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Tara Conlan
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Journalist writing about media for the Guardian & others since all this was just Gracie Fields. taraconlan.com
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A starter pack for media and telly types of the content and media brands & platforms you know and might (or might not) love. Will add as more are verified. Excludes bots and bridges go.bsky.app/5uvdFgh
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Finally markets only do this when they are very unhappy, writes the always readable @katie0martin.ft.com on.ft.com/4rg5pni
The warning signal from bitcoin’s fall
[FREE TO READ] Moves in the cryptocurrency are becoming an early alert that markets are unwell
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Is this really the final season of Who Wants to Buy the Telegraph? or will this latest plot twist eventually lead to a Line of Duty-style seventh season? Over to you showrunner Nandy & the writers’ room at the CMA www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph
Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Most people fundamentally want to believe in the kindness of others (particularly in tough times) and journalism and storytelling can play a part in helping with this www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
A New Antidote for Youth Loneliness: Sharing Data About the Kindness of Others
It turns out that we routinely underestimate the friendliness of the people around us.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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We originally set up an alert to track our mentions @towcenter.bsky.social - but soon found that my name cropped up a great deal, (false ‘Dr’ added), talking about the things I talk about (tech + media) but none of the quotes were real. AI slop me has been pretty busy….
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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‘He’s been forgotten’ says murdered journalist Khashoggi’s widow

www.channel4.com/news/hes-bee...
‘He’s been forgotten’ says murdered journalist Khashoggi’s widow
We spoke to Hanan Khashoggi, the widow of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and began by asking her whether the pain of his killing was still raw.
www.channel4.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
‘The job of a lifetime’: Line of Duty to return for seventh season www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘The job of a lifetime’: Line of Duty to return for seventh season
The hit BBC crime drama is coming back to screens for the first time since its record-breaking 2021 finale
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Expect a sudden application from a rep for The Muppets for White House press accreditation
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
BBC apologises to Donald Trump over editing of a Panorama that led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the BBC News chief, Deborah Turness but disagrees there’s a basis for defamation claim www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC apologises to Donald Trump over edit of speech for Panorama
Corporation rejects demands for compensation after US president’s lawyers threatened to sue for $1bn
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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It was a lump of Sainsbury’s cheddar.

Although I did go to a fashion show on the tube last week paid for by the EU to promote sales of French cheese with every costume “inspired by cheese” thank you for giving me the excuse to post this.
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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This piece, as cited by @emilybell.bsky.social & @taraconlan.bsky.social, is the big picture of what’s going on. The playbook successfully deployed in the US is happening here.

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/trump-20-maga-aligned-influencers-media-emerge-new-mainstream-2025-11-08/
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
‘Influencers or propagandists?’ is a question we should all be asking. Truth is usually the casualty when you trade holding power to account for access
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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This weekend the BBC should’ve been celebrating the success of Celebrity Traitors. Instead it’s in turmoil following a double banishment of two of its big dogs, with staff wondering who will help it remain faithful to its public service remit & stand up to those who’d like it killed off
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This weekend the BBC should’ve been celebrating the success of Celebrity Traitors. Instead it’s in turmoil following a double banishment of two of its big dogs, with staff wondering who will help it remain faithful to its public service remit & stand up to those who’d like it killed off
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
BBC DG Tim Davie announcing he’s leaving the Beeb & BBC CEO Deborah Turness resigning brings to mind the rocky 24 hours in 2004 when the BBC lost its chair Gavyn Davies & DG Greg Dyke over the Hutton report. Once again the double departure is over a news issue www.theguardian.com/media/2004/j...
Greg Dyke resigns
BBC director general Greg Dyke has dramatically resigned as the corporation struggles to deal with the biggest crisis in its 82-year history, writes Owen Gibson.
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Londoners, see what would have become of your home and why parts of the capital now look like they do.
Fascinating interview by @jim.londoncentric.media with Chris Marshall on what we can learn from the history of what didn’t happen

open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
Would your home have been under a motorway?
"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Five episodes of Spitting Image have been “snuffed out by the fun police”, due to the legal wrangle with StudioCanal over the show’s foul-mouthed version of Paddington Bear, who presents the satirical The Rest Is Bulls*it - says the bear formerly known as Paddington www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiEx...
WE HAD OUR VIDEOS REMOVED!! | The Rest Is Bulls*!t
YouTube video by Spitting Image
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Just when you thought online safety regulation making an impact another horrific aspect hoves into view. The Online Safety Act applies to “services that allow users to post content online or interact with each other” so surely also applies to Sora @ofcom.bsky.social ?
joinspread.com/post/eddd8cf...
Spread by Craig Silverman: OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
404 Media
joinspread.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Nick’s ‘reverse meerkat’ reaction is prime candidate for TV moment of the year
playing Nick's reaction to finding out Alan was a traitor to myself for the rest of the night. #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Uncloaked revealing if you want to discover results during the next series of Celebrity Traitors, scout T-shirt makers used by the celebrities & Claudia
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The BBC is making a play in the US. Can it find a market?! 🦋
www.cjr.org/analysis/bbc...
The BBC is making a play in the US. Can it find a market?
The BBC is making a play in the US. Can it find a market?
www.cjr.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
David Attenborough’s new BBC series Kingdom breaks ground by using TV drama techniques, such as cliffhangers and drone and moving-camera shots, to immerse viewers “into the action” like hit Netflix drama Adolescence did. Attenborough wanted to do the series as… www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC’s Kingdom series gets viewers ‘into the action’ with TV drama techniques
New David Attenborough show’s use of drones and moving cameras creates immersive experience like Adolescence
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM