Media Jungle

About Media Jungle

Hosted by entrepreneur and journalist Alex Ragir, Media Jungle breaks down the business behind the news industry and the creator economy, keeping you informed and entertained on the biggest issues and trends. New episodes every week. mediajunglenews.substack.com (https://mediajunglenews.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Alex Ragir

Category

business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Dec 2021

Latest episode

7 Sept 2022

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Sept 2022

   EP23: Companies Need Soul (w/ Rishad Tobaccowala)

   Subscribe to Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/media-jungle/id1598939494), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0p0KiEd6GClE8vGwXFmd2e?si=chib8IbFRiC8qsRK4uNlFA), Google Podcasts (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYWp1bmdsZW5ld3Muc3Vic3RhY2suY29tL2ZlZWQv?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjI_oyuveH0AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ&hl=en), Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/media-jungle), and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@alexmediajungle?), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alexragir/), and Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3XU6H_XusM&list=PLcy5K74tvn-zsgHgnqDDyo8g3n8uYvah3). Greetings from the Media Jungle! This week we have: * Rishad Tobaccowala (@rishad (https://twitter.com/rishad)): a speaker, teacher, and advisor with over four decades of experience specializing in helping media companies re-work their strategies to remain relevant. He’s the author of Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data (https://www.amazon.com/Restoring-Soul-Business-Staying-Human/dp/1400210542), and writes for The Future Does Not Fit In The Containers Of The Past (https://rishad.substack.com/), his weekly Substack newsletter. On today’s episode, we cover: * How companies can improve themselves by being less data-driven * The potential new ventures from today’s content creators * What office relationships look like in a post-COVID world Podcasts grow from referrals, so if you like Media Jungle, please consider sharing with someone interested in learning about how the media industry works. Watch the full episode on our Youtube channel here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmKZYfkw3mb0vYYHbj3Yxuw/featured): Here’s what happening in the news this week: * “Twitter Launches an Edit Button for Paying Subscribers (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-01/twitter-edit-button-will-launch-for-paying-subscribers?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220902080335&recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611)” (Bloomberg) * “Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Draws More Than 25 Million Viewers (https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-draws-more-than-25-million-viewers-11662236654?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220906080256&recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611)" (WSJ) * “CNN White House Correspondent John Harwood Exits Network (https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/john-harwood-exits-cnn/513575/?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220906080256&lyt_id=1917611)"(AdWeek) * “Ireland fines Instagram a record $400 million over children's data (https://www.reuters.com/article/eu-privacy-ireland-instagram/update-1-ireland-fines-instagram-record-400-million-over-chidrens-data-idUSL1N30C17Z?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220906080256&recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611)" (Reuters) * “Court shuts down Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia's last independent media (https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/court-shuts-down-novaya-gazeta-one-russias-last-independent-media-2022-09-05/?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220906080256&recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611)" (Reuters) Missed last week’s show? Here are some clips from my chat with Tim Burrowes (https://youtu.be/PYJRxR7FWGU): Thanks for reading Media Jungle ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mediajunglenews.substack.com (https://mediajunglenews.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

2. 

   24 Aug 2022

   EP22: Tech's Guinea Pig (w/ Tim Burrowes)

   Subscribe to Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/media-jungle/id1598939494), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0p0KiEd6GClE8vGwXFmd2e?si=chib8IbFRiC8qsRK4uNlFA), Google Podcasts (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYWp1bmdsZW5ld3Muc3Vic3RhY2suY29tL2ZlZWQv?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjI_oyuveH0AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ&hl=en), Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/media-jungle), and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@alexmediajungle?), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alexragir/), and Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3XU6H_XusM&list=PLcy5K74tvn-zsgHgnqDDyo8g3n8uYvah3). Welcome back to the Media Jungle! This week we have: * Tim Burrowes (@timburrowes (https://mobile.twitter.com/timburrowes)), author of Unmade: Australian Media's Most Disruptive Decade (https://www.amazon.com/Media-Unmade-Australian-Medias-Disruptive/dp/1743797303), and founder of Mumbrella (https://mumbrella.com.au/), a leading publication for media and marketing for the land down under. You can find him now at his Substack, Unmade.media (https://www.unmade.media/). On today’s episode, we cover: * How tech giants experiment new features in Australia * How he grew to eventually build and sell a B2B media company in Mumbrella * More insights from his latest book, which breaks down the 2010s in Australian media and how the landscape differs from the U.S. Podcasts grow from referrals, so if you like Media Jungle, please consider sharing with someone interested in learning about how the media industry works. Watch the full episode on our Youtube channel here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmKZYfkw3mb0vYYHbj3Yxuw/featured): Here’s what happening in the news this week: * "'Game of Thrones' spin-off 'House of the Dragon' premieres to 10 million viewers" (https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/22/media/house-of-the-dragon-ratings-game-of-thrones/index.html?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220823080314&recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611) (CNN) * "MoviePass Is Making a Comeback With Plans From $10 to $30 a Month" (https://www.wsj.com/articles/moviepass-is-making-a-comeback-with-plans-from-10-to-30-a-month-11661189371?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220823080314&recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611) (WSJ) * "Mexican journalist killed as media death toll jumps" (https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-journalist-killed-media-death-toll-jumps-2022-08-23/?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220823080314&recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611) (Reuters) * "YouTube follows Instagram and Facebook to ban controversial influencer Andrew Tate from its platform" (https://news.sky.com/story/andrew-tate-youtube-follows-instagram-and-facebook-to-ban-controversial-influencer-from-its-platform-12679825) (Sky News) * "Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey" (https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/22/23316862/elon-musk-jack-dorsey-twitter-trial-subpoena?recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611) (Verge) Missed the last show? Here are some clips from my chat with Mark Stenberg (https://youtu.be/4zntkdcHBi4): Thanks for reading Media Jungle ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mediajunglenews.substack.com (https://mediajunglenews.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

3. 

   20 Jul 2022

   EP21: News Fatigue (w/ Mark Stenberg)

   Subscribe to Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/media-jungle/id1598939494), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0p0KiEd6GClE8vGwXFmd2e?si=chib8IbFRiC8qsRK4uNlFA), Google Podcasts (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYWp1bmdsZW5ld3Muc3Vic3RhY2suY29tL2ZlZWQv?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjI_oyuveH0AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ&hl=en), Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/media-jungle), and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@alexmediajungle?), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alexragir/), and Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3XU6H_XusM&list=PLcy5K74tvn-zsgHgnqDDyo8g3n8uYvah3). Greetings from the Media Jungle! Quick programming note: we’ll be taking off a coupla’ weeks for the summer, so look out for new episodes in August! This week we have: * Mark Stenberg (@MarkStenberg3 (https://twitter.com/MarkStenberg3)), Senior Media Reporter at Adweek (https://www.adweek.com/contributor/mark-stenberg/). He’s the creator of Medialyte (https://medialyter.substack.com/), a Substack newsletter that explores the innovators, innovations, and reasons for optimism in the media industry. Mark has also written for Vox, Nieman Lab, Poynter, and The Objective. On today’s episode, we cover: * The state of digital media in 2022 * Subscription models for publishers * Future of remote work in journalism Podcasts grow from referrals, so if you like Media Jungle, please consider sharing with someone interested in learning about how the media industry works. Watch the full episode on our Youtube channel here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmKZYfkw3mb0vYYHbj3Yxuw/featured): Here’s links to some of the articles cited in the latest episode: * “News engagement fell off a cliff in 2021" (https://www.axios.com/2022/01/04/media-ratings-traffic-2021) (Axios) * “4 Charts Reveal How Facebook Traffic to Publishers Has Changed" (https://www.adweek.com/media/facebook-traffic-publishers-changed/)(AdWeek) * “News engagement plummets as Americans tune out" (https://www.axios.com/2022/07/12/news-media-readership-ratings-2022) (Axios) * “More people are avoiding the news, and trusting it less, report says" (https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/more-people-are-avoiding-news-trusting-it-less-report-says-2022-06-14/) (Reuters) * “Why you can't stop doomscrolling and 5 tips to halt the vicious cycle" (https://www.insider.com/guides/health/mental-health/doomscrolling)(Insider) * “Not all emotions are created equal: The negativity bias in social-emotional development" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652533/) (National Center for Biotechnology Information) * “Finding Balance in Our Digital Lives" (https://www.newportbeachca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/70666/637680697455200000) (Managed Health Network) * “Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2022" (https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/Digital_News-Report_2022.pdf) (Reuters Institute) Here’s what happening in the news this week: * “Biden's fist bump with Saudi crown prince gets blowback" (https://www.axios.com/2022/07/15/biden-khashoggi-fist-bump-reactions?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220718080309&recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611) (Axios) * “ESPN+ Streaming Price to Jump 43% to $9.99 a Month" (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-15/espn-streaming-price-raised-to-9-99-a-month-by-disney-dis?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220718080309&recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611) (Bloomberg) * “Musk Seeks to Block ‘Warp Speed’ Twitter Trial Over $44 Billion Deal" (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-15/musk-seeks-to-block-quick-twitter-trial-over-44-billion-deal?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220718080309&recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611#xj4y7vzkg) (Bloomberg) * “ (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/desus-and-mero-split-showtime-series-canceled-1235182375/?recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611)‘ (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/desus-and-mero-split-showtime-series-canceled-1235182375/?recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611)Desus & Mero’ Done at Showtime as Pair Splits" (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/desus-and-mero-split-showtime-series-canceled-1235182375/?recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611) (THR) * “Snapchat finally comes to the web” (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/snapchat-finally-comes-web-rcna38761?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220719080312&recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611) (NBC News) * “Casey Bloys Gets New Five-Year Contract At HBO, HBO Max" (https://deadline.com/2022/07/warner-bros-discovery-casey-bloys-contract-hbo-hbo-max-1235071484/?recip_id=1917611&lyt_id=1917611) (Deadline) Missed last week’s show? Here are some clips from my chat with Joshua Darr (https://youtu.be/o59HlJ2WRXw): Thanks for reading Media Jungle ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mediajunglenews.substack.com (https://mediajunglenews.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

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