Onion Buys Infowars plus what's happening with the Free Streamers and Radio 1's new station

Jim Waterson, Chloe Straw and Jane Ostler join Matt Deegan

As we were recording this week, the news popped up that satirical news site, The Onion, had bought Infowars - the conspiracy peddling site run by Alex Jones. It’s one of the oddest media takeover that we’ve had to talk about on the show.

Speaking of new media, Jim Waterson, previously The Guardian’s media editor, joins to talk about the news this week, plus his own, the launch of London Centric, a news site for London.

Also on the podcast, Kantar Media’s Jane Ostler is here and we cover the rise in ad-funded streaming services and the X-odus from Twitter to Bluesky (by the way, you can follow our contributors on Bluesky here).

We also cover the launch of the new BBC Radio 1 Anthems and changes in the audio sector with Chloe Straw, the MD at Audio UK.

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Further reading:

• The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars

• Who Will Replace The BBC's Biggest Star?

• AVods are up, according to Barb data, just as Amazon Prime closes Freevee

• Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts

• Radio 1 Anthems has launched

• Broadcasters Commit To A Shared Measurement System For Climate Change Content

• Research reveals London indies dominate Scottish commissioning

• BBC making waves in Digbeth

• Check out London Centric