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.
Weekend Round-Up: Apple vs the Government, Media's Mixed Start to 2025
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Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. This is a weekend round-up of the stories I've covered over the last few days. If you have a premium subscription, thank you! If not, why not upgrade now?! It means you get even more content AND the satisfaction of supporting the growth of independent media! [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition.] Late last night I realised, to my shame, that I'd missed my own birthday. Not, my personal one, but the launch of The Addition. Even worse! I announced the launch on February 24, 2022 and published the first proper newsletter on February 28, 2022. After a quick rebranding in March, The Addition was born and is now three years old. I am so grateful to all those who have supported this work along the way, be they readers, advertisers, sources or encouraging friends. I love making The Addition and hope to do so for a long time to come. As a (belated) birthday thank you, for the next three weeks I'm offering 30% off a premium subscription for your first year. You get extra insight into the crossover of culture, media and sport, I get to keep the show on the road. Everyone's a winner!
Apple, and the Media, Win Legal Battle With UK GovernmentThe UK government has lost its bid to keep a legal battle with Apple private. The UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal rejected the case, which was on behalf of Home Secretary Yvette Cooper. In a ruling published Monday, the specialist court said that conducting proceedings essentially in private “would have been a truly extraordinary step to conduct a hearing entirely in secret without any public revelation of the fact that a hearing was taking place. That would be the most fundamental interference with the principle of open justice.”
Media and a Mixed Start to 2025Given a quarter of the year has gone, I thought it would be good to analyse how the media has performed so far in 2025. The timing seems apt given much of the industry is Generally, the trends from 2024 have continued so far. Niche publications are doing well alongside some big names benefiting from the political chaos in the world - have CNBC and Bloomberg ever been so popular?! And everyone has a newsletter and/or podcast. (Please do check out The Addition Podcast and House of Comments wherever you get your podcasts.)
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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 between media and technology.
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. This is a weekend round-up of the stories I've covered over the last few days. If you have a premium subscription, thank you! If not, please consider upgrading to a premium subscription. I'm offering 30% off right now. It means you get even more content AND the satisfaction of supporting the growth of independent media! [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition.]...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. This is a weekend round-up of the stories I've covered over the last few days. If you have a premium subscription, thank you! If not, please consider upgrading to a premium subscription. It means you get even more content AND the satisfaction of supporting the growth of independent media! [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition.] Megyn Kelly Enters a Brave New World I have...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. This is a weekend round-up of the stories I've covered over the last few days. If you have a premium subscription, thank you! If not, please consider upgrading to a premium subscription. It means you get even more content AND the satisfaction of supporting the growth of independent media! Did the Media Pass the COVID-19 Lockdown Test? On March 23, 2020, then-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson looked down the...