Charlotte Henry is a journalist and broadcaster who creates and runs The Addition newsletter and podcast; an award-winning publication looking at the crossover of culture, media and sport.
Reaching to the Noughties, The Power of the Podcast Live Show
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Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. What's this? A newsletter on a Thursday? Yes! I thought that you might appreciate your second dose of independent media reporting and analysis earlier in the week, so I'm now going to publish on a Thursday instead of a Friday. Not that long ago, I revealed the strain hacks at Reach are under as their bosses impose ever more demanding targets on them. It’s all in the name of traffic. Of course. Since then, those bosses have been testing out yet another traffic driver and it all has a rather noughties feel to it - MSN. Yup, outlets like the Mirror and Daily Star are putting articles onto a network best known by Millenials for providing early instant messaging. Indeed, while Reach might be putting a particular emphasis on it internally, other publishers like the Guardian and Independent are doing the same. Go on… dare you to reveal your screenname… Seeing Your Favourite Podcast Live ShowIt’s a Tuesday evening in early December and I’m in church. This, for various reasons, is not exactly a regular occurrence for me. There is no service taking place though. Instead, the congregation is here to worship the stars of their favourite podcast. On a stage positioned near a lovely Christmas tree, Carl Miller, the host of "Kill List", and producers Caroline Thornham and Tom Wright, are being quizzed about murder-for-hire websites by Jamie Bartlett. Bartlett is, of course, the host of another wildly popular podcast - "The Missing Cryptoqueen". (If you haven’t listened to Kill List 1.) Do 2.) Listen to my conversation with Carl on The Addition Podcast.) Miller, Thornham and Wright got something approaching a rock star’s welcome when they came onto the stage. Never has being a podcast producer been so cool. The Union Chapel in Islington was packed, but it is a relatively small venue compared to some others that big-name podcasters have been appearing at recently. "The News Agents" hosts Jon Sopel, Emily Maitlis and Lewis Goodall have been at the Royal Albert Hall. Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell of "The Rest is Politics" went on tour across the UK at venues that include the 02 Arena in London.
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Charlotte Henry is a journalist and broadcaster who creates and runs The Addition newsletter and podcast; an award-winning publication looking at the crossover of culture, media and sport.
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Thank you for reading. If you know somebody else who would find this interesting, forward it on! [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition. Subscribe for Free From my Notebook This morning, we got the terrible news that media legend Danny Kelly had died, following illness. Amongst other things, Kelly edited NME and Q magazines. He later moved into footballing and presented...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover of culture, media and sport. Thank you for reading. If you know somebody else who would find this interesting, forward it on! [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition. Subscribe for Free There is so much going out on The Addition that I thought I'd bring back the weekend round-up, to make sure none of you miss anything. Let me know your thoughts. Enjoy the rest of your weekend! Beat Luke Littler Misses...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Thank you for reading. If you know somebody else who would find this interesting, forward it on! [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition. Subscribe for Free From my Notebook I headed to the British Library yesterday for the Spectator [a publication I sometimes contribute to] wealth tax debate. For was Novara Media founder and author Aaron Bastani. Against was Dr Arthur...