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: My Predictions for Q4 2025, The Future of Sports Media is FAST and Direct
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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, 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.] Summer is a weird time in media. It is (hopefully) quiet, but that doesn't stop the airwaves and newspaper pages having to be filled. This year, the British political press have not had much time to relax as protests and legal challenges against migrants being accommodated in hotels have sprung up in Epping, Essex and look likely to spread this bank holiday weekend. My Predictions for Q4 2025It’s the time of year when people are thinking ahead to Q4 2025 and how they can end their year on high. I’m certainly thinking about that for The Addition. With that in mind, I thought I’d share some predictions at the intersection of culture, media and sport for the coming three months. The usual caveats, namely that my predictions are generally terrible, apply:
It’s been a big couple of days in US sports media. ESPN has (finally) launched its full-fat streaming product, and Yahoo! Sports Network is live. The first is the only way (for Americans) to get the full ESPN experience without cable. The latter comes with 60 hours of original programming. The services are huge steps forward for both brands and tell us a lot about where sports media is now. People either want high-quality rights exactly what they want, when they want. Or they don’t want to pay.
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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. Thank you for having a Premium Subscription. [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition.] I’ve been a nerdy listener to BBC Radio 4’s The Media Show for years, so it was quite the thrill to be on it on Wednesday! I was in the studio to discuss the WBD takeover, the Christmas Radio Times and Meta’s step back from the metaverse. Listen here. I also have the cover story in the...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Thank you for having 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.] I was on BBC One this morning discussing the Golden Globes and my book, Wars. You can watch it below. Only one story in media-land this week. Premium subscribers get my full take!...
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