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Substack’s co-founder: Elon Musk ‘saw it as a declaration of war’
Season 2 Episode 78
This week on Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Hamish McKenzie, co-founder of Substack.
The platform, which now has over five million …
1 year ago
Q&A: How do you help the BBC?
Season 2 Episode 77
In this week’s Q&A, Alan and Lionel discuss a media screw up: who’s to blame for the Telegraph publishing a fake story about the fictional “Al Moy” a…
1 year ago
Why AI companies don’t want journalism to exist
Season 2 Episode 76
In this week's episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Karen Hao, journalist and author of Empire of AI.
Karen talks about being …
1 year ago
Q&A: What's the biggest risk you've ever taken?
Season 2 Episode 75
In this week’s Q&A, Alan and Lionel look back over their journalistic careers and recall their toughest decisions.
The former editors also discuss why…
1 year ago
The new wave of approachable journalism
Season 2 Episode 74
In this week’s episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel talk to Vox editor-in-chief Swati Sharma.
They discuss why Vox’s change in style is work…
1 year ago
Q&A: Would you have interviewed Hitler?
Season 2 Episode 73
In this week’s Q&A episode, Alan and Lionel are asked if they would ever pay for an interview—and if there are any interviewees who would be off limi…
1 year ago
Does ‘free speech’ even exist?
Season 6 Episode 72
This week, Alan and Lionel are joined by historian Fara Dabhoiwala to discuss his new book What is Free Speech?They discuss how the concept of “free …
1 year, 1 month ago
Q&A: What’s happening to the Telegraph?
Season 2 Episode 71
In this week’s Q&A, Alan and Lionel discuss the sale of the Telegraph and what comes next for the newspaper.
They also talk about whether anything can…
1 year, 1 month ago
Trump v the New York Times
Season 2 Episode 70
This week on Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Joseph Kahn, executive editor of the New York Times. Alan, Lionel and Joe discuss edit…
1 year, 1 month ago
Q&A: Who is the rudest person you've ever interviewed?
Season 2 Episode 69
In this week’s Q&A episode, Alan and Lionel discuss their most difficult interviews.
They also discuss why journalists are no longer sent out to cover…
1 year, 1 month ago