Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between media tech and culture. Apologies for the late hour at which this newsletter reaches you. I've been at the Publisher Newsletter Awards. More on that on Thursday... Politico and media types like to smugly dismiss election debates, frequently claiming they don’t change very much. I’ve done it myself. Well, the events of the last few weeks have rather put paid to that notion. A disastrous performance from President Joe Biden confirmed many worries about him and started a chain of events that means he is now not seeking re-election. This decision, not unreasonably given its significance, caused a media frenzy. It was frantic, with every political commentator you can think of, and many you can’t, getting called by producers to Front pages, of course, covered with the story and now turn their attention to the apparent anointed successor, Vice President Kamala Harris. Read the whole article with a paid subscription. |
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I’m sure you all have dozens of newsletters in your inbox about Donald Trump and the election. Sorry… this is another one. Indeed, I decided to wait to publish until we knew the result. (I promise I’ll write about something else on Friday.) As I said the other day, there is only one story in town. You can read about the politics of the election elsewhere, and I’ll doubtlessly discuss it with my co-host Emma Burnell on this week’s House of Comments podcast episode. Here, though, I want to look...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. A quick programming note - I'm going to be back on the Daily Tech News Show this evening for the latest "Additional Conversations" segment. If you can't catch the show live at 4 pm ET/8 pm GMT, I'll be publishing that section on the Addition YouTube Channel and in my regular podcast feed. It's an incredible time of the year for US sports fans. The NFL is in full flow, the NBA is back, the NHL has begun and...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. From the Podcast Why Your Favourite Shows Dissapeared From Streaming Services – With Kelly Guimont Ever wondered where that show you really want to watch has suddenly gone? It is one of the great frustrations of our current media climate. Even worse, some movies and shows don’t ever make it to screens in the first place. I still can’t watch “Studio 60…” or “Sportsnight”, Kelly Guimont joins to discuss the...