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Lachlan Murdoch is set to control the family’s global media assets, including Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and The Australian, under a new deal that ends years of infighting and speculation about what happens when Rupert Murdoch passes away. The agreement effectively sidelines Lachlan’s siblings James, Elisabeth and Prudence, who will each walk away with about $1.7 billion.Sean Aylmer speaks to Tim Burrowes, publisher of media and marketing website Mumbrella and the newsletter UnMade, and co-host of Medialand on ABC radio.Fear & Greed Q+A: Join Sean Aylmer & Michael Thompson and the team as they answer questions on business, investing, economics, politics and more. If you have your own question, get in touch via our website, LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook!Join our free daily newsletter here.Find out more: https://fearandgreed.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture), ASHLEY E. MILLER (DOTA: Dragon's Blood, Thor, X-Men: First Class) are joined for the first of their TREKS NOT TAKEN series by author DAVID TILOTTA (author, Star Trek: Lost Scenes), BEN ROBINSON (author, Voyager: A Celebration), SCOTT & DAVID TIPTON (comic book writers & historians, Star Trek: The Mirror War) as they do a deep dive into unmade scripts for The Original Series to celebrate the series 59th anniversary along with a special appearance by The Network Executive (a/k/a Kevin Levy). DON'T MISS THE TREKSPERTS AT GALAXY CON DES MOINES, ST. LOUIS, MILWAUKEE & COLUMBUS THIS FALL! FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO GALAXYCON.COM. **TREKSPERTS+ SUBSCRIBERS NOW GET COMMERCIAL FREE EPISODES ONE WEEK EARLY! SUBSCRIBE TODAY AT TREKSPERTSPLUS.COM****Join us on our new INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS DISCORD Channel at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/7kgmJSExeh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rate and follow us on social media at:Blue Sky: @inglorioustrekspertsTwitter/X: @inglorioustrekFacebook: facebook.com/inglorioustrekspertsInstagram: @inglorioustrekspertsLearn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. Follow Inglorious Treksperts at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram and Blue Sky. And now follow the Treksperts Briefing Room at @trekspertsBR, an entirely separate Twitter & Instagram feed."Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

Welcome to an audio-led update from Unmade. Today, Upfronts season gets under way, with SBS first out of the door.It's your last chance to sign up for a paid membership of Unmade and lock in all of the current benefits. Next month, we're going to stop accepting new paying members of Unmade. Instead we'll be offering membership of an expanded Mumbrella Pro as we bring the two brands closer together.All Unmade membership perks will be carried across, including complimentary tickets to REmade, Unlock and Compass for our annual paying members. These won't be available to anyone else as part of the new Mumbrella Pro membership.Your paid membership also includes exclusive analysis and access to our content archive which goes behind the paywall six weeks after publication.Upgrade now or miss out.An SBS winning streak? And so it begins.It's spring and we're straight back into Upfronts season.The Digital Publishers Alliance soft launched the season with the Independents' Day Long Lunch on Tuesday, but SBS kicked things off properly last night with what will be for the media industry the first of a number of trips to the Hordern Pavilion in the coming weeks.Outgoing managing director James Taylor was in the room albeit not on the stage. It was a small example of how SBS may be commercial, but not that commercial. Imagine one of the networks allowing a departing executive to spend the night schmoozing advertisers, days before crossing the bridge to take the hot seat at Ooh Media.But the star of the show was chief marketing and commercial officer Jane Palfreyman, now acting MD. She opened and closed the presentation. She's also the guest in the podcast interview that accompanies this post.As you might expect for a year when SBS is in transition (there's also an acting chair in Christine Zeitz) the announcements were mainly about evolutions: The countdown to an expanded soccer World Cup; an extension to the Tour de France rights; an expansion of the ability for viewers to opt out of betting and booze ads; a fourth season of Alone Australia; better functionality for SBS On Demand.The presentation itself was tight, and strong. One buyer, who wasn't throwing shade, described it as “substance over style”. The prominent signs at the door warning full frontal nudity preceded a cameo appearance from the streaker who formed the basis of the new “We go there” brand position.And the sizzle reel for the World Cup was among the best editing I've seen at any Upfronts. I predict it will win some kind of award.Afterwards, the feedback was that Palfreyman had done a good job; a strong pass mark was the consensus at the drinks afterwards. I'd agree with that, but add that in our podcast interview she was not as strong on the detail of the content as I would have anticipated. A wobbly pass mark there, I'd say - but you can form your own view when you listen.In the short term, I'm fascinated to see how The People vs Robodebt performs on SBS later this month. The trajectory of the Robodebt scandal reminds me of the one involving the Post Office in the UK. This scandal - in which a defective IT system led to hundreds of subpostmasters being wrongly accused of stealing - bubbled along for years on the edge of British national consciousness. But it was only when an ITV drama - titled Mr Bates vs the Post Office - aired, that it exploded to the front of people's minds. We may (hopefully) yet see senior people go to prison.Similarly with Robodebt, even after a public inquiry, it's not at the forefront of Australian consciousness in the way it should be.The People vs Robodebt launches on September 24. It's a three part docu-drama made by CJZ. The choice of title suggests to me they see the same parallels.But will enough people see the show via SBS channels for it to create the sort of cultural consciousness Mr Bates vs The Post Office did in the UK?Listening to Palfreyman's bloodless answers when I asked about The People vs Robodebt in the interview, I didn't get the impression the top levels of SBS see the potential. If it's any good SBS should be preparing to unleash a PR blitzkrieg to get the public to see it, and to get angry about it.In the interview, I asked whether Palfreyman will be a formal candidate for the job. She gives a well workshopped no comment: “It's an excellent job; I'll think about it in the coming months. I've really had Upfronts on my mind.”Elsewhere in next year's slate comes 2.6 Seconds, which tells the story of another scandal: the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker, who was shot three times in close range by police officer Zachary Rolfe. The main point of the Upfronts is to persuade advertisers that SBS is the place to spend their money. Hopefully they'll come for the football and stay for the cultural relevance.Today's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio.Time to leave you to your Thursday. We'll be back with more tomorrow.Have a great dayToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

In a recent interview with Josh Horowitz, director Darren Aronofsky dove into his unmade Batman Year One adaptation. Years ago, before Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, Aronofsky co-wrote a script with comics legend Frank Miller, providing a new spin on the mythos in which Bruce Wayne rejects his family fortune and grows up on the streets of Gotham. A similar idea has recently made it to DC Comics in the popular series Absolute Batman. Aronofsky’s unmade Batman Year One would’ve starred […] The post Darren Aronofsky’s Unmade Batman Year One appeared first on Multiverse Of Color.

We mark our eight-year anniversary with Tim and Brady being quizzed by Colonel Katrina, with questions submitted by listeners.Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/unmadeFMJoin the discussion of this episode on our subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/Unmade_Podcast/Catch the podcast on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@unmadepodcastUSEFUL LINKSPictures of Spoon of the Week - https://www.unmade.fm/spoon-of-the-weekSofa Shop Covers playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ-m3gXId-GDRssENnBaNR-CPkVQdxIFWThe Shroud of Tim - https://the-unmade-podcast.creator-spring.com/listing/shroud-of-tim?product=651More quizzes on Unmade - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY2OYgTm-83M2-FMJqtsodvslkW7tKp-4

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today, we talk to both buyer and seller in Hardie Grant's deal to buy PR agency Keep Left, and find out what boss Nick Hardie-Grant thinks of the AI tech lobby's push to weaken Australian copyright law.We've announced the schedule for this year's Compass series. Our panel-in-the-pub, end-of-year tour kicks off in Sydney on November 3 and concludes in Hobart a fortnight later. Reflecting on 2025 and projecting into 2026, please hold the date for your city:* November 3 – Compass Sydney* November 5 – Compass Brisbane* November 10 – Compass Adelaide* November 11 – Compass Perth* November 17 – Compass Melbourne* November 18 – Compass HobartUnmade's paying members get a free ticket to Compass. Your annual membership also gets you tickets to September's REmade conference on retail media; and to October's Unlock conference on marketing in the nighttime economy.Upgrade today.‘Complete b******t and a blatant attack on the industry' - Publisher Nick Hardie-Grant on the AI industry's push to loosen local copyright protectionThe M&A pipeline in the independent sector has been flowing fast in recent weeks.Last month Private Media revealed its purchase of Pinstripe Media in what was a major piece of consolidation in the publishing sector for small and medium sized businesses. Then Solstice Media bought Australian Traveller Media, adding to other purchases including The New Daily and The 7am Podcast.This week came news that Hardie Grant Media has added PR agency Keep Left, which has 25 staff, to its portfolio. Hardie Grant's roster of agencies already includes digital media agency Reload, content agency Heads and Tales, production house Sherpa, and PR and influencer agency Tide Communications. It's rapidly becoming a local holdco, and is still on the acquisition trail.The wider Hardie Grant group is best known as a book publisher although more than half of the 220 staff work for the communications agency arm.Today's podcast interview features Hardie Grant Group CEO Nick Hardie-Grant and Keep Left founder Caroline Catterall. Nick Hardie-Grant's mother Fiona Hardie started the communications arm while his father Sandy Grant started the publishing business. Catterall launched Keep Left 24 years ago. The deal was chased by Hardie-Grant after he got to know Keep Left through common clients.According to Catterall: “We got a feel for that cultural alignment, which from both sides of the fence was really, really important. And one of the other things that was really important to us is that Hardie Grant Media is an independent agency. We've been proudly indie for a long time.”During the interview with Unmade's Tim Burrowes, Nick Hardie-Grant also discusses the book publishing side of the business, and the call from the Productivity Commission to consider changing local laws to make it easier for AI companies to mine content to train their large language models. Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar, chair of the Australian Tech Council, has been arguing that Australia should make it permissible for AI companies to use published content without paying for it.According to Hardie-Grant:“It's a pretty obvious answer for someone in the publishing industry that it's complete b******t and that it's a blatant attack on the industry.“It's extremely one-sided transparent, laughable approach has no real upside for the industry apart from the potential short-term benefits for the tech companies to gain a whole lot of copyrighted, a whole lot of information for free.”More from Mumbrella…* Mumbrellacast: Inside Hardie Grant's Keep Left acquisition, OOH's big week, and ex-Paramount owner talks Skydance and Trump* Hardie Grant acquires Keep Left in a deal a year in the making* Out-of-home industry rises across all categories* ‘I was blown away': Former Paramount owner believes settlement with Trump was a good deal* This just in: News bulletins are the latest podcast trendToday's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio. Time to leave you to your Thursday. We'll be back with more tomorrow, with a four year anniversary update on Unmade.Have a great dayToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today, we talk to the architect of AI-led ad agency Cuttable. And Nine's shares sink as the market awaits a plan for life after Domain.To get maximum value from a paid membership of Unmade, sign up today.Your annual membership gets you tickets to September's REmade conference on retail media; to October's Unlock conference on marketing in the nighttime economy; and to Unmade's Compass end-of-year roadshow.You also get access to our paywalled archive.Upgrade today.Betting on Meta - How Cuttable is targeting SMEsIn today's audio-led edition of Unmade we talk to the co-founder of AI-powered ad agency, Cuttable.Cuttable, founded by creative agency exec Jack White, former Swisse marketer Ed Ring, and tech entrepreneur Sam Kroonenburg, was initially serving some of the biggest brands in the country – Medibank, Wesfarmers, and Nando's, to name a few.But over the past 12 months, the Melbourne-based startup has pivoted to the smaller end of town. Now focused on the “97%” of brands that have grown up entirely in the social media era, it has turned its attention to those relying on Meta for growth.The shift wasn't just a tactical decision, it was a bet on where the future of brand building is heading. White believes the next decade will belong to businesses born and scaled on social media, and he wants Cuttable to be the engine that powers them.“It was a hard decision, we had good revenue. We nearly hit one million [dollars] in ARR (annual recurring revenue), but we made that choice to hand back some of the money to the bigger brands.”He says smaller businesses, founder-led businesses, benefit most from Cuttable's capabilities. The entrenched processes of larger brands – strict brand guidelines, layers of approval, disjointed agency villages – slow down testing and learning too much. In comparison, the nimble nature of smaller brands means they are able to iterate at speed, and they are far hungrier for the immediate impact Cuttable can deliver.That hunger, White says, is driven by necessity: “They're doing their best to keep up with the volume and pace [of advertising] but they're struggling, because they're not advertisers. They care about their brands, they're literally spending their nights and weekends making ads.”Across Cuttable's client base, 80–90% of ad budgets are funnelled into Facebook, Instagram, and Marketplace. White notes that these channels demand constant “creative variation” – a steady stream of fresh ads that keep the algorithm engaged. It's a requirement that overwhelms small marketing teams but plays to Cuttable's strength: generating high-quality, high-volume creative without human bottlenecks.While some might see a risk in focusing so heavily on one platform – especially as Meta invests in its own AI ad tools – White is confident Cuttable's edge lies in combining tech expertise and automation with advertising know-how. The team includes talent from TBWA, Ogilvy, Medibank, and Meta itself, all working alongside top engineers to blend industry craft with cutting-edge tech.“Anyone can spit out content,” he says, “but making something people actually want to click on still takes a good idea.”That blend is also what's attracting investors. Cuttable has raised $10m on a valuation of $44.5m, with backers including Square Peg and The Brand Fund. The capital is fuelling not just product development but an ambitious expansion into the US, where White sees an even larger market of small and medium brands battling the same challenges.Nine fades as market awaits annual updateNine's share price continued to sag today, losing another 0.6%. The company has now lost more than 5% in recent days as its most keenly anticipated full year results announcement in some years approaches.On August 27 - just under a fortnight from now - the company will receive the $1.4bn proceeds from the sale of Domain on the same day it releases its FY25 financial update. Shareholders expect to receive a share of the cash, along with some of the company's debt being paid down. However, just as keenly anticipated is for Nine CEO Matt Stanton to share a new vision for the TV-led business, including any potential new acquisition strategy.On Tuesday Seven West Media set the tone for results season with a downbeat set of numbers, albeit with a slight improvement in the second half of the year. SWM shares improved by 7.1% today, after losing 6.7% on Tuesday.The two major audio players both had down days, with Southern Cross Austereo losing 2.5% to land on a market capitalisation of $140.3m, just ahead of the $139.3m of ARN Media, which lost 3.2%.Ooh Media lost 0.6% to land on a market cap of $924m.The Unmade Index closed on 571.4 points, down 0.68% for the day.More from Mumbrella…* McDonald's split: Longest client-agency partnership in Australian advertising comes to an end* 'We're renowned as a difficult partner for the production sector, but that's going to change': ABC boss Hugh Marks* Droga5 chief strategist departs for new gig at the ABC* Australian Olympic Committee communications chief departs* Government ‘considering AI training disclosure laws'* Opinion: We must fix the fan experience for football broadcasting* Paramount stocks soar after UFC deal and ‘meme stock' commentToday's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio. We'll be back with more tomorrow.Have a great nightToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

In today's episode, Hugh is joined by historian Dr Cormac Moore to discuss one of the most consequential but little-known episodes in modern Irish history: the Irish Boundary Commission. Based on Moore's new book The Root of All Evil, the conversation explores the hopes, fraught negotiations, and ultimate anticlimax that defined the commission's work 100 years ago this year.How did a clause in the Anglo-Irish Treaty come to carry the weight of nationalist aspirations and unionist fears? Why did so many believe that the commission would redraw the map of Ireland in favour of the Free State – and how did those expectations unravel so completely? Was the commission's failure inevitable, or did political miscalculations and miscommunications seal its fate?Moore, historian-in-residence with Dublin City Council, brings a forensic eye to the detail and a deep sense of the human stakes involved. He unpacks the central roles played by figures such as David Lloyd George, James Craig and WT Cosgrave.What lessons does the Boundary Commission hold for how borders are made – and unmade – in contested spaces? And in a world where the political future of Northern Ireland is once again up for debate, is this century-old episode a cautionary tale of how not to manage competing nationalisms?What happened in 1925 offers lessons for anyone interested in the deeper roots of partition, the evolution of identity on this island, and how historical decisions continue to cast long shadows.Produced by Declan Conlon with JJ Vernon on sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we talk to Christian O'Connell about his plans to (sort of) take his radio show national. Plus a big fall for Seven West Media on the Unmade index.We've announced the schedule for this year's Compass series. Our panel-in-the-pub, end-of-year tour kicks off in Sydney on November 3 and concludes in Hobart a fortnight later. Reflecting on 2025 and projecting into 2026, please hold the date for your city:* November 3 – Compass Sydney* November 5 – Compass Brisbane* November 10 – Compass Adelaide* November 11 – Compass Perth* November 17 – Compass Melbourne* November 18 – Compass HobartUnmade's paying members get a free ticket to Compass. Your annual membership also gets you tickets to September's REmade conference on retail media; and to October's Unlock conference on marketing in the nighttime economy.And you also get access to our paywalled archive.Upgrade today.When is a radio show not really national? When it's on DABI have something of a confession.When I recorded this week's podcast with Christian O'Connell on Monday morning, I didn't have all the facts. When you listen, you'll hear me miss what is now an obvious question.ARN Media had just announced O'Connell's Melbourne-based Gold FM breakfast show was going live nationally. After last week's announcement that Brendan Jones and Amanda Keller were vacating their Gold FM Sydney breakfast show for a shift to drive, it was clear that O'Connell would be networking into both cities, but the national move was a surprise.I took the announcement at face value. The technical problem I focused on was that of the time difference.Depending on time of year, when the show kicks off in Melbourne at 6am, that would be 3am in Perth. Or 5am in Queensland. Or 5.30am in Adelaide. But the announcement was unequivocal (and, as I'll explain further down, misleading): “This is the first time a commercial radio breakfast show will go live across the country.”For a show that thrives on the conversation with callers, that would, I assumed, have to mean a longer show. Stay on air longer, until at least 11am Melbourne time perhaps, in order to be genuinely live. There's precedent for running long. Over on Kiis FM, stablemates Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson usually stay well beyond their official finish time.Alternatively, as a half way house (and admittedly not properly live), shortly after 9am in Melbourne, record a bunch of talk breaks to cover the next two hours.The practicality of time zones is already a reality for broadcasters. The likes of ABC Radio National, and the TV networks, broadcast their shows as live, on a time delay. But when something big enough is breaking, they go fully live for their west coast audiences.But the assumption that I - and the rest of the industry - made was that ARN Media was planning to put The Christian O'Connell Show to air in each market on one of their existing stations. That had been the plan when ARN was looking to capture Triple M in its failed Southern Cross Austereo takeover bid.The new national plan was most intriguing in Perth where ARN's 96FM leads the market with a 14.8% audience share. However, 96FM is more closely aligned with ARN Media's Kiis network branding than Gold. ARN shares a second licence in the city with Nova Entertainment.And the existing 96FM breakfast show, featuring Dean Clairs and Lisa Shaw, underperforms compared to the rest of the station, sitting third in its time slot. Dropping in The Christian O'Connell Show would be a bold move but plausible.At the very least, with one licence in the market, ARN Media appeared to have selected O'Connell over the Kyle & Jackie O Show to lead its national networking strategy. To use the Formula One analogy, where each team has two drivers, ARN had chosen O'Connell as its number one driver.But the plan appeared anything but fully formed.As you'll hear O'Connell concede during the interview: “The Perth side, we're still working out the best way to do that. It might sound like ‘If you've been talking about this for seven years, why haven't you sorted that out?'”In truth, it's not going to be a national show. Or at least not on radios nationally. Outside of Sydney and Melbourne the show will be DAB only. Disingenuously, the word DAB did not appear in the announcement.Almost nobody listens to DAB. And for fans of O'Connell in other cities, they can already stream the show anyway.DAB ratings are so low that Commercial Radio Australia doesn't even publish the average listening numbers, only cumulative audience - the number of people who merely tune in at some point across the week. On DAB, the station 96FM 80s has a cume of just 61,000. That's compared to a cume for the main 96FM of 506,000. So why pretend the show is national when it is not?That's where ARN has made a hash of its communications.They were bounced into it after Jones and Keller decided to tell their listeners they were being moved to drive time. Reading between the lines, it's clear the duo would rather have stayed in breakfast.As O'Connell says in the interview: “Things have been jump started a bit. We were meant to be announcing this in a couple of weeks time.”ARN should have waited until it got its story straight.The mere fact of Christian O'Connell broadcasting live into Sydney was interesting enough, and a credible first step to a national audience.But that's not what this move represents.Instead, it potentially sets him up for failure.If ARN had presented it to the market as a two-city show, then Sydney and Melbourne would have been seen as the battleground - and, incidentally, one where O'Connell has the craft, talent and work ethic to win.It could even have been accompanied by the supplemental message that the show will additionally be available on DAB in those other markets. But it can't pretend that the show is fully in each of those markets - advertisers won't accept it anyway.Now, unless ARN rapidly changes its messaging, each survey will be accompanied by terrible comparisons in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane.Presented as a national sell, it will cause confusion about what should be a simple buy. Marketers and media agencies won't buy the national story until it's a genuine national story.What a waste of what should have been good news from ARN.Seven share price decimatedSeven West Media and Vinyl Group both took big hits on the ASX today, losing 10% and 7.6% respectively.SWM's price of 14c is close to its low point of 12c it briefly hit in April. Vinyl Group is at its lowest point since May.Meanwhile Nine, which is currently the biggest locally based media and marketing stock, rose by 1.2% to a market capitalisation of $2.7bn.The Unmade Index rose slightly by 0.15% to 586.2 points.More from Mumbrella…* Call for AI compensation fund in copyright fight* Sports marketer Marissa Pace switches lanes, joins Guide Dogs NSW/ACT as CMO* Opinion: The loneliest place on earth (for a creative)* New York Post goes west with daily California Post newspaperToday's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio. Time to leave you to your evening. We'll be back with more tomorrow.Have a great dayToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. After this week's news that Solstice Media is buying Australian Traveller Media, we talk to founder Paul Hamra about the 20-year run up to the company's growth spurt.We've announced the schedule for this year's Compass series. Our panel-in-the-pub end-of-year tour kicks off in Sydney on November 3 and concludes in Hobart a fortnight later. Reflecting on 2025 and projecting into 2026, please hold the date for your city:* 3rd November – Compass Sydney* 5th November – Compass Brisbane* 10th November – Compass Adelaide* 11th November – Compass Perth* 17th November – Compass Melbourne* 18th November – Compass HobartAnd Unmade members get a free ticket. To get maximum value from a paid membership of Unmade, sign up today.Your annual membership also gets you tickets to September's REmade conference on retail media; and to October's Unlock conference on marketing in the nighttime economy.You also get access to our paywalled archive.Upgrade today.‘If they were as concerned about the media as they say they are something would have happened by now' To the outsider, Solstice Media's national expansion may look like a sudden development. Last year, Solstice took ownership of The New Daily. This month it took control of Schwartz Media's 7am podcast. And this week Solstice took a majority stake in Australian Traveller Media.In truth, the expansion of Solstice - which now has 87 staff - has been more organic. Solstice started life as the publisher of South Australian newspaper The Independent Weekly, before taking on News Corp in Adelaide with InDaily.Solstice's national footprint grew when it was hired by some of Australia's industry super funds to launch the New Daily more than a decade ago, and recently bought the masthead from the funds.In the wide ranging conversation, Hamra discusses his shareholder base of impact investors, and tries to avoid answering how much he paid for Australian Traveller. He explains: “The reason why we liked Australian Traveller is because of the cultural fit, that we were like-minded in terms of our attitude towards publishing, our attitudes towards independence and quality.”The intention for the company's lifestyle publications is to help fund its journalism: “If you look over history, you'll see that in any media outlet, it's not the news that funds the business. It's actually other verticals that have funded the business.“Hamra is also refreshingly honest about the post-rationalisation many publishers go through when they build their businesses. “We end up growing a little bit like Topsy until we fall into a strategy. And that's kind of what's happened to us. We actually had an audience and we bolted things onto that audience over time. And then 15, 16 years down the track, you go, oh, hang on… all of a sudden we've got this fabulous audience and we've actually got a strategy.”Solstice had been a beneficiary of Facebook funding, and had to make redundancies when it dried up. Like all publishers, Hamra also has a view on the unavoidable need to do business with platforms like Google, and a more sceptical view on whether the government really wants to help Australia's media owners:“They sound desperate to help, but the reality is we know they're not because they would have done something by now. If they were as concerned about the media as they say they are, something would have happened by now.More from Mumbrella…* Clock ticking for loss-making Aspermont* Union boss slams News Corp's use of AI in newsrooms* On the road again: Compass event series dates announced* Opinion: Marketing measurement is having a moment, but can it deliver?* ‘Callous and punitive': Rosie Waterland launches own podcast network after battle with SCA* Dr Mumbo: Is Youtube social media? Just Google it* Google cancels Parliament House party after Youtube ban* Christian O'Connell's national move ‘to begin in Sydney'Today's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio. We'll be back with more soon.Have a great dayToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.We're a day earlier than usual in our weekly podcast cycle, after last night's announcement that Eric Beecher's Private Media has bought the David Koch-founded Pinstripe Media. Today's interview features Private Media CEO Will Hayward and Pinstripe's MD AJ Koch.And further down, there were big swings in both directions on the Unmade Index.To get maximum value from a paid membership of Unmade, sign up today.Your annual membership gets you tickets to September's REmade conference on retail media; to October's Unlock conference on marketing in the nighttime economy; and to Unmade's Compass end-of-year roadshow.You also get access to our paywalled archive.Upgrade today.‘We're trying to build a mass product'This week saw a major consolidation in the publishing sector serving small businesses, with Private Media, owner of Smart Company, buying its biggest rival Pinstripe Media. Pinstripe, founded by former Sunrise presenter David Koch, publishes Startup Daily, Flying Solo and Business Builders.Private Media has been examining its options to grow through acquisition for some time. In conversation with Unmade's Tim Burrowes, Will Hayward explains why, of 30 potential acquisitions, Pinstripe was the deal to do. And AJ Koch explains why now was the time to sell the family firm.David Koch will continue to front Business Builders for now, but will not be coming across as a member of staff.In the conversation Hayward acknowledges the view of investor Warren Buffett that acquirers are usually on the wrong end of any acquisition. He argues: “We think media is different, and I would argue that the trend in media has been positive.”On the exit of his father from managing Pinstripe, AJ Koch says: “He's not a spring chicken anymore and we know he needs to retire at some point. We'd always talked about being open to an exit at some point. But we weren't actively looking.”Hayward says that the logic of the deal is centred on the close competition between the two organisations in targeting an audience of small and medium sized businesses. But he claims this new found pricing power will not be used to put up prices for advertisers and sponsors, but to make it easier to advertise in the sector.He says: "The first step to building a really sustainable business in which the majority of revenue comes from advertising is to make sure that you're making it really easy for your advertisers to grow their spend year on year. If I was a CEO of a publicly listed business where I was incentivized on the next 12 months of revenue, absolutely pricing power matters a great deal. I'm not.“We're not too focused on the next year. We're focused more on the next three to five years. And the first step on that journey will be making it as easy as possible for the marketing team at Big Tech Inc to say ‘That's a great buy. Let's just keep doing that buy'.”Red and green on the Unmade IndexThe Unmade Index crept up on Tuesday during a day with no clear direction.Southern Cross Austereo and Seven West Media both saw upwards jumps of 3.4% and 3.5% respectively.And Vinyl Group and Enero saw larger falls of 8.7% and 4.1% respectively.The Unmade Index closed on 586.6 points, an improvement for the day of 0.18%.More from Mumbrella…* Nine Radio loses Sydney and Melbourne as listeners switch to FM* The case of the smoking bullet point: Qantas admits to ChatGPT use ‘for formatting'* Omnicom confirms Nick Garrett to lead new Oceania structure* Exclusive: Paul Bradbury quits in wake of Omnicom changes* Why are readers fleeing from Australia's top news sites?* Opinion: No CMO is an island: Why collaboration is more important than ever to marketing leadershipToday's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio. We'll be back with more soon.Have a great dayToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Adam Lang and Sean Aylmer go head to head on the top business stories of the week, with special guest judge Tim Burrowes (presenter of MediaLand, publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade) picking a winner in a fierce debate.Find out more: https://fearandgreed.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today we dive into one of the fastest evolving marketing opportunities - connected TV - with Alex Spurzem, boss of Samsung Ads.Plus, a record-beating day on the Unmade Index for marketing and print player IVE Group.To get maximum value from a paid membership of Unmade, sign up today.Your annual membership gets you tickets to September's REmade conference on retail media; to October's Unlock conference on marketing in the nighttime economy; and to Unmade's Compass end-of-year roadshow.You also get access to our paywalled archive.Upgrade today.‘The trap is to underestimate the capacity viewers have to want different things at different times'In today's interview we talk streaming TV with the man who claims to be reaching 7m Australian viewers, Alex Spurzem, MD for Samsung Ads in Australia, NZ and SE Asia.Thanks to the prevalence of Samsung televisions, the company now has what it claims is the world's biggest FAST - free ad supported television - service.According to Spurzem, the opportunity of streaming TV in all main screen forms is being underestimated. For brands, particularly those with access to their own content, that includes the ability to spin up their own channels.He argues “Barriers to creating a TV channel are lower than ever. Now you can have a TV channel up and running in 24 hours.” He observes: “You need about 100 hours of content to make the channel worthwhile.”As opposed to the lean-forward nature of subscription streaming, FAST represents a return to the TV habits of the free to air era. According to Spurzem: “TV had been for many decades what became scrolling through content, TV channels you can zap through.” FAST works on the same principle.Spurzem made an early decision to join the Video Futures Collective and joined Foxtel Media's Toby Dewar on stage at last year's Upfronts to back the initiative, which represents a break from the media establishment centred around the FTA-owned OzTAM.He says it was because VFC filled a gap. “There was a lack of evidence for marketers of how streaming could fit in.”Spurzem argues that VFC is not set up in opposition to OzTAM, which he suggests may be less relevant in the future anyway. “As time goes on, measurement that's based on samples and panels and streaming meters will become less robust.” He points out: “Say both of us watch the same show… even though you and I are watching the same content there's a decent chance we'll see different ads during the ad break. The idea of content as a proxy for ad measurement will become less robust.”“Sooner or later we'll get to the point where the majority of TV is just digital. Once the majority of TV is traded digitally through fit-for-purpose advertising technology. When that takes place around impressions and frequency caps, at that point is a reach currency as valuable as it used to be? I can't help but think that in other areas like online display advertising there's never been demand for a reach currency.”However, Spurzem does not rule out following Netfix in becoming an OzTAM subscriber, conceding: “There are areas we can collaborate on”.And on the topic of AI, Spurzem offers a case for optimism as far as the TV industry goes: “You're not going to get an AI agent to watch TV for you.”IVE Group's charge up the Unmade Index continuesPrint and marketing business IVE Group led the way at the top end of the Unmade Index, rising by 1.3% on a day when most Unmade Index stocks sank. The company is trading at the highest share price in its history and closing in on a half a billion dollars valuation.Among the larger stocks, Seven West Media had the worst day on the Index, losing 3.3% while Southern Cross Austereo dropped 2.7%. Ooh Media, which lost its Auckland Transport contract yesterday, sank 2.6%.The Unmade Index closed on 579.1 points, a loss for the day of 0.75%.More from Mumbrella…* Telstra's ‘Wherever We Go' voted most unforgettable ad – and most hated* Havas' James Wright formally expands remit in wake of Virginia Hyland exit* Opinion: Happy World PR Day: The earned revolution is here* 6,000 downloads enough for ABC News to top Podcast Ranker* Opinion: Qantas breach: In a crisis, you need to reach people where they are* Retail media outgrows its shell: ‘Structure and collaboration are essential'Today's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio. Time to leave you to your evening. We'll be back with more tomorrow.Have a great dayToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

CTO coach Joel Chippindale joins Robby to share what he's learned over two decades of building and leading software teams. Joel argues that maintainability has less to do with “clean code” and more to do with how teams communicate, prioritize, and make progress visible. Drawing on his time at Unmade and his current coaching practice, Joel outlines practical ways teams can build trust, navigate brittle systems, and stop letting technical debt conversations get lost in translation.Episode Highlights[00:01:10] A Working Definition of MaintainabilityJoel explains why “software that's easy to keep changing” is the gold standard—and why context matters as much as code.[00:05:24] The Pitfalls of Pre-OptimizationHow developers can trap themselves by designing for futures that may never arrive.[00:10:40] Challenging the Iron TriangleJoel pushes back on the idea that teams must sacrifice quality for speed or cost.[00:15:31] Quality Is a Team ConversationWhy code quality starts long before you open your editor.[00:20:00] Unmade Case Study: From Chaos to ConfidenceHow Joel helped a struggling team at Unmade regain trust by delivering less—and showing more.[00:28:08] Helping Business Stakeholders Buy Into Maintenance WorkHow to reframe backend investments in terms that resonate across departments.[00:33:40] First Steps for Fragile SystemsWhat Joel looks for when coaching teams overwhelmed by legacy code.[00:41:32] The Value of Boring TechnologyWhy solving real problems matters more than chasing resume polish.[00:45:20] The Case for CoachingWhat makes leadership coaching valuable—and why it's not a sign of weakness.[00:51:10] Building Your Manager VoltronJoel shares why every developer should cultivate their own support system, including mentors, peers, and coaches.Resources & MentionsJoel's Coaching Site – Monkey's ThumbJoel on Mastodon“Take Back Control of Code Quality” – Joel's Blog Post“Manager Voltron” by Lara HoganNever Split the Difference by Chris VossThanks to Our Sponsor!Turn hours of debugging into just minutes! AppSignal is a performance monitoring and error-tracking tool designed for Ruby, Elixir, Python, Node.js, Javascript, and other frameworks.It offers six powerful features with one simple interface, providing developers with real-time insights into the performance and health of web applications.Keep your coding cool and error-free, one line at a time! Use the code maintainable to get a 10% discount for your first year. Check them out! Subscribe to Maintainable on:Apple PodcastsSpotifyOr search "Maintainable" wherever you stream your podcasts.Keep up to date with the Maintainable Podcast by joining the newsletter.

We come face-to-face with one of the Unmade, and it's ... a trip. Joe's still on hiatus, but the rest of the crew has thoughts.

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. On the day the annual Infinite Dial results exploring audio adoption patterns in Australia are released, we discuss the planning and buying of podcast advertising.Sign up for an annual paid membership of Unmade before June 30 and you'll receive a huge additional benefit - a complimentary membership of Mumbrella Pro, usually priced at $790. It's our best ever end of financial year offer.Along with all of our paywalled content, your annual Unmade membership gets you tickets to September's REmade conference on retail media; to October's Unlock conference on marketing in the nighttime economy; and to Unmade's Compass end-of-year roadshow.And Mumbrella Pro contains an extensive archive of presentations from Mumbrella's conferences, including last month's Mumbrella 360, along with the industry's most detailed database of brand and agency rosters.‘Too many brands are still thinking about reach when they're thinking about podcast advertising, and a successful campaign being about cheap CPMs.'A year on from the launch of Australia's first, and to date only, media agency specialising in the planning and buying of podcast advertising, we check in with the team at Earmax - Andy Maxwell and Ralph van Dijk.Maxwell and van Dijk linked up to launch Earmax a year ago. Prior to coming to Australia, Maxwell spent most of his career in the UK, working within marketing and podcasting, while van Dijk is adland's elder statesman of audio, having run specialist radio agency Eardrum for 35 years. During the podcast conversation with Unmade's Tim Burrowes, the duo discuss the high engagement levels of podcast listeners, why reach isn't everything, and the challenges of the specialist agency cutting through in the market.According to Maxwell: “As a podcast listener, you hear how much wastage there is, you hear how you get served the wrong ads in the wrong environments. When you do get served the right ads it's powerful.”Maxwell argues that one of the major errors being made by marketers and planners is making conversations about podcasts one of reach rather than specialisation. He argues: “One of the big issues itself is that people are still thinking about reach and incremental reach, when actually the podcast medium should be about driving consideration and conversions.“These big brands, you can get your reach from everywhere else, but podcasts, because of the environment, because of how engaged the audience is, you have such a massive opportunity, whether the reach is 100,000 or a million.“You can find a specific audience interested in a specific subject and get them in an environment where they are so leaned in.”He adds: “Too many brands are still thinking about reach when they're thinking about podcast advertising and a successful campaign being about cheap CPMs. Five podcasts of 50,000 listeners is more effective than one podcast of 250,000.”Meanwhile, van Dijk is frank about the pace of adoption of Earmax in the market, saying it has gone more slowly than he anticipated. He says: “I just thought that word would catch on and they'd all be telling their mates and there would be people banging down the door to have us look at their campaigns.“The reality is that there's structures, processes, arrangements, partnerships in place for both the creative and the media, which a tough decision has to be made to go around that.”He adds: “There's a lot of politics.”Today's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio. We'll be back with more tomorrow.In the meantime, don't forget to join us for The Infinite Dial Australia, in a couple of hours.I'm hosting a conversation with ARN Media's Lauren Joyce, Thinkerbell's Margie Reid, and Edison Research's Larry Rosin about the state of play in audio. Have a great dayToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today's edition contains highlights from the finale of Mumbrella360, with our Compass panel reflecting on FY25 and projecting for FY26. Plus, Vinyl Group is the worst performer on the Unmade Index for a second day in a row.To get maximum value from a paid membership of Unmade, sign up today.Your annual membership gets you tickets to September's REmade conference on retail media; to October's Unlock conference on marketing in the nighttime economy; and to Unmade's Compass end-of-year roadshow.You also get access to our paywalled archive.Upgrade today.AI b******t; agency ageism; and finding reasons for optimism - Compass live from Mumbrella360It was a strong finish to Mumbrella360, with our Compass format coming to the conference for the first time.In a panel moderated by Tim Burrowes, we heard from Josh Faulks, CEO of the Australian Association of National Advertisers, Natalie Harvey, CEO of Mamamia; Jacquie Alley, chair of the Independent Media Agencies Association and John Schoolcraft, the brains behind the Oatly brand.In a fast-paced conversation, the panel romped across topics including the benefits and perils of LinkedIn, the state of the market, and the permanent staple of the effectiveness versus creativity debateSchoolcraft, who earlier in the day had delivered Mumbrella360's opening keynote, focused on the sweeping changes being caused by generative AI: “The moats are gone now - AI just leveled the playing field.”Faulks was slightly more sceptical and argued that concerns about job losses in the industry are overblown: ”We're hitting the peak of the AI hype cycle. There's a lot of b******t. I don't think it's about job losses. We spend way too much time talking about the bad things that could happen with AI and not enough on the opportunities.”Alley nominated a topic that requires more discussion: “The ageism that sits in this industry. My prediction is that strategic thinking is only going to get more important. I'm hopeful the more experienced employees will finally start to be valued. They (clients) want the head of strategy in the retainer… Experienced people aren't billable, and that's a problem.”And Harvey urged publishers and platforms to seek a peace process: “With the globals, the challenge is, it's not about creativity, it's about mass reach and getting things cheaper. That's what's weird about the fight with Australian publishers - we make their platforms better.”More from Mumbrella…* Schwartz Media to sell 7am podcast* Ten names The Project's replacement news show: Ten News+* Adam Sadler to lead Scentre Group's Brandspace retail media push* M+C Saatchi kills off Bohemia brand* Starcom appoints Matt Houltham as CEO* Mumbrellacast: The Project and Q+A get the boot; Challenges women face in media; and Greg Hywood's verdict on NineUnmade Index grows as Vinyl falls againVinyl Group saw the biggest fall on the Unmade Index for the second day in a row on Wednesday. It lost 4.2% to land on a market capitalisation of $144m.Vinyl had briefly traded on a bigger valuation than audio companies Southern Cross Austereo and ARN Media. SCA gained 1.6% to land on $152m; ARN lost 1.9% to land on $158m.Elsewhere on the Unmade Index, Ooh Media gained 2.5% and Nine gained 1.6%.The Unmade Index closed up 1.1% on 564.1 points.Today's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio. We'll be back with more soon.Have a great dayToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today, we talk to Clive Dickens, one of media's innovators, about what he'll be doing next.To get maximum value from a paid membership of Unmade, sign up today.Your annual membership gets you tickets to September's REmade conference on retail media; to October's Unlock conference on marketing in the nighttime economy; and to Unmade's Compass end-of-year roadshow.You also get access to our paywalled archive.Upgrade today.Clive Dickens unveils his plans for Meliora, something that's a little more than a typical media consultancy After some big digital roles at Southern Cross Austereo, Seven West Media and Optus, Clive Dickens launching a media advisory service seems a logical next step. Particularly when you factor in some big radio jobs in the UK along with proximity to some successful audio startups.But Meliora appears to be a little more than your typical one-person, stay-occupied-until-something-else-comes-up advisory. Dickens says that he's recurited another five partners to eventually join the business, and in the meantime identified another 10 “associates” to fill the gap in the mean time.He also plans an investment arm which will focus on startups, and additionally a creative IP fund to put money behind interesting creators.Dickens expands on his plans in the podcast interview with Unmade's Tim Burrowes.He says: “They're not just investments. They're partners. The significant number are in the AI space. And we want to bring and leverage some of those products and services to our clients as well to help them unlock that AI value.”The conversation also touches on his plans around media equity - working with media companies to offer distressed inventory in exchange for stakes in busiensses that need to build their profile. It was a model he successfully applied on behalf of Seven West Media with Airtasker.And he says that his plan to invest in creative work is in part at least a response to the disruption being caused by generative AI. “In a world where there's going to be less traditional jobs because of gen AI, we wanted to invest in jobs that we believe only humans will be able to do.”More from Mumbrella…* Getting ahead and the importance of progress to brands* Brittany Higgins joins Third Hemisphere* Free TV chair Greg Hywood steps down* Is the PR industry still a great place to work?Today's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio.Time to leave you to your evening. We'll be back with more tomorrow.Have a great dayToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade, recorded earlier today live on stage at Mumbrella360. To get maximum value from a paid membership of Unmade, sign up today.Your annual membership gets you tickets to September's REmade conference on retail media; to October's Unlock conference on marketing in the nighttime economy; and to Unmade's Compass end-of-year roadshow.You also get access to our paywalled archive.Upgrade today.Radio salaries; the rise of LinkedIn video, Google's AI video magic and the Mumbrella360 origin storyToday's podcast was recorded live on stage at Mumbrella360 this afternoon.In a panel anchored by Abe's Audio's Abe Udy, editorial director Hal Crawford, head of curation Cat McGinn and Tim Burrowes were joined by Genero marketer Christie Poulos.We chewed over highlights from Mumbrella360 including creator Rob Mayhew's assertion that LinkedIn and YouTube provide the greatest opportunity for B2B video creators. We also discussed this week's ranking of radio salaries, the impact of Google's new video generation offering Veo 3, and the development of Mumbrella360 over the last 14 years.More from the Mumbrella departure lounge…* David Droga steps down as Accenture Song CEO* Justin Graham to step down as APAC CEO of M+C Saatchi Group* Coles' chief customer officer Amanda McVay to depart amid overhaulToday's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio. Time to leave you to your afternoon. We'll be back with more tomorrow.Have a great dayToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Brooke and Tyler trap themselves in the depths of suffering with Ba-Ado-Mishram in order to learn about the Era of Solitude, the imprisonment of an Unmade, and the Recreance caused by the breaking of Honor. #AllSpoilers Katie Payne Artwork that you could win (https://www.patreon.com/posts/become-or-remain-127701309?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Support this podcast by becoming a Patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/CosmereConversations) Original music by David Gruwier (https://twitter.com/DGruwier). "Radiant" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5CFAZUv4C0) by David Gruwier.

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today's Unmade podcast was recorded at last month's AI conference HumAIn, with a panel of practitioners exploring the evolving role of AI chatbots in media and marketing, highlighting the wide spectrum from chatbots as utility, and chatbots as personality.Today is a good day to upgrade to a paid membership of Unmade. Your annual membership includes:* A complimentary ticket to all of Unmade's events, including our retail media conference REmade (September 23), Unlock (October), and Compass (across November)* Member-only content and our paywalled archives;* Your own copy of Media Unmade.Upgrade today.As a member of the Unmade community you have unlocked exclusive ticket savings to attend Mumbrella360, taking place at Carriageworks Sydney next week, May 27-29.Simply enter code 20UNMADE360 to save 20% on any ticket type, whether that's the all-access pass or the 'conference only' two-day pass.From sludge to snark: the divide between form and function in AI chatbotsCat McGinn, curator of HumAIn, writes:With generative AI finally giving brands the opportunity to roll out chatbots that work, we tackled the topic at HumAIn.The discussion features Foxtel's head of marketing operations and strategic programs Aaron Mitchie, Bastion's AI consultant Shaun Davies, columnist and strategist at Agency C, Parnell Palme McGuinness, and creative director Emma Barbato. McGuinness and Davies discussed the development of “Yell At Parnell”, a chatbot trained on McGuinness's published columns, and designed to replicate her editorial tone and views. The aim was to extend engagement beyond the limitations of comment sections and to experiment with scaling an opinion columnist's voice. Davies noted that prompt engineering required over 4,000 words to capture not only factual grounding but also the columnist's personality, including humour, tone, and political perspectives.“There is a desperate desire to engage, and this is another opportunity for people to engage. I think that they would also like that opportunity to be supported by the media outlets they're engaging with; I think that it would reverse in some degree the decline in users,” said McGuinness, pointing to closed comments as a missed opportunity for newsrooms.Creative director Emma Barbato took it further, introducing Bruce Ryder, Australia's first fictional AI celebrity, a 1970s larrikin launched as a synthetic brand ambassador (see video below). Audiences bought into Bruce rather than the product: “The intrigue was the storytelling, and him as the product,” she said. Barbato highlighted the creative opportunities available to brands when working with immersive, character-led AI tools, particularly in environments unconstrained by conventional briefs.In contrast, Foxtel's Aaron Mitchie outlined a strictly functional approach. His team is rolling out a bot to eliminate internal admin, trained on corporate policies. “We're purposely trying to be boring,” he said. “The idea is eventually everyone's going to get back a day in their week back from admin.”The panel also raised questions around the ethics of disclosure with users, synthetic identities, emotional attachment to bots, and the future role of anthropomorphised AI in consumer engagement. Barbato ended the panel with a rallying cry for the creative industries, saying, “For the first time in my time in the creative arts, we have no hierarchy of anyone being better. We have zero gatekeepers, and it has attracted a brand new creative. And that's what I'm the most excited about: the community that is coming together. I don't know how long we've got. But right now, it's a garden of Eden with no weeds.”More from Mumbrella…* Mumbrellacast: ABC, SBS and the gender pay gaps data; inside outdoor media; marketers and Google's AI Mode; Resolution Digital's new chapter* SBS beats ABC as gender pay gaps revealed* Catalano slams SCA activist investor over vote meddling* Tropfest organisers hint at ‘epic comeback'* Google launches AI Mode, marketers ponder impact* M+C Saatchi CEO Michael McEwan joins Droga5 MelbourneToday's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio.We'll be back in your inbox tomorrow or on your podcatcher next week. Adios amigos,Cat McGinnCurator - HumAIncat@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Alan J. Porter's The James Bond Lexicon has discovered details of another unmade 1950s 007 film project.

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. In today's edition of The Unmakers we talk to creative legend Chas Bayfield about his new venture 21 Madison, fixing the mistakes made by AI. Plus, Seven West Media shares continue their surge on the Unmade IndexTo get maximum value from a paid membership of Unmade, sign up today.Your annual membership gets you tickets to September's REmade conference on retail media; to October's Unlock conference on marketing in the nighttime economy; and to Unmade's Compass end-of-year roadshow.You also get access to our paywalled archive.Upgrade today.Introducing 21 Madison: Fixing ads knocked up in Canva by the business owner's talented nieceIn today's audio-led edition of Unmade, we talk to an adland legend who quietly slipped into Australia under cover of Covid and now does global work from his home in Hobart.Bayfield has a world-beating portfolio. His work is still instantly recognisable to anybody who grew up in the UK. Blackcurrant Tango's 1996 90-second epic, ‘St George' won most major advertising awards.Now a freelance creative, Bayfield lives in Tasmania with most of his work for overseas brands.This month Bayfield has launched a new business, 21 Madison. Recognising the fact that AI and tools such as Canva have made it possible for anyone to create an ad, even if they lack the skills to write a message that sells, Bayfield aims to overlay his human talents onto the machinery.In the podcast interview with Unmade's Tim Burrowes, Bayfield describes his target market as those who cannot afford to commission an ad agency: “It's people who, for whatever reason, are self-generating their advertising. Potentially AI, potentially Canva. It might just be that they've got a talented niece or nephews, knocked something up in their year seven graphics class. Largely, I'm guessing it's going to be AI.”Bayfield sees 21 Madison's role as stepping in to turn the copy into something that sells. Recognising that these are not the big budget players, he adds: “These are people who are going to be putting ads out on Facebook and Instagram.”According to the 21 Madison website, prices start from a $79 “quick fix” to $999 per month for a virtual creative director helping create eight ads per month.Bayfield says 21 Madison is his attempt to make the best of the disruption being wrought by the likes of ChatGPT:“We can sit around and shake our fists at the system and the way it is, a bit like blacksmiths in the early 1900s, just angry at cars. And where does that get you?“So you have to work out, what can I do to move it on? I've never been one just to sit back and go, ‘this is always going to be the same forever.'”During the interview, Bayfield also tackles the most controversial period in his career, when he and a colleague won a sex discrimination claim against ad agency JWT alleging that they lost their roles because the agency wanted to lose its reputation as “a boys club”.Despite winning the case, Bayfield suffered a brutal social media backlash.He reveals: “The backlash that came afterwards was off the scale.And I got a monstrous amount of social media hatred and people telling me that I wasn't going to work. And I certainly wasn't going to work in Australia.“I won a works tribunal. It was all I had done.“It was nasty. That was pretty tough. Especially as I've always felt that I've been the one looking at what's next in advertising. To be cast as this washed up dinosaur was horrible.”Seven extends its ASX chargeSeven West Media continued its charge on the Unmade Index, rising another 6.9% yesterday to a market capitalisation of $247m. The stock has now risen by more than 10% over the last week. However, in the bigger picture the stock is still trading close to a historic low.Meanwhile it was a down day for the two major audio stocks with Southern Cross Austereo losing 5.9% and ARN Media losing 1.9%.The Unmade Index, which tracks the performance of media and marketing stocks, lost 0.6% to land on 551.5 points.More from Mumbrella…* Stop calling us influencers, says influencer* GroupM workforce braces for major restructure impacts* AI is no longer a disruptor, it's part of the process: D&AD report* CNN and Fox take on their own legacies with new streaming services* SBS goes fully nude in streaker ad campaignTime to leave you to your Friday.We'll be back with more tomorrow.Have a great dayToodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmade + Mumbrellatim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

In this episode we punch are way through the history of Popeye and sail through the unmade Popeye movie by Genndy Tartakovsky. PatreonMerchTikTokBskyInstagramPipedream podcastsSpreakerClips used in this episode:Popeye the Sailor (1933)Betty Boop: A Language all my own (1935)“Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” by Barry WhiteSaturday Night Live (1975)Popeye the Sailor (1960)Dragonslayer (1981)Felix the Cat (1930)Genndy Tartakovsky's POPEYE Animation TestHook (1991)To Tell The Truth (1974)Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)Popeye's Island Adventures (2018)Popeye and Son (1987)Popeye (1980)Betty Boop (1932)Popeye Quaker Oats Commercial (1989)Popeye The Sailor: Popeye, The Ace of Space (1953) Popeye the Sailor Man: Spooky Swabs (1957)Popeye the Sailor Man: Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)REBOOT (1994)The Magnetic Fields “Andrew in Drag”The Phantom in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter (1972)The Popeye Valentine's Day Special Sweethearts at Sea (1979)Futurama (1999)Weird Al  Yankovic “Ricky”Music by Kevin MacLeod"Discovery Hit""Jazz Brunch""Miami Nights"“Adventure”“Alchemists Tower”Alls Fair in Love”“Ancient Rite”“Big Eyes”“Busybody”“Epic Unease”“Fancy Family”“Fun in a Bottle”“Gothamlicious”“Managing Mischief”“Parisian”“The Show Must Be Go”“There is Romance”

Carla Seyler's debut novel "A Place Unmade" has won multiple awards in different categories. Enjoy this visit with her.

The path to the 26th James Bond film is one already filled with quite the story. Unmade at the point this episode is released in 2025, James Bond 26 has looked in limbo since the release of No Time To Die in 2021. There's no new 007, no script, no director...and it's an impasse that's cost $1bn to resolve. More conventionally, Long Shot did actually get made, released in 2019. Still, a romantic comedy with movie stars was going to be a tough sell, and a film whose script popped up on the Black List in 2011 had to take its place in the queue behind the infamous The Interview here. Stories of both are told in this episode... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Burrowes is the author of a book and a Substack called Unmade, which are truly essential guides to media in Australia – and a useful way of understanding the similarities and differences which define our two closely linked markets. He joins Duncan Greive ahead of Unmade's first Auckland live event to talk about a torrid decade in Australian media, the forces which are driving that and whether there are reasons to be optimistic amid the carnage. A reminder: The Fold is live in Wellington this week! Get your tickets here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is it! The exciting conclusion! The finale of the live script reading of the never-seen first draft of the unmade 5th Christopher Reeve Superman movie that was performed in Los Angeles on November 12th, 2024. The stage reading of the script was made with actors. The audio is presented here like an old-fashioned radio play. It stars Ray Carsillo as The Narrator, Jonathan Cahill as Clark Kent / Superman, Kenna Roubicek as Lois Lane, Jamal Henderson as Brainiac, David Pinion as Kosmo David Kocher as Jimmy Olsen / Ensemble Barry Papick as Perry White / Ensemble Veronica Warner as Lyla / Ensemble Bill Kates as Max - Dur / Ensemble and Caitlin Morris as Martha Kent / Ensemble. It was directed by Ray Carsillo and produced by Ilya Salkind, David Kocher, and Ray Carsillo.—story by Ilya Salkind, Mark Jones, and Cary Bates Screenplay by Mark Jones and Cary Bates. The story so far: Superman was “killed” in Part 1 (Episode 413) and was transported to the Bottle City of Kandor. Lois Lane, desperate to find out what happened to Superman, gets transported to the bottled city as well. Superman V was in the script stage that was drafted when Alexander and Ilya Salkind reacquired the rights to Superman. They attempted to restore the franchise to greatness by making Superman V. Salkind met with Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder to discuss a plan to make the 5th movie, but ultimately, it was never made. Superman is created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Based on characters from DC. This Presentation was funded by the Kaplan-Loring Foundation. For more information on the project and history of Superman Reborn, please visit our official IMDb page at the link below. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34615846... Please donate to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation for spinal cord injury research at the link below. https://www.christopherreeve.org/.

This episode is a continuation of a live script reading performance of the never-seen first draft of the unmade 5th Christopher Reeve Superman movie that took place on November 12th, 2024. The stage reading of the script was made with actors. The audio is presented here like an old-fashioned radio play. The presentation stars Ray Carsillo as The Narrator Jonathan Cahill as Clark Kent / Superman Kenna Roubicek as Lois Lane Jamal Henderson as Brainiac David Pinion as Kosmo David Kocher as Jimmy Olsen / Ensemble Barry Papick as Perry White / Ensemble Veronica Warner as Lyla / Ensemble Bill Kates as Max - Dur / Ensemble and Caitlin Morris as Martha Kent / Ensemble. It was directed by Ray Carsillo, and produced by Ilya Salkind, David Kocher, and Ray Carsillo. Story by Ilya Salkind, Mark Jones, and Cary Bates Screenplay by Mark Jones and Cary Bates. The story so far: After Superman IV bombed, Alexander and Ilya Salkind reacquired the rights to Superman. They attempted to restore the franchise to greatness by making Superman V. Salkind met with Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder to discuss a plan to make the 5th movie but ultimately, it was never made. After the events of Part 1, the story continues in this episode. Notably, the original script was written BEFORE the famous “Death of Superman” comic book was released in 1992. Superman is created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Based on characters from DC. This Presentation was funded by the Kaplan-Loring Foundation. For more information on the project and history of Superman Reborn, please visit our official IMDb page at the link below. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34615846... Please donate to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation for spinal cord injury research at the link below. https://www.christopherreeve.org/.

For the first time ever, a live script reading performance of the never-seen first draft of the unmade 5th Christopher Reeve Superman movie took place in late 2024. After Superman IV bombed, Alexander and Ilya Salkind reacquired the rights to Superman. They attempted to restore the franchise to greatness by making Superman V. Salkind met with Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder to discuss a plan to make the 5th movie but ultimately, it was never made. Now, a staged reading of the script was made with actors. The audio is presented here like an old-fashioned radio play. The presentation stars Ray Carsillo as The Narrator Jonathan Cahill as Clark Kent / Superman Kenna Roubicek as Lois Lane Jamal Henderson as Brainiac David Pinion as Kosmo David Kocher as Jimmy Olsen / Ensemble Barry Papick as Perry White / Ensemble Veronica Warner as Lyla / Ensemble Bill Kates as Max - Dur / Ensemble and Caitlin Morris as Martha Kent / Ensemble. It was directed by Ray Carsillo, and produced by Ilya Salkind, David Kocher, and Ray Carsillo. Story by Ilya Salkind, Mark Jones, and Cary Bates Screenplay by Mark Jones and Cary Bates. Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster Based on characters from DC. This Presentation was funded by the Kaplan-Loring Foundation. For more information on the project and history of Superman Reborn, please visit our official IMDb page at the link below. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34615846... Please donate to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation for spinal cord injury research at the link below. https://www.christopherreeve.org/.

Dalinar learns dark secret upon dark secret, Adolin gets hit hard, Szeth fights with his sister and Shallan learns how she met her mother. Okay not really on the last one but I wanted to make the joke. We talk about: Warframe, F1,Dark Souls 2, LUKE WATCHED TOTALLY SPIES, Sea of Thieves, Romeo + Juliet, Bazaar, Earthsea, Too Human, What Is The Listener Plot Really, Darkest Before The Dark, Eye Spikes, Shardpen, Listener Homophobic Moment, Lying Windrunner, Men Have Problems Too, Talm Smokes Too Tough, Kaladin Is Racist, Adolin Edgedancer, Lifting Up, Debate Me Bro, Odium's Champion, Dalinar Is So Good At Trauma, Non Political Army, Unmade, #NotAllLightEyes, Shallan's Special Mom, Ashley Fujos Out, Patent Law, Uniting Them,

Filmmaker Brandon Salisbury joins us to shine a light on a forgotten corner of cinematic history with his documentary, GEORGE A ROMERO'S RESIDENT EVIL. Together, we unravel the story of how Romero, fresh off his zombie classics, was tapped to adapt the iconic video game franchise before creative differences sent the project spiraling into limbo. Salisbury recounts his journey to track down rare materials, conduct interviews, and ultimately honor the legacy of one of horror's greatest filmmakers. Let's get Spooky!

Host Anthony Desiato and Superman historian Ed Gross dig into SUPERMAN REBORN, the unmade fifth Christopher Reeve film written by Cary Bates and Mark Jones (based on a story by Bates, Jones, and producer Ilya Salkind).This episode covers the long-unseen FIRST draft of the screenplay, which was performed live at The Broadwater Theater in Los Angeles on November 12, 2024, and is now available to view in its entirety HERE. It's the ultimate epilogue to the podcast's recent coverage of the Reeve film series!PLUS: Anthony speaks with the man behind the script reading, David Kocher, all about how the production came to be! David's editor: Jacob Harlow (TVandFilmPost@gmail.com).Please donate to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation HERE.Ed's books: Superman: The Definitive History, Voices from Krypton, Fleischer and the Wonderful World of Oz. Visit Ed's website for more!Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies. FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan GroupFACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepodINSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepodTWITTER: @diggingforkrpodEMAIL: flatsquirrelproductions@gmail.comWEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Isaiah Simmons (2020-2024 version by Gregg Schigiel). Theme music by Basic Printer.Mentioned in this episode:Hang On To Your Shorts Film FestivalFat Moose ComicsAlways Hold On To SmallvilleAw Yeah Comics

There have been many Games Workshop games that just didn't make it past the development stage - from Necromunda on a corrupted Eldar Craft World, to a Dr Who time travelling board game, to the fall of the Empire and the corruption of the Warhammer world by Tamurkhan. Rick Priestley, creator of Warhammer and 40k and the design team lead at Games Workshop for many years, joins Jordan Sorcery to explore the history that didn't happen - some of the many Games Workshop projects that were started but only ever released in rumours, tidbits, hushed whispers, or in some cases not at all.From more collaborations with MB Games after the success of HeroQuest, to new takes on historical wargaming with Perry miniatures, the early iteration of Battlefleet Gothic to a new Mad Max-style IP on the floor of dried out oceans!_____________________________ [ ELEMENT GAMES AFFILIATE LINK ]https://elementgames.co.uk/?d=11216[ PATREON ]https://www.patreon.com/jordansorcery[ KO-FI ]https://ko-fi.com/jordansorcery[ YOUTUBE CHANNELS ]History & Editorial: https://youtube.com/ @jordansorceryLongform Conversation: https://youtube.com/ @JordanSorceryPods  [ WEBSITE ]https://jordansorcery.com/#Warhammer #40k #Warhammer40000 #Necromunda #GamesWorkshop #tabletop #boardgames #RPG #wargames_____________________________ References, Sources, and Links: [Wombat Wargames]https://wombatwargames.com/[Rick Priestley's Space Battles: A Spacefarers Guide Blog]https://spacebattlesaspacefarersguide.blogspot.com/_____________________________ Art, Music, and Copyright: Images used belong to their respective copyright owners Jordan Sorcery Theme by Joylin Music Jordan Sorcery Heraldry by Becka Moor Support the show

The Western world faces a tidal wave of secularisation, which shows no signs of receding. In the UK, Christian self-identification has plummeted – dropping, for example, from 72% in 2001 to 47% in 2021. The secularists argue that this trend reflects a shift towards an inclusive and intellectually progressive society; their critics, however, warn that the decline of faith erodes our moral foundations and frays our social ties. “The secular flood isn't just about church attendance,” they say, “but strikes at the heart of our nation's identity and stability.” For many conservatives, nowhere is this betrayal of our values more evident than our education system. In the UK, the 1944 Education Act introduced free secondary education to all children for the first time – with grammar schools said to offer exceptional educations to our most talented students. Today, grammar schools are in decline, and the founding of new ones prohibited. It was argued that these schools favoured the middle classes and perpetuated social divisions; others, however, believe that closing these pathways has reduced educational and social opportunities. Like the Christian identity of the nation, grammar schools are at risk of being confined to history books. In this episode, we'll be speaking with Peter Hitchens – British journalist, author, and social critic – about what religious and educational changes mean for the soul of Britain. Together, we'll explore whether this shift marks the dawn of a more inclusive era – or the washing away of a once Great Britain. Links Peter Hitchens, Mail Online: Blog Peter Hitchens, The Spectator Peter Hitchens, The Rage Against God (book) Peter Hitchens, A Revolution Betrayed (book)

Tune in to this episode of 'Lost in Roshar' as we explore and discuss chapters 27-28 of Wind and Truth. Join us and discover the wonders that await within the pages of Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy saga, The Stormlight Archive. Timestamps 0:00 Banter and ARCs 6:54 Wind and Truth is under a month away! 8:30 Cremlings, pacing and release plans 18:06 Shallan's mother and personalities  20:37 Warlord Adolin? Navani becomes Cultivation? 23:51 Where's Moash? 26:49 Chapter epigraph 30:07 Szeth's flashback and current day scene 46:53 Shallan's chapter moments and theories 55:56 Bad joke of the week

The Western world faces a tidal wave of secularisation, which shows no signs of receding. In the UK, Christian self-identification has plummeted – dropping, for example, from 72% in 2001 to 47% in 2021. The secularists argue that this trend reflects a shift towards an inclusive and intellectually progressive society; their critics, however, warn that the decline of faith erodes our moral foundations and frays our social ties. “The secular flood isn't just about church attendance,” they say, “but strikes at the heart of our nation's identity and stability.” For many conservatives, nowhere is this betrayal of our values more evident than our education system. In the UK, the 1944 Education Act introduced free secondary education to all children for the first time – with grammar schools said to offer exceptional educations to our most talented students. Today, grammar schools are in decline, and the founding of new ones prohibited. It was argued that these schools favoured the middle classes and perpetuated social divisions; others, however, believe that closing these pathways has reduced educational and social opportunities. Like the Christian identity of the nation, grammar schools are at risk of being confined to history books. In this episode, we'll be speaking with Peter Hitchens – British journalist, author, and social critic – about what religious and educational changes mean for the soul of Britain. Together, we'll explore whether this shift marks the dawn of a more inclusive era – or the washing away of a once Great Britain. Links Peter Hitchens, Mail Online: Blog Peter Hitchens, The Spectator Peter Hitchens, The Rage Against God (book) Peter Hitchens, A Revolution Betrayed (book)

Brooke and Tyler split themselves among the many timelines of Shallan Davar to discover the mysteries hidden within. The tale is sometimes confusing and contradictory but within the depths of Shalln lies many secrets to understanding the Stormlight Archive. #AllSpoilers Cosmere Questions: 1. Who is Shallan's mother and what impact will that revelation have on Stormlight Archive? 2. How do you think Shallan's story will conclude? Support this podcast by becoming a Patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/CosmereConversations) Original music by David Gruwier (https://twitter.com/DGruwier). "Radiant" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5CFAZUv4C0) by David Gruwier.

2016 marked the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, and not unreasonably, Paramount Pictures wanted a movie. But far from being a straightforward production, Star Trek Beyond would go through different directors, and eventually find itself without a script just months ahead of filming. It made for a tense situation, and that's explored in this episode. Also explored: the moment when Quentin Tarantino was suddenly announced as the potential writer/director of a new Star Trek movie. It involved a writers' room coming together, a move into R-rated territory - and Tarantino deciding whether he wanted it to be his final film... --- Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brooke and Tyler return to where it all began to examine the timeline and major plot events leading up to Gavilar's Feast. How'd Gavilar manage to squeeze so many meetings into so little time? Where'd his bag of voidlight gemstones end up? How many of the famous faces can we identify? #AllSpoilers Conversation Questions: What evidence is there for ancient communication between Roshar and Scadrial? (18 mins) Could the small bridge that Gavilar created between Roshar and Braize be enough to trigger a desolation? (42:30) Who is the “they” that must not get the anti-voidlight gemstone according to Gavilar? (56 mins) Support this podcast by becoming a Patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/CosmereConversations) Original music by David Gruwier (https://twitter.com/DGruwier). "Radiant" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5CFAZUv4C0) by David Gruwier.

Two films looooong in the making in this episode of Film Stories: one's been made at the time of recording, one hasn't. Talk first surfaced of The Flash movie back in the 1980s, but it wasn't until 2023 that a film was finally released. By then, an under-fire Warner Bros was hoping for great things from the film, and confidence appeared to be high: but there were problems, and no shortage of them. The idea of taking the smash-hit TV show 24 and turning it into a movie seemed fairly logical, and the production budget was going to be on the modest side. Yet delay after delay hit the project - but not before an audacious Die Hard spin-off had been proposed... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brooke and Tyler question the meaning of Enlightenment to better understand nine (or maybe ten!) of Roshar's most haunting mysteries- The Unmade. We examine how The Unmade were created and changed, detail the known aspects of each individual Unmade, and theorize wildly about one of their chosen Radiants, Renarin Kholin. #AllSpoilers Conversation Questions: How do the terms Made, Unmade, and Enlightened interconnect and differ? (23 mins) What mechanism did Ba Ado Mishram use to bond the Singers? (42 mins) Does there need to be a rebalancing among the Knights Radiant & Spren in order to account for Odium's new nature as a True Tone of Roshar? (1h 36mins) Support this podcast by becoming a Patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/CosmereConversations) Original music by David Gruwier (https://twitter.com/DGruwier). "Radiant" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5CFAZUv4C0) by David Gruwier.

In Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy (Cornell University Press, 2024), Dr. Manuela Moschella investigates the institutional transformation of central banks from the 1970s to the present. Central banks are typically regarded as conservative, politically neutral institutions that uphold conventional macroeconomic wisdom. Yet in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, central banks have upended observer expectations by implementing largely unknown and unconventional monetary policies. Far from abiding by well-established policy playbooks, central banks now engage in practices such as providing liquidity support for a wide range of financial institutions and quantitative easing. They have even stretched the remit of monetary policy into issues such as inequality and climate change. Dr. Moschella argues that the political nature of central banks lies at the heart of these transformations. While formally independent, central banks need political support to justify their policies and powers, and to obtain it, they carefully manage their reputation among their audience selected officials, market actors, and citizens. Challenged by reputational threats brought about by twenty-first-century recessionary and deflationary forces, central banks such as the Federal Reserve System and the European Central Bank strategically deviated from orthodox monetary policies to preempt or manage political backlash and to regain public trust. Central banks thus evolved into a new role only in coordination with fiscal authorities and on the back of public contestation. Eye-opening and insightful, Unexpected Revolutionaries is necessary reading for discussions on the future of the neoliberal macroeconomic regime, the democratic oversight of monetary policymaking, and the role that central banks canor cannotplay in our domestic economies. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose new book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy (Cornell University Press, 2024), Dr. Manuela Moschella investigates the institutional transformation of central banks from the 1970s to the present. Central banks are typically regarded as conservative, politically neutral institutions that uphold conventional macroeconomic wisdom. Yet in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, central banks have upended observer expectations by implementing largely unknown and unconventional monetary policies. Far from abiding by well-established policy playbooks, central banks now engage in practices such as providing liquidity support for a wide range of financial institutions and quantitative easing. They have even stretched the remit of monetary policy into issues such as inequality and climate change. Dr. Moschella argues that the political nature of central banks lies at the heart of these transformations. While formally independent, central banks need political support to justify their policies and powers, and to obtain it, they carefully manage their reputation among their audience selected officials, market actors, and citizens. Challenged by reputational threats brought about by twenty-first-century recessionary and deflationary forces, central banks such as the Federal Reserve System and the European Central Bank strategically deviated from orthodox monetary policies to preempt or manage political backlash and to regain public trust. Central banks thus evolved into a new role only in coordination with fiscal authorities and on the back of public contestation. Eye-opening and insightful, Unexpected Revolutionaries is necessary reading for discussions on the future of the neoliberal macroeconomic regime, the democratic oversight of monetary policymaking, and the role that central banks canor cannotplay in our domestic economies. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose new book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy (Cornell University Press, 2024), Dr. Manuela Moschella investigates the institutional transformation of central banks from the 1970s to the present. Central banks are typically regarded as conservative, politically neutral institutions that uphold conventional macroeconomic wisdom. Yet in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, central banks have upended observer expectations by implementing largely unknown and unconventional monetary policies. Far from abiding by well-established policy playbooks, central banks now engage in practices such as providing liquidity support for a wide range of financial institutions and quantitative easing. They have even stretched the remit of monetary policy into issues such as inequality and climate change. Dr. Moschella argues that the political nature of central banks lies at the heart of these transformations. While formally independent, central banks need political support to justify their policies and powers, and to obtain it, they carefully manage their reputation among their audience selected officials, market actors, and citizens. Challenged by reputational threats brought about by twenty-first-century recessionary and deflationary forces, central banks such as the Federal Reserve System and the European Central Bank strategically deviated from orthodox monetary policies to preempt or manage political backlash and to regain public trust. Central banks thus evolved into a new role only in coordination with fiscal authorities and on the back of public contestation. Eye-opening and insightful, Unexpected Revolutionaries is necessary reading for discussions on the future of the neoliberal macroeconomic regime, the democratic oversight of monetary policymaking, and the role that central banks canor cannotplay in our domestic economies. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose new book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

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