When Steve Lamacq needed a co-host for new BBC Podcast, The Rise and Fall of Madchester, it’s no surprise that Alison Bell received the call.

Alison has been at the heart of the city’s music scene for years, her PR office was next to Tony Wilson’s and Noel Gallagher invited her to watch his "brother’s band Rain” before they became a certain Oasis.

Even before that she found herself sharing a stage with Chaka Khan and hanging out at legendary Newcastle show, The Tube.

Still a major part of the city’s creative and cultural scene, she’s been handling the PR for the likes of the BRITS Fringe, MAD//North and Therme Manchester.

You can listen to The Rise and Fall of Madchester on BBC Sounds.

#Madchester #Oasis #BRITS #Manchester #Music #Creative #Culture #BBCSounds #BBC

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Today we are joined by entrepreneur, Simon Corbett, the founder of PR agency, Jargon Group, and Industry Insights Group.

Starting out in major agencies, Weber Shandwick, Edelman and Porter Novelli, Simon founded Jargon Group in 2009. He talks about how he’s grown it organically and through acquisitions to become a global player, with dozens of staff.

He explains the method behind buying other agencies and setting up offices in Los Angeles and UAE, as well as it’s Northern base in MediaCity.

Simon is also behind Industry Insights Group, a digital-first media business and we discuss the opportunities and challenges of being in publishing.

This week’s podcast is a real insight into growing at speed, staff culture, international business and how the Public Relations and Publishing industry are evolving.

#PR #Marketing #Publishing #Digital #Marketing #B2B #Podcast #Entrepreneur #MediaCity 

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Michael AJ Sheridan is a social media producer and broadcaster who’s worked with BBC, Netflix, Channel 4 and many more.

A University of Salford graduate, he explains how he hit the ground running (quite literally) on Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and The Voice. 

He talks to us about working in social media, a call with Netflix boss, Ted Sarandos and what happened when he asked the cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race for fashion advice.

We find out what it takes to work on campaigns for series like Stranger Things, Married at First Sight, Gladiators, Bridgerton and TOWIE, plus which show he’d really like to work on.

As well as all that, we discuss sustainability in the sector, as during his time at Channel 4, he chaired the broadcaster’s Climate Network, 4Earth.

It’s an impressive CV for someone who only graduated from Salford in 2019.

#StrangerThings #Netflix #RuPaul #MAFS #Gladiators #BBC #Channel4 #Bridgerton #BehindTheScenes #SocialMedia #Hollyoaks #TheVoice

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From negotiating pitches to GenAI, on today’s This Is MediaCity we talk to production director, Nigel Moore about some of the challenges and opportunities faced by indies.

Nigel and his team at Fuzzy Duck have been based at MediaCity for more than a decade and their client list includes the likes of United Utilities, National Trust and Chester Zoo.

So how do you maintain that success and what barriers have they had to overcome? We speak about that and also how they’ve continued to innovate to stay ahead.

All that and much more…

#Documentary #Film #Animation #PSG #Marketing #Advertising #UnitedUtilities #NationalTrust

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Channel 4 is looking to the future and how to make advertising on television available to companies of all sizes.

Mark Watts and his Manchester-based team say using new technology and artificial intelligence, they could turn around an ad in a day.

He argues that while there’s a lot of talk and headlines about advertising on digital, that television does something that they can’t do:

“Television delivers fame, it builds a brand and gives it trust and truth. More than social media can.”

He explains that advertising can be “transformative” for brands and take SMEs up a level.

On the podcast he also talks about the importance of being based in the nations and regions and building relationships with brands and agencies outside of London, to be more representative.

And the future of advertising, including a partnership with ITV and Sky.

#Channel4 #Advertising #SME #Marketing #SocialMedia #Digital #ITV 

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Whenever a cast member leaves, or a major storyline breaks in Coronation Street or Emmerdale, it’ll be Iain MacLeod’s name in the headlines.

With a 20 year career in soaps, Iain is now Creative Director of Continuing Drama at ITV and ITV Studios.

“I like the immediacy of it, it’s exciting, fast-paced and every day you’re making television.”

In this week’s This Is MediaCity he explains how a background in radio journalism still influences his work today.

Fresh from the success of CorrieDale, he’ll talk about how difficult it was to make and if this signalled future crossovers between the soaps.

The wide-ranging interview touches on his respect for Hollyoaks and its innovation; facing viewer criticism; and advice for those wanting a career in the industry.

“We want to be forward facing. We want to retain as much of Tony Warren’s DNA in the show as makes sense for the 21st Century and as much classic Emmerdale. We’ll keep pushing forward, but sensitively.”

And a little exclusive easter egg - will scriptwriters manage to insert a brand new word into Corrie?

#CoronationStreet #CorrieDale #Emmerdale #Soaps #Hollyoaks #Drama #MediaCity

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He’s worked on everything from the Eurovision Song Contest and Graham Norton to The Apprentice and Top Gear.

Sohail Shah is now the Managing Director of MediaCity’s King of Sunshine Productions, which has just had a big Channel 4 hit, with Nordic Train at Christmas.

He’ll tell us his inspiring story which started through a chance encounter at WH Smiths and led to appearing on a gaming show, and years later becoming Commissioning Editor at BBC Entertainment.

A very open and honest account of someone who “just loves television” and has made a hugely successful career from it.

“I think it’s hysterical. I don’t think 15 year old me would believe this is happening! Even now, I catch myself going ‘wow’.”

#TheApprentice #NordicTrain #Channel4 #BBC #MediaCity #Eurovision #GrahamNorton #TopGear #Television #Commissioning 

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He has one of the biggest jobs in UK media education and today, Dr Richard Jones joins us to talk all things media, journalism, sports and politics.

As Director of Broadcast Media, Film, Journalism, Politics and Contemporary History at Salford University, Richard is in a unique position to talk about everything from the future of news reporting to where next for Andy Burnham and the Labour Party.

We also examine how journalism has changed and how teaching of media has responded, plus the importance of football (and darts), whether cameras should be allowed in courts - and his favourite tipple.

"You want to be Amelia Dimoldenberg? That's great, but you've got to kind of, understand the basics of content production, of ethics and of law."

Richard worked for Sky, BBC, XFM and Smooth Radio before moving into academia.

#Media #Journalism #Politics #Sport #Salford #University #Education #Reporting 

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What do global Netflix hits Run Away and Fool Me Once have in common with Children in Need and The Voice?

They were all edited at MediaCity’s post production facility, dock10.

On this week’s podcast, we go behind the scenes with Commercial Manager, Jon Nunn, to see if he’ll spill some of the secrets behind the biggest shows on television.

Jon will explain what goes into the post production on major dramas, like Run Away from editing, to audio, colouring and visual fx.

He’ll also give us a sneak peek of what’s coming next…

#RunAway #FoolMeOnce #Dock10 #PostProduction #Studios #Editing #VFX #Dubbing #ChildrenInNeed #Salford #MediaCity #HarlanCoben

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BBC The Late Show host, Becky Want gets up early today to join us on the This Is MediaCity couch.

This is a podcast which covers it all, from how she’s won around her new national audience on the BBC, to the incredible way she got her first television job. 

Plus working with legends including Les Dawson, Caroline Aherne and many more.

Becky has been a mainstay of regional broadcasting for years, but The Late Show is her first network presenting gig. Airing on more than 30 regional BBC radio stations, she admits that it was a really tough position to take on, with opposition from listeners at the very start.

Since then though it’s thrived. So stand by for a conversation covering everything from retirement to what one of her guests did with custard.

#BBC #BeckyWant #BBCRadio #LateShow #CarolineAherne #LesDawson #PiccadillyRadio #Key103

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