Michael Savage
@michaelsavage.bsky.social
Media Editor for @theguardian.com. Likes ≠ endorsements, obv. Story? 👇👇👇
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The Observer, now owned by Tortoise Media, has launched its digital subscriptions and app today.
Digital from £12 a month.
Digital and print from £18 a month.
App on the app store, as of today.
Digital from £12 a month.
Digital and print from £18 a month.
App on the app store, as of today.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Observer, now owned by Tortoise Media, has launched its digital subscriptions and app today.
Digital from £12 a month.
Digital and print from £18 a month.
App on the app store, as of today.
Digital from £12 a month.
Digital and print from £18 a month.
App on the app store, as of today.
Things have changed a bit, but this - produced before The Ashes started - is basically perfect…
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Things have changed a bit, but this - produced before The Ashes started - is basically perfect…
That sound you hear is the Overton window being given an extension.
What a difference a decade makes.
What a difference a decade makes.
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
That sound you hear is the Overton window being given an extension.
What a difference a decade makes.
What a difference a decade makes.
Which institution is having the most spectacular civil war - the BBC or the Labour Party?
As ever with political scoops, @pippacrerar.bsky.social with big Labour news tonight.
Tomorrow’s Guardian:
As ever with political scoops, @pippacrerar.bsky.social with big Labour news tonight.
Tomorrow’s Guardian:
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Which institution is having the most spectacular civil war - the BBC or the Labour Party?
As ever with political scoops, @pippacrerar.bsky.social with big Labour news tonight.
Tomorrow’s Guardian:
As ever with political scoops, @pippacrerar.bsky.social with big Labour news tonight.
Tomorrow’s Guardian:
Sometimes it is worth stepping back and reflecting on what is going on in the media at the moment - the political environment and the disruption.
Imagine telling anyone a decade ago this would come from the Pentagon in 2025.
Imagine telling anyone a decade ago this would come from the Pentagon in 2025.
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Sometimes it is worth stepping back and reflecting on what is going on in the media at the moment - the political environment and the disruption.
Imagine telling anyone a decade ago this would come from the Pentagon in 2025.
Imagine telling anyone a decade ago this would come from the Pentagon in 2025.
Planet Earth having another totally normal one
October 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Planet Earth having another totally normal one
Currently the front page of the BBC News website. Fair to say they're leaning in to vertical video. They're v proud of it
October 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Currently the front page of the BBC News website. Fair to say they're leaning in to vertical video. They're v proud of it
GB News has taken the digital ID news well
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
GB News has taken the digital ID news well
GB News hits back - says Nandy must be mistaken in her view it pushes "political polemic" as news...
September 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
GB News hits back - says Nandy must be mistaken in her view it pushes "political polemic" as news...
Everyone focuses on the picture but can we talk about the text, which reads like it was written by someone who thinks they're funny but isn't funny...
September 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Everyone focuses on the picture but can we talk about the text, which reads like it was written by someone who thinks they're funny but isn't funny...
A win for Emma Tucker and the WSJ
September 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A win for Emma Tucker and the WSJ
Fast work on Wikipedia
September 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Fast work on Wikipedia
The decline on active metrics is real (maybe flatlining more now?) - there's a question on whether Bluesky is reliant on external events to create huge moments of growth.
But the company itself is realising its power might be in real engagement compared to X.
#bluesky
But the company itself is realising its power might be in real engagement compared to X.
#bluesky
September 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The decline on active metrics is real (maybe flatlining more now?) - there's a question on whether Bluesky is reliant on external events to create huge moments of growth.
But the company itself is realising its power might be in real engagement compared to X.
#bluesky
But the company itself is realising its power might be in real engagement compared to X.
#bluesky
NEW: The BBC has hired a senior Meta exec to oversee its AI plans.
Anjali Kapoor was most recently Director for Media Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region for Meta.
Big tech comes to the beeb.
Anjali Kapoor was most recently Director for Media Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region for Meta.
Big tech comes to the beeb.
July 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
NEW: The BBC has hired a senior Meta exec to oversee its AI plans.
Anjali Kapoor was most recently Director for Media Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region for Meta.
Big tech comes to the beeb.
Anjali Kapoor was most recently Director for Media Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region for Meta.
Big tech comes to the beeb.
So something's happened to Sacha Baron Cohen... 🤯
July 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
So something's happened to Sacha Baron Cohen... 🤯
My favourite episode:
There’s a good argument Sleepytime is the best self-contained 7mins of telly ever made.
Special mention for Escape.
But I’m a Rug Island man…
There’s a good argument Sleepytime is the best self-contained 7mins of telly ever made.
Special mention for Escape.
But I’m a Rug Island man…
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
My favourite episode:
There’s a good argument Sleepytime is the best self-contained 7mins of telly ever made.
Special mention for Escape.
But I’m a Rug Island man…
There’s a good argument Sleepytime is the best self-contained 7mins of telly ever made.
Special mention for Escape.
But I’m a Rug Island man…
It’s entirely reliant of course on having incredible IP like Bluey - a show it doesn’t produce & only co-commissioned.
BBC Studios holds global distribution/merchandising rights- perhaps the best deal it ever did.
Someone at ABC in Australia must be kicking a bin or two...
BBC Studios holds global distribution/merchandising rights- perhaps the best deal it ever did.
Someone at ABC in Australia must be kicking a bin or two...
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It’s entirely reliant of course on having incredible IP like Bluey - a show it doesn’t produce & only co-commissioned.
BBC Studios holds global distribution/merchandising rights- perhaps the best deal it ever did.
Someone at ABC in Australia must be kicking a bin or two...
BBC Studios holds global distribution/merchandising rights- perhaps the best deal it ever did.
Someone at ABC in Australia must be kicking a bin or two...
The Bluey story is part of one you don’t hear much - the extra income the BBC has got since about 2018 is basically coming from its commercial wing.
Commercial income has doubled - slowly catching up with licence fee income as the latter falls…
A BBC success story…
Commercial income has doubled - slowly catching up with licence fee income as the latter falls…
A BBC success story…
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Bluey story is part of one you don’t hear much - the extra income the BBC has got since about 2018 is basically coming from its commercial wing.
Commercial income has doubled - slowly catching up with licence fee income as the latter falls…
A BBC success story…
Commercial income has doubled - slowly catching up with licence fee income as the latter falls…
A BBC success story…
First off - Bluey is a juggernaut.
The most watched show in the US across all genres in 2024, with 55.6bn viewing mins. Still top this year. It's also passed 1bn lifetime audio streams.
The BBC’s commercial wing revealed record revenues last week, driven by “licensing of the Bluey brand”.
The most watched show in the US across all genres in 2024, with 55.6bn viewing mins. Still top this year. It's also passed 1bn lifetime audio streams.
The BBC’s commercial wing revealed record revenues last week, driven by “licensing of the Bluey brand”.
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
First off - Bluey is a juggernaut.
The most watched show in the US across all genres in 2024, with 55.6bn viewing mins. Still top this year. It's also passed 1bn lifetime audio streams.
The BBC’s commercial wing revealed record revenues last week, driven by “licensing of the Bluey brand”.
The most watched show in the US across all genres in 2024, with 55.6bn viewing mins. Still top this year. It's also passed 1bn lifetime audio streams.
The BBC’s commercial wing revealed record revenues last week, driven by “licensing of the Bluey brand”.
Fair to say we have the meme moment of 2025… stay for the mascots…
Film from Fox’s Jason Martinez.
Film from Fox’s Jason Martinez.
July 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Fair to say we have the meme moment of 2025… stay for the mascots…
Film from Fox’s Jason Martinez.
Film from Fox’s Jason Martinez.
@jim.londoncentric.media continues to answer the questions I’ve wondered about for ages
July 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
@jim.londoncentric.media continues to answer the questions I’ve wondered about for ages
NEW: John Torode says he's been reading he's been sacked from MasterChef, but hasn't heard from the BBC or Banijay.
In any event, he's passing on the cutlery.
In any event, he's passing on the cutlery.
July 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
NEW: John Torode says he's been reading he's been sacked from MasterChef, but hasn't heard from the BBC or Banijay.
In any event, he's passing on the cutlery.
In any event, he's passing on the cutlery.