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Writing reviews of TV

Bonekickers on BBC One Do you read reviews of television shows before/after they’ve been on air? Either to find out what they’re going to be like or whether others agreed with you? Do you go to the pros or the enthusiasts?

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Make it funny

If you want to have a really successful podcast in the UK it seems you need to stick to a number of key rules – at least if the top 25 chart on iTunes is anything to go by.

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Highfield moves to Kangaroo

Ashley Highfield and a Kangaroo

The BBCs Future Media Director, Ashley Highfield, is to leave the embrace of the public service arm of Aunty and move to the Commercial arm of Uncle BBC.

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The importance of response

I was listening to a podcast the other day where the hosts of the show were talking about message boards and whether they visited them and read what people said about the show.

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New Guardian

Guardian.co.uk

I’ve long been a fan of the Guardian website as it’s always been refreshingly open – the Guardian was one of the first newspapers to get their stuff online and then one of the first to get it online before it went to print.

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