The Media Podcast with Matt Deegan Podcast
1) Kimmel's Return, YouTuber Mortgages & Bedtime Stories
With Disney and ABC facing the wrath of viewers, why are the big media beasts struggling with the second Trump presidency? Broadcaster and audio critic Miranda Sawyer looks back on another tumultuous ...Show More
2) LHF Ban, RTS Cambridge and FT Drama
Is the TV industry ready for the latest advertising restrictions? And why is radio set to profit from it? TV consultant Stephen Arnell joins us to explain more about the Less Healthy Food .Also on the...Show More
3) Are Journalists Now Influencers Too?
An online spat reveals a new truth about modern journalism. Alex Hudson, Editor-in-chief of Everything Popular is Wrong, takes a trip into Substack to investigate.Also on the pod: Lachlan Murdoch wins...Show More
4) Who’s Buying? Commissioners And Superindies In The Spotlight
Why are the superindies reluctant to spend on new ideas at the moment? Steven D Wright, journalist and TV producer tells us what’s going on.It’s about to get quieter in the audio sector too, with the ...Show More
5) Was This The Bitchiest TV Festival Ever?
Is Netflix indulging in ‘TV Tourism?’ And what does it mean? Should Channel 4 have broadcast their Bonnie Blue documentary? And why is a newspaper editor delivering the keynote at a room full of TV ma...Show More
6) Ofcom's Cristina Nicolotti Squires on PSB promience
Public service content should be findable on YouTube - so says media regulator Ofcom, in today's announcement of a public service media review.Cristina Nicolotti Squires speaks to Matt Deegan about tr...Show More
7) Wallace, BBC Studios Profits and Media's AI Future
Is the media industry too toxic for freelancers? Exec producer Rina Dayalji joins us to discuss the wider problems at the heart of the BBC’s Masterchef scandal.**SURVEY TIME** We need more info on our...Show More
8) Gay Times: Where Readers Become Investors
**SURVEY TIME** We need more info on our listeners and viewers to help improve the show. It takes 2mins and one lucky applicant will win a £50 John Lewis voucher. Take part as you listen...When the ad...Show More
9) BBC Gaza Row & YouTubers And Podcasters Seek New Status
Why do YouTubers and podcasters want government recognition? Tim Burrowes of Unmade Media joins us to discuss the perils of securing a mortgage as a digital creator - as well as the latest from MADFes...Show More
10) Beyond Google Search: Finding Today's Consumers
Can big tech be tamed? As the competition regulator tries to tweak Google’s algorithm, Mail Online’s SEO chief Carly Steven explains what the impact has been for her outlet.Also on the show: are verti...Show More