from our interview with Marcus Ryder MBE, where the head of the Film & TV Charity discusses the need to move away from the freelancer model, his work for the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity, and why...
11.24.2023
Freelancer Appeal, Top Gear “Rested” & TikTok Pranks
Who’d work in TV? With reports of lowering safety standards and financial hardship are on the rise, Matt Deegan speaks to Marcus Ryder MBE about a new Christmas appeal by the Film and TV Charity. Content warning: mention of suicide. Also...
11.17.2023
TV Investment Threatened, Commissioning Hopes Rise & Jamie Laing’s Podcast Empire
How dependent is the UK on the streamers and Hollywood? MPs have been hearing the evidence - and so have guests Ella Sagar (The Media Leader) and Jake Kanter (Deadline). Also on the programme: Channel 4 say they are “picking up...
11.10.2023
Reach Cuts & Vorders Breaks Lineker's Law
Reach announces layoffs of almost 10% of their staff - but can they cut their way to growth? Media news and analysis, with Megan Carver (Carver PR) and Jamie East (DMGT Media). Also on the programme: BBC Studios enters the audio...
11.03.2023
Return Of The Media Bill, Boris on GB News & Radio Gaza
The Media Bill is back - but what’s changed? Matt Deegan is joined by media writer Maggie Brown and Heat Magazine’s Boyd Hilton. Also on the programme: Boris Johnson heads to GB News; Jess Brammar to the top table at the...
10.27.2023
Who Will Buy The Telegraph?
The auction to buy the Telegraph Media Group is officially on - but will it be derailed before a buyer is found? Media news and analysis, with guests journalist James Ball and Ann Charles (Radio TechCon). Also on the programme: fifty...
10.20.2023
MIPCOM, Doctors and a guide to sensitive broadcasting
It’s Mipcom Cannes and, no, we’re not live from the beach... but we’ll still run you down all the TV gossip and things you need to know, as Matt Deegan is joined by broadcaster and writer Iain Dale, and Insights...
10.13.2023
The End of Newsnight? Paper domination and YouTube's pod move
Is the end nigh for Newsnight? Ratings continue to slide, budgets about to be cut, and they’ve just lost their editor. So what's next for the flagship news show? Media news and analysis with Alex Hudson (Newsweek) and broadcast consultant...
10.06.2023
BBC Radio Fire Sale, Ai PUB(lisher) Crawl and Spotify Audiobooks
Sony Music’s podcast division is actively divesting itself of the majority of its BBC shows. Media news and analysis with host Matt Deegan and guests, Gold Wala founder Faraz Osman, Chloe Straw from trade body Audio UK and City University...
09.29.2023
British Podcast Awards 2023
Matt Deegan and Ollie Peart are at podcasting's biggest party to chat to the winners of the British Podcast Awards 2023 - including interviews with Radio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya, The News Agents' Emily Maitliss, Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall,...
09.22.2023
Rupert Steps Back, Toxic Brand and RTS roundup
Rupert’s gone, and Lachlan wins Succession - Matt Deegan looks back over seven decades of Murdoch Senior’s media empire, with Charlotte Tobitt (Press Gazette) & Chris Lochery (Popbitch). Plus: the media’s twisted relationship with Russell Brand. From Sachsgate to Dispatches... will...
09.15.2023
Amazon Bets The Farm, Osborne's Power Pod & the Changing Face of PR
Clarkson’s Farm is back - but should it be? Ed Balls and George Osborne team up for their new show - but has the expert podcast bubble burst? Media news and analysis with journalist Adam MacQueen (Private Eye) and media...
09.08.2023
Mark Thompson's 'To Do'List, Marketers v Consumers, Goodbye Facebook News
Why do marketers love digital so much, when consumers prefer OOH? Jane Ostler is here to unpack the findings from Kantar's Media Reactions 2023, with host Matt Deegan and Talented People’s Kimberley Godbolt. Plus: Mark Thompson is taking over at CNN...
08.25.2023
Edinburgh International TV Festival 2023
How risky can broadcasters afford to be? With freelancers in real trouble and commissions slowing down, this year's Edinburgh International TV Festival has been a flurry of debate and tension. Matt Deegan is joined at the conference by Deadline's Jake...
08.02.2023
A RAJARs special
Not for the feint-hearted, radio buffs Matt Deegan and Adam Bowie discuss the shift in radio listening following Ken Bruce's move from Radio 2 to Greatest Hits Radio - up almost 2m year on year. Plus, we hear from Gary...
07.14.2023
BBC v The Sun, RTÉ Barter Woes, Labour take on the press
Huw Edwards, the BBC and The Sun... has anyone had a good seven days? Media news and analysis with host Matt Deegan and guests, editor and columnist, Omar Oakes, and The New European’s, Matt Kelly. Meanwhile, in Ireland - RTÉ faces...
07.07.2023
Threads Launches, Clarkson vs IPSO, City AM seeks buyer
Meta debuts Twitter-rival Threads, Ofcom investigates right-wing news channels... and IPSO deems Clarkson’s Markle column ‘sexist’. Media news and analysis with host Warren Nettleford and guests, writer Jane Ostler and broadcaster Scott Bryan. Also on the programme - City AM looks...
06.30.2023
Netflix vs the UK, Poaching Googlebox & A Farewell to National Geographic
Netflix challenges the draft Media Bill, National Geographic lays off the last of its staff writers, and ITV’s been sniffing around Channel 4’s Gogglebox. Media news and analysis with Matt Deegan and guests writer Miranda Sawyer and Endelman’s Karin Robinson. Also...
06.26.2023
Join us every Friday for the latest media news
Est. 2005. If you work in the media industry, this is your show: every Friday Matt Deegan speaks with a panel about the latest news and gossip across TV & streaming, radio & podcasts, press & social media. We are independent...
06.23.2023
ITV eyes up All3Media, HBO/Netflix deal & The New European celebrates Brexit (sort of)
ITV looks to swoop in on All3Media, we discuss what this could do for the broadcaster. Media news and analysis with Matt Deegan and guests Jake Kanter (Deadline) and Charlotte Tobitt (Press Gazette). Also on the show - HBO is selling...
06.16.2023
TV vs MPs, Tackling Tate & the Top 10 News Pods Revealed
With BBC and ITV bosses facing MPs this week and on the ropes, we ask what they can do to regain control of the narrative. Media news and analysis with Matt Deegan and guests Prof. Lis Howell & Farah Jassat...
06.09.2023
Licht exits CNN, Telegraph for sale, EU v AI
Media news and analysis with Matt Deegan and guests Faraz Osman (Gold Wala) and media journalist Ellie Kahn. Hello and welcome to The Media Podcast - I’m Matt Deegan. On the show today: Chris Licht is out! The CNN boss ends a...
06.02.2023
C4 payouts, paycuts and potential acquisitions
Channel 4 execs are in line for a big payout for warding off privitisation - but BECTU is not happy. Media news and analysis with Matt Deegan and guests Ann Charles (Radio Techcon) and media writer Maggie Brown. Also on the...
05.26.2023
The End of Phil & Holly, Cadwalladr's Hefty Bill & Podcast Show
Phillip Scofield leaves This Morning - what did for him? And how does the show steady the ship? Recorded this week at The Podcast Show in Islington’s Business Design Centre, Matt Deegan is joined by audio consultant Brett Spencer and Audio...
05.19.2023
BBC Verify, RAJARs... and where are all the unscripted shows?
The BBC announces a big investment in fact checking. But can BBC Verify stand up to the internet? Media news and analysis with Matt Deegan and guests Adam Bowie (BBC) and Ian Rumsey (ITN Productions). It’s RAJAR week - and it’s...
05.12.2023
Economic Slowdown, CNN & BBC Showdowns
Sony reduces its podcast spend, and ITV revenues are down - but are they the outliers in the advertising downturn? Media news and analysis, from Matt Deegan, Deadline’s Jake Kanter and Endelman’s Karin Robinson. Also on the programme: It’s Trump vs...
05.05.2023
Writers' Strikes, Vice On The Brink, Farewell Richard Sharp
The US writer’s strike - what does it mean for the UK industry and its viewers? Media news and analysis with Matt Deegan and guests Jim Waterson (the Guardian) and media writer Scott Bryan. Vice news is on the brink -...
04.28.2023
Tucker v Fox, MIPTV & yet more journos axed
A wave of big names leave US TV - is the MeToo movement finally cutting through in television? Media analysis, this week with Charlotte Tobitt (Press Gazette), John Elmes (Broadcast) and media writer Kate Bulkey. Also on the show: all the...
04.21.2023
Bye-bye Buzzfeed News, Fox & Dominion Settle, plus Shalini Govil-Pai on Google TV
This week coming to you this week from The London Podcast Studios, host Matt is joined by Jane Ostler (VP Global Thought Leadership, Kantar) & Alex Hudson (Exec Editor Newsweek). Our pundits share their reactions to the Buzzfeed News shut down. We...
04.13.2023
Succession spoilers, Elon vs BBC & Global invests in Glasgow
This week coming to you this week from The London Podcast Studios, host Matt is joined by Ann Charles (Radio TechCon) and Faraz Osman (Gold Wala Productions) to tackle the latest industry headlines. We find out why Global is investing in...
03.31.2023
ARIAs, Radio Days Europe & RadioGPT
Host Matt brings you the gossip and backstage chatter LIVE from the 2023 Audio & Radio Industry Awards Nominations! Fresh from Radio Days Prague, Rebecca Grisedale-Sherry (Freelance Audio and Digital Producer) and Paul Des (Greatest Hits Radio Presenter & Exec Producer...
03.24.2023
BAFTA TV rundown, streaming slowdown & TikTok's troubles
This week a telly special, coming to you this week from The London Podcast Studios. TV Critics Scott Bryan (Must Watch Podcast) and Boyd Hilton (Pilot TV Podcast, Heat Mag) unpack the TV BAFTA nominations and assess reports of a streamer...

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The Media Podcast with Matt Deegan episodes:

A Factual Funding Crisis & Joe Lycett's Churnalism

Special: How To Prepare For A General Election

C4 Scopes In-House Production, BBC In Flux, MIPTV London

Live in LA! Podcast Movement: Evolutions 2024

BBC Radio... with Ads? What It Means For The Audio Sector

Kategate, Telegraph Deal Unravels, UKTV vs AI

A Bad Week for Talk TV & GB News, Popbitch deep dive

AI vs Studios, Radio 3 Upheaval, Vice Era Ends

Broadcasting Press Guild at 50, All3Media Sale, News Mags Dip

The Morning After: Why A Good Superbowl Masks Paramount's Problems

Launches Galore: BBC Stations, Freely and Sports Agents

RAJAR, Blue Peter and Channel 4 Cuts

Are We Ready For An Election?

Mirror Editor Goes, Post Office Dramas & Hopes For Local News

Media Predictions 2024

Netflix Global Stats Unveiled, Zucker Eyes All3Media

Samir Shah takes BBC Chair, Spotify cuts & a Premier League win

Telegraph saga, Newsnight trim and Bauer re-brand

Marcus Ryder MBE: "We are all just one commission away..."

Freelancer Appeal, Top Gear “Rested” & TikTok Pranks

TV Investment Threatened, Commissioning Hopes Rise & Jamie Laing’s Podcast Empire

Reach Cuts & Vorders Breaks Lineker's Law

Return Of The Media Bill, Boris on GB News & Radio Gaza

Who Will Buy The Telegraph?

MIPCOM, Doctors and a guide to sensitive broadcasting

The End of Newsnight? Paper domination and YouTube's pod move

BBC Radio Fire Sale, Ai PUB(lisher) Crawl and Spotify Audiobooks

British Podcast Awards 2023

Rupert Steps Back, Toxic Brand and RTS roundup

Amazon Bets The Farm, Osborne's Power Pod & the Changing Face of PR

Mark Thompson's 'To Do'List, Marketers v Consumers, Goodbye Facebook News

Edinburgh International TV Festival 2023

A RAJARs special

BBC v The Sun, RTÉ Barter Woes, Labour take on the press

Threads Launches, Clarkson vs IPSO, City AM seeks buyer

Netflix vs the UK, Poaching Googlebox & A Farewell to National Geographic

Join us every Friday for the latest media news

ITV eyes up All3Media, HBO/Netflix deal & The New European celebrates Brexit (sort of)

TV vs MPs, Tackling Tate & the Top 10 News Pods Revealed

Licht exits CNN, Telegraph for sale, EU v AI

C4 payouts, paycuts and potential acquisitions

The End of Phil & Holly, Cadwalladr's Hefty Bill & Podcast Show

BBC Verify, RAJARs... and where are all the unscripted shows?

Economic Slowdown, CNN & BBC Showdowns

Writers' Strikes, Vice On The Brink, Farewell Richard Sharp

Tucker v Fox, MIPTV & yet more journos axed

Bye-bye Buzzfeed News, Fox & Dominion Settle, plus Shalini Govil-Pai on Google TV

Succession spoilers, Elon vs BBC & Global invests in Glasgow

ARIAs, Radio Days Europe & RadioGPT

BAFTA TV rundown, streaming slowdown & TikTok's troubles