"Media", the Fourth Estate, is meant to act as an independent watchdog for the other branches of government. But these days, our media system is as polarized as our nation. This week on The Divided States of Media, Dan sits down with media executive, journalist, and founder of Fourth Watch, Steve Krakauer. Having worked for both Fox News and CNN, Steve gives ... Show More
Mar 11
Giving Indie Voices a Bigger Megaphone
Podcasts begin with a dream and a mic. But to reach the world, they often benefit from having someone in their corner like this week’s guest.On a new Media Roundtable: Special Edition, Dan Granger (CEO & Founder, Oxford Road) hosts indie creator advocate Brendan Monaghan (CEO, Li ... Show More
57m 29s
Mar 4
B2B: Balancing Brand & ROI
B2B marketers don’t have the luxury of building brands or boosting ROI. You need to do both. So how do you do it? You listen to this week’s special guest.Media Roundtable: Special Edition, Dan Granger (CEO & Founder, Oxford Road) hosts veteran CMO Laura Goldberg (CMO, Auctane, St ... Show More
50m 43s
Feb 26
The Indie PaC Awards: Killer Mike, SXSW, and the Future of Independent Media
Dan announces the Indie PaC Awards, the first-ever awards ceremony exclusively for independent podcasters and creators, happening March 15th at SXSW in Austin.The ceremony will be hosted by Killer Mike, the Grammy-winning artist, entrepreneur, and advocate for creator ownership w ... Show More
18m 43s
Dec 2022
How Media Companies Are Staying Relevant + What Makes a Great CEO – With Alan Murray
In place of Office Hours this week, we’re sharing our interview with the CEO of Fortune Media, Alan Murray. Alan discusses stakeholder capitalism, what makes a successful CEO, and the evolving digital media landscape. Follow Alan on Twitter, @alansmurray.
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23m 44s
May 2021
May 9, 2021: How 'Foxitis' is hurting America's pandemic response; Bezos biographer Brad Stone on covering the world's richest man
Plus... How Covid-19 coverage is shifting across the media landscape; meet two Tribune reporters who are issuing last-hour pleas for local ownership; can pro-Trump media outlets change the way we remember the Capitol riot? David Zurawik, Amanda Marcotte, Susan Glasser, Dan P. McA ... Show More
40m 11s
Apr 2022
A tumultuous week in media: From CNN to Disney, Netflix to Twitter, WaPo to NYT
Brian Stelter covers the end of CNN+, Elon Musk's bid for Twitter and other media stories with Mara Schiavocampo, Oliver Darcy and Sara Fischer. Plus, Jonathan Haidt makes the case that social media has made American life "uniquely stupid;" White House Correspondents Association ... Show More
42m 1s
Feb 2023
Politico & Axios: Jim VandeHei
<p>Before Jim VandeHei co-founded the media company Politico, the only thing he’d managed was the night shift at Little Caesar’s pizza in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. An early passion for politics and journalism led him to Washington, D.C., where he became a political reporter f ... Show More
1h 20m
Jul 2023
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O’Reilly (political commentator, author, and host, “No Spin News”) joins Chris Cuomo to discuss his independence in the media since leaving FOX News, why he believes that standards in the modern media have dropped, how smartphones are making people more callous, why history ... Show More
45m 16s
May 2023
Jacki Kelley: “Don’t be afraid to zig and zag.”
The world of media is ever-changing — and no one has played it quite like Jacki Kelley, CEO of the Americas and Global Chief Client Officer of advertising giant, Dentsu. Jacki has been at the center of media and advertising for the last 25 years, with leadership roles at USA Toda ... Show More
30m 54s
Jan 2024
Christopher R. Martin, "No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class" (Cornell UP, 2019)
Until the recent political shift pushed workers back into the media spotlight, the mainstream media had largely ignored this significant part of American society in favor of the moneyed upscale consumer for more than four decades. Christopher R. Martin now reveals why and how the ... Show More
47m 24s
Jan 2024
Christopher R. Martin, "No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class" (Cornell UP, 2019)
Until the recent political shift pushed workers back into the media spotlight, the mainstream media had largely ignored this significant part of American society in favor of the moneyed upscale consumer for more than four decades. Christopher R. Martin now reveals why and how the ... Show More
51m 9s