Back by popular demand! This week’s Media Roundtable: Industry Edition tackles the news you need to hear about, including Spotify’s new brand safety tool, the panic and perils around hidden persuaders, and what a CNN transition means for the direction of journalism in this country.
This week, Kyle Jelinek takes the panel out for a spin as the new host alongside returning Oxford Road team members, Daniel Granger, Spencer Semonson (who finally corrected our mispronunciation of her last name), and Stew Redwine, with hard-won insights for those of us working in the media and audio industries.
The show begins with a rapid-fire discussion on the top news stories like Audacy, Inc.’s recent layoffs, MediaPost’s terrible Ad Spend Index report for July, TikTok’s mission to control misinformation, and how Finland’s Prime Minister likes to dance with friends.
Quickly, the roundtable joins in to discuss the most important topics facing the media world. At the top of everyone’s mind is how to integrate imperfect data sets (Podsights’s Benchmark Report, Apple’s new podcast charts) to make better decisions when planning your media. Spencer gives her expert opinion on separating signal from noise that you’re definitely going to want to hear.
Short on time? A recap of each topic is shared in our newsletter, but if you want the team’s whole hot take (and trust us, you do), catch the full episode by clicking here.