Why Has The Onion Bought InfoWars?

The Media Club with Matt Deegan

Jim Waterson speaks to The Media Club about the launch of his local journalism project, London Centric; and the wider local media revolution.

Also on the programme: right wing outlet InfoWars is bought by The Onion... What’s that about? And as most streamers embrace ads on their services... what is Amazon doing with FreeVee? Jane Ostler, EVP at research agency Kantar explains.

All that, plus: Chloe Straw of Audio UK talks about the future of podcasts away from the BBC, we ask who will replace Gary Lineker on Match Of The Day?

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A Rethink Audio production, produced by Matt Hill with post-production from Podcast Discovery.

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The Media Club’s stories of the week:

The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars

Who Will Replace The BBC's Biggest Star?

AVods are up, according to Barb data, just as Amazon Prime closes Freevee

Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts

Radio 1 Anthems has launched

Broadcasters Commit To A Shared Measurement System For Climate Change Content

Research reveals London indies dominate Scottish commissioning

BBC making waves in Digbeth

Check out https://londoncentric.media

(00:00) Introduction

(00:40) Charlotte Lock

(01:29) Bluesky Team

(02:05) Lineker

(06:30) Infowars

(08:45) Streaming

(13:40) X-odus

(18:14) PodShop

(19:00) Podcast Discovery

(19:30) What We've Heard

(20:20) Radio 1 Anthems

(22:00) BBC Audio Commissioning

(28:22) London Centric

(39:37) Media Quiz

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