{"podcast":{"title":"Media Confidential","slug":"media-confidential-6620203","podcast_index_feed_id":6620203,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/650ac5ba0434d000118468a9","website_url":"https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1695204572199-dbd559804b4d1ed9f96adfdf41e2e083.jpeg","author":"Prospect Magazine","episode_count":235,"summary":"Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber—two of the world’s greatest editors—dive into the hugely important world of media. What—and who—drives it? What do they get right... And what do they get wrong? Lionel, former editor of the Financial Times , and Alan, editor of Prospect and former editor of the Guardian, will bring you revealing, high profile interviews and in-depth discussion. Media Confidential is produced by Prospect Magazine. Subscribe to Prospect and enjoy our rigorously fact-checked, truly independent analysis and perspectives. Get one free issue of Prospect when you sign up today: https://subscription.prospectmagazine.co.uk/OCT1MFBG/prospect-magazine/OCT1MFG Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T12:17:31.419442+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203"},"episode":{"title":"So you didn’t get a Burnham interview? Break out the tiny violins","slug":"so-you-didn-t-get-a-burnham-interview-break-out-the-tiny-violins","published_at":"2026-07-30T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/so-you-didn-t-get-a-burnham-interview-break-out-the-tiny-violins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203","url":"https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/so-you-didnt-get-a-burnham-interview-break-out-the-tiny-viol","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/650ac5ba0434d000118468a9/e/6a6a42a833878d3ae1a51acd/media.mp3","summary":"In this week’s Media Confidential , Alan and Lionel talk about media publisher Reach ’s change in direction. After years of striving for…well…reach, the publisher now says they’ll focus on long form reported stories. After a federal judge savaged the US Department of Justice for issuing subpoenas against New York Times journalists, Alan and Lionel also discuss what they call a “fantastically stupid move by Trump”. They’ll also talk about the president’s swipes at the media at during White House Correspondent’s dinner. Does the iconic event have a future? As Andy Burnham and John Healey were asked in a TikTok video: crisps, pork scratchings or scampi fries? The hosts discuss whether the government’s shrewd new media strategy is working. Plus, they ask why Whitehall correspondents are complaining they haven’t had the chance to interview the new prime minister—is it clever strategy from Burnham, or a deliberate cutting off of press access? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this week’s Media Confidential , Alan and Lionel talk about media publisher Reach ’s change in direction. After years of striving for…well…reach, the p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1558,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/media-confidential-6620203/episodes/so-you-didn-t-get-a-burnham-interview-break-out-the-tiny-violins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/so-you-didn-t-get-a-burnham-interview-break-out-the-tiny-violins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}