Summer Hits Playlist

Last Thursday Edition - See you on September 4th

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After all, we’re in show business so we had to offer a plot twist. Yes last week was meant to be our last episode but

Evan Shapiro

and I kept recording so check out our last 3 favourite odyssey moments of the season 👇🏻

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Ok now we’re really done for the season.

We’ll meet back here again on September 4th. Until then, I thought you could use a summer playlist to catch up on episodes you may have missed. So here goes a breakdown by theme of Season 1 of The Media Odyssey Podcast. It’s also a great opportunity for you to share (with a simple reply to this email) which topics you’d like to see us cover in season 2.

Happy summer everyone ❤️

Marion

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Industry recaps & big-picture forecasts

• Ep 1 – Wrapping 2024: How Big Media Changed in One Year

• Ep 2 – Predicting 2025 Media (Part 1): 2025 Belongs to YouTube?

• Ep 3 – Predicting 2025 Media (Part 2): Who Will Dominate 2025?

• Ep 4 – Merging Ahead: Who’s Buying & Selling in Media This Year?

• Ep 12 – Sizing the Content Economy - Live from MIP London

• Ep 24 – Wrapping H1 2025 in Media – The Season of Acting vs Reacting

• Ep 30 – Our Top Podcast Moments So Far

• Ep 31 – Season Finale

• Special – Recapping CES 2025

Corporate performance & earnings

• Ep 8 – Earnings Season: Disney, Google & Spotify, Oh My!

• Ep 14 – Taking a Closer Look at Comcast & Canal+

Platform strategy & business models

• Ep 5 – Why Netflix Will Stop Reporting Subs

• Ep 6 – Channel 4 Doubles Down on YouTube

• Ep 17 – Testing & Learning: The CBC Case Study

• Ep 25 – Dissecting Streaming – Live from StreamTV

• Ep 28 – Changing TV on YouTube with Pedro Pina

Advertising, measurement & monetisation

• Ep 9 – Your Brain on Advertising

• Ep 10 – Measuring TV Today: The Metrics That Matter Now

• Ep 15 – Predicting the Upfronts: Is Digital Still a Safe Bet?

• Ep 21 – Breaking Ads with Dan Callahan: Not All Ads Are Equal

• Ep 23 – Transforming Media with AI – From Personalisation to Performance

• Ep 26 – Measuring Cannes Lions with Dan Callahan & Dave Campanelli

Technology, UX & OS battles

• Ep 13 – Fixing TV’s US: Solving the Streaming Search Crisis

• Ep 18 – Waging the CTV OS Wars with Alan Wolk

International & regional deep dives

• Ep 16 – Streaming Europe: Are EU Broadcasters Leading the Transformation?

Creator economy & IP strategy

• Ep 22 – Optimising IP on Social – Same Content, Different Audiences

• Ep 27 – Thinking Like a Creator with BBC Studios & Amelia Dimoldenberg

• Ep 29 – Redefining Creators with Dhar Mann

Career, talent & leadership

• Ep 20 – Pivoting Careers in Media with Jazz Pitcairn & Katrina Craigwell

Genre & audience-specific focus

• Ep 7 – Winning the Sports Arms Race

• Ep 19 – Kidding About TV with Jo Redfern – The Kids Content Revolution

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