Reaching to the Noughties, The Power of the Podcast Live Show


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 Show

It’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.

Read the full article, including insight from Esther Thorpe of Media Voices, with a paid subscription.

£50.00 / year

Paid Newsletter

Take out a paid subscription to The Addition for member-only newsletter containing extra insights and scoops about the... Read more

The Addition

Charlotte Henry is a journalist and broadcaster who creates and runs The Addition newsletter and podcast; an award-winning publication looking at the crossover between media and technology.

Read more from The Addition

Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Thank you for reading! Please consider upgrading to a paid subscription. By doing so, you get extra stories and support the growth of independent media. The Super Bowl is usually a major opportunity for media of all kinds to bring in serious ad revenue. However, Reach, the company that publishes the Daily Mirror, amongst others, seem to have somewhat limited themselves. Ahead of the game, Jack Benjamin at...

A football laying on a football field

Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Thank you so much for supporting my work by being a paid subscriber. There's lots more on Super Bowl LIX coverage below, but one thing in particular did make me laugh. The Fox cameras panned to Rupert Murdoch taking in the game at the New Orleans Superdome. Cue gushing from commentator Kevin Burkhardt, who expressed his excitment at seeing "the boss" sitting in the crowd. Sponsored by: 1440 News. Without...

white and gray round ceramic plate

Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Thank you so much for reading. If you want to support my work more, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Super Bowl Sunday! Radio Row! Taylor Swift! It's fair to say the hype has well and truly started for this Sunday's Super Bowl. In a repeat of 2023, the Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Kansas City Chiefs. We don't have the battle between the brothers narrative this time as Jason Kelce has...