No not the Geordie one www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Guardian’s positive action work experience is open for applications! There are (paid) schemes for disabled, BAME, and working class wannabe journalists. Because the media needs more people like us. Info here: workwithus.theguardian.com/entry-level-...

WGGB is encouraging members to have their say on BBC Charter Renewal by responding to the Government's public consultation Full information on how to do this here: writersguild.org.uk/future-of-th...

Decluttering getting a rebrand. Curious to see if this works in reverse; if I go more maximalist do trapeze artists & clowns start appearing in my home?

Trump’s exclusive post is also (shock!) monetised by Truth Social with (if you decline cookies & don’t have an account so its algo doesn’t know you) ads about (funnily enough) snoring, enlarged prostrate cures & erectile dysfunction pills. Getting ‘if Reach did geopolitical regime change’ vibes

Inevitable but potentially huge move by the Premier League as more rights holders go direct to consumer via their own platforms. Expect PremFlix to lead to more media owners buying stakes in sports teams for a seat at the rights table

The timing of this commission as a new media dynasty left in pole position for WBD following the decision by Netflix to step away from the bidding process is probably coincidental but interesting www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

Succession the movie just got its plot. So many Qs: what might Netflix (unsurprisingly its shares are up) buy instead, how much of media will the Ellisons then control & what would media monolith Paramount Skydance Warner Discovery actually be called? PSWD sounds too much like an illness

Netflix statement on stepping off the WBD bid escalator: “We’ve always been disciplined, and at the price required to match Paramount Skydance’s latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive, so we are declining to match the Paramount Skydance bid.”

A SOTU response that will have many who don’t know her doing deep dives on Abigail Spanberger this morning

Envisaging a distant future where the behind-the-scenes TV drama about this bid battle is the subject of a bidding war between AppleWarnerDance and AmazonBanaNet

Some of you like dogs, in which case you may appreciate that guide dogs of Team GB for the Paralympics get official photos

The power of great TV: with the airing of Channel 4‘s water pollution drama Dirty Business, in just a day over 26,000 people have signed a petition calling on Kaya Starmer to end the sewage pollution scandal 👏 Channel 4 @iankatz1000.bsky.social and Surfers… you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Dirty Business review – if this doesn’t incite righteous anger over our filthy water then nothing will

Nothing to see here; just AI encouraging children to contract out using their brains/cheat but I’m sure it’ll all be fine & doesn’t require any kind of intervention at all

Is this bad

This is exactly right. The Onion quietly left Twitter a month ago and... our weekly subscribers went up. It's because we're doing well here, on Instagram and on YouTube. As a business, being on Twitter is somewhere between useless or detrimental, unless you're selling boner pills.

If you loved Clarkson’s Farm & Rivals then watch Danny Dyer & daughter Dani run a caravan park they’ve invested in for The Dyers’ Caravan Park. The pair attempt to make the seaside holidays Danny remembers from his childhood cool again.He says there, “was a real.. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

“She has a message for other tourists considering a trip to #America: “Don’t go – not with #Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They [ #ICE] don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you.”

If you read just one thing today, make it this. Shocking. Journalists are dismissed as “mainstream media” by those who don’t want truth spoken to power; yet without them who would expose how big tech is monetising abuse & misogyny & highlight why regulation is needed? 🙌 Janine. Ltd free links so..

Very much a sidebar fact but it’s also Andrew’s birthday today* *only know this as a teacher told me when young it was cool my birthday same day as his…not any more

I’m launching a new podcast with Maisie Adam on Sunday, interviewing people who were instantly famous in the 90s and 00s. Remember Me? starts on Sunday. On YouTube and your podcast places.

Highlights from ace Lisa Nandy iview: “I’ve had criticisms about not telling the media what they can and can’t write & what they can and can’t do.If you look at some of my social media feeds,it’s why haven’t I shut down GB News or why haven’t I shut down the BBC?… www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

At the Royal Courts of Justice today to monitor the first test of England and Wales' first (and only) Anti-SLAPP powers in an application brought by @danneidle.bsky.social

Sometimes we’re so busy dealing with the waves we don’t see the tides. If you work in TV/content, take a break for a minute to read this eloquent long view and rallying call to independent producers from British Broadcasting Challenge chair Patrick Younge www.theindiehustle.com/p/mega-merge...

Ironically DVC may have stood for divorce but fortunately this story of AI meddling has a happy ending

Obviously they’ll be cheering on fellow birds of prey the Seahawks www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

Noticing another increase in numbers on here - welcome all 🦋 Maybe it’s to do with initiatives like this. Whilst other platforms reward toXicity, Bluesky makes efforts to reduce it

Ex-Nato strategic comms head Mark Laity: “It’s not about PR or spin, but about understanding that policies & actions equal character & feed into the greater story you are telling. You start off with a clear narrative — and then take the actions that support it. Narrative is strategy in story form”

get the jet-powered option

Dominic Dyer: @number10cat.bsky.social Larry the Cat will have been in Downing Street 15 years next week, he is the most stable thing about British politics these days

To use Danny Dyer’s famous phrase: “Trotters up”

Back to the future of (19th century) news

Not quite one year ago as.ft.com/r/52c094cb-4...

🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...

The shocking testimony of a children’s entertainer who filmed the assault and murder of Alex Pretti, and a pediatrician who administered emergency medical aid whilst ICE agents ‘counted bullet holes’

Can’t wait for this new Disney+ Alan Carr show from the producers of Clarkson’s Farm Expectation TV but also King of the Castle was right there for a puntastic working title

We are hiring! This is a rare opportunity to take on a pivotal leadership role within one of the UK’s most respected factual producers. Click the link for more information! careers.itv.com/jobs/head-of...

Daily Mail readers’ interests by numbers. (Screenshot so you’re not tempted to click to see if that is the REAL reason, which if it is everyone else will follow up anyway & if Trump strikes Iran remembering to cancel your Mail+ sub may slip down your to-do list come Armageddon)

Need a laugh this morning then watch Golden Globes’ host Nikki Glaser’s opening monologue www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hpH...

That @markruffalo.bsky.social Golden Globes interview in full. “They’ve got us at each other’s throats” #BeGood youtu.be/gKqDDlL0uPA www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKqD...

Just reminding everyone who still has an X account of this from Private Eye

Counterpoint: It’s deeply irresponsible for any administration to tacitly encourage the people it serves to be active on an unregulated, surveilled platform, run by an erratic, capricious individual . Find better ways to reach people

This is such a shock and incredibly sad; Danielle was a joy and lit up the rooms I saw her in. Condolences to her family deadline.com/2026/01/dani...

To paraphrase ABBA, thank you for the music (& creating this fantastic, free MTV diversion from global conflict-inspired existential dread) @flexasaurusrex.bsky.social

What just happened ... Comedy: Jamie Kaler

Yes I know we’re in the white heat of the tech revolution & this is boring but anyone know of a scroll-like screen can attach to fridge that has a family calendar on it that synchs with my iPhone calendar? Tired of transcribing all my family appointments but need an overview everyone can see &..

This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!

BBC confirms Claudia Winkleman to get own chat show, made by Graham Norton’s company So Television, making her one of few women to get an eponymous BBC chat show. Other main ones have been Sarah Millican, Lily Allen and Davina McCall. The Claudia Winkleman Show will not replace Norton’s & 7 eps..