Twitter has a revenue problem, and that problem is about to become your problem. Elon Musk, the site’s new owner and a man thrashing about in the oceanic depths looking for a life raft, has announced that the legacy verification system is ending in April. Blue ticks — the site’s…

I can’t pinpoint exactly the moment when I started to fear technology. It might have been the first time an AI forced my entire professional career to flash before my eyes, but it might have been earlier. As someone working in digital media, I’ve been conscious of a hunger within…

This is a new series of quick, simple lessons in podcasting. I’m calling it Podcasting 101 and if I don’t do any more of these, don’t hold it against me. But I’ll try to. …

Readers of my blog are located all over the world, and only a portion will be firsthand consumers of the BBC, here in the UK. But you all know it, even if you don’t realise it. Some of the broadcaster’s most famous international shows include Doctor Who, The Office, Sherlock…

This blog first appeared on my newsletter, Future Proof, so please do subscribe there to get stuff early — and straight to your inbox Another day, another dollar. Another dollar, another design change. This week it was the turn of Spotify to announce a dramatic overhaul of their user interface…

This blog first appeared on my newsletter, Future Proof. Don’t be a fool: subscribe now — for free or, better yet, paid — and get stuff like this early! For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been mulling over the question: is Spotify a good bellwether for podcasting? The reason…

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Another day, another major publication pouring cold water on the long-term viability of the podcast industry. Yesterday, it was the turn of the New York Times to publish an article titled “Podcast Companies, Once Walking on Air, Feel the Strain of Gravity”. …

I don’t often write blogs where I talk about how to make better podcasts. And that’s not least because I know that not everything I’ve ever made is brilliant. There are producers who output a few hours of content, at most, per year, but what they make is so exquisite…