17 episodes

Host Claire Atkinson (Business Insider, NBC News, New York Post) brings exclusive conversations with big thinkers in media, tech, and marketing. The podcast will break and bridge new insights into the most important stories of the week, while looking at media and marketing news and trends from a global perspective. 
The Media Mix was co-created by Claire Atkinson and Jamie Maglietta. Hosted by Claire Atkinson. Executive Producers are Claire Atkinson, Jamie Maglietta, and Situation Room Studios. Edited and Produced by Situation Room Studios. 

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    • 5.0 • 13 Ratings

Host Claire Atkinson (Business Insider, NBC News, New York Post) brings exclusive conversations with big thinkers in media, tech, and marketing. The podcast will break and bridge new insights into the most important stories of the week, while looking at media and marketing news and trends from a global perspective. 
The Media Mix was co-created by Claire Atkinson and Jamie Maglietta. Hosted by Claire Atkinson. Executive Producers are Claire Atkinson, Jamie Maglietta, and Situation Room Studios. Edited and Produced by Situation Room Studios. 

    Cannes Film Festival’s Promise, The Power of Mubi and Why Filmmakers can take Adventurous Risks

    Cannes Film Festival’s Promise, The Power of Mubi and Why Filmmakers can take Adventurous Risks

    Cannes Film Festival was dominated by talk of big movies like “Megalopolis,” streaming, YouTube and Mubi. The Media Mix host Claire Atkinson offers reporting from the competition then talks with two indie producers, Thomas Hoegh and Jay Van Hoy. Why Hoegh, a film investor, says Mubi is “operating in white space.” Plus While Van Hoy says demand is high for the right film but “flexibility comes with that demand” allowing more producers to take “adventurous risks.” For more on this subscribe to The Media Mix newsletter on Substack. The Media Mix is also are looking for sponsors and fresh guest bookings for 2024, so email us at themediamixUS@gmail.com You can also find Claire Atkinson on Twitter @claireatki or pitch her Executive Producer @jamiemaglietta
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    • 31 min
    “Narcos” Co-Creator Chris Brancato, on the Series’ Addictive Qualities & How His Latest Project, “Hotel Cocaine,” is Coming Together

    “Narcos” Co-Creator Chris Brancato, on the Series’ Addictive Qualities & How His Latest Project, “Hotel Cocaine,” is Coming Together

    Narcos co-creator Chris Brancato talks about his latest project slated for MGM+ with Claire Atkinson. What you can expect from “Hotel Cocaine,” plus his thoughts on the glamourization of drugs in entertainment, his views on how the strikes are evening out the playing field, and the business of creating hits. Brancato also explains what it is like to be a television series writer, offers advice for future filmmakers, and reflects on one of his first jobs writing for “Beverly Hills 90210.”
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    • 28 min
    One Journalist's Mission to Counter All the Outrage by Driving Traffic to Good Journalism

    One Journalist's Mission to Counter All the Outrage by Driving Traffic to Good Journalism

    How outrage journalism, viral cat videos, and porn push good journalism to the “backwaters of the internet.” Editor-in-Chief Thomson Reuters Foundation, Yasir Khan, talks with Claire Atkinson and explains how the realities of the internet should force news organizations to calibrate their online strategies. Plus UAE's bid for the Telegraph via Jeff Zucker, what Khan has to say about the “strings attached” to “Gulf Money.” Then his take on TikTok journalism and the Gen Z influence on the media.  

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    • 30 min
    How will the media judge NewsNation’s non-partisan branding after the channel hosts the next GOP debate?

    How will the media judge NewsNation’s non-partisan branding after the channel hosts the next GOP debate?

    Ahead of the Republican primary debate on NewsNation Claire Atkinson talks with Press Advance Host and NewsNation Contributor Johanna Maska. She tells Claire Atkinson Donald Trump’s decision not to attend the debate is reminiscent of “arrogance that [she’s] seen from the Clinton orbit” - her thoughts. They also discuss the backlash following Univision’s interview with Donald Trump. Plus, why she feels Republicans and Democrats need to “hold Elon Musk as accountable as Mark Zuckerberg.” This episode is an explosive conversation you don’t want to miss. Be sure to check out Press Advance, too.

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    • 29 min
    Could Donald Trump be President Again?

    Could Donald Trump be President Again?

    Axios’ Sara Fischer and The Daily Beast’s Lachlan Cartwright discuss the 2024 media landscape and whether a Trump comeback could change everything. The two media reporters share the inside track on the stories they’re watching from AI and lay-offs to what happens at the top of ABC News. 
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    • 28 min
    Corporations, Colleges, and the Media under the spotlight on Israel/Hamas conflict.

    Corporations, Colleges, and the Media under the spotlight on Israel/Hamas conflict.

    Is journalism’s credibility at an “all-time low?” That’s what Stagwell CEO Mark Penn says. He talks with Claire Aktinson about reporting around the war and the handling of misinformation. Penn also calls out The New York Times and the “mainstream media” over its handling of reports from the region. Plus Stagwell Vice Chair Ray Day passionately says how amid the rush for clicks, communicators need to “take a step back… and remember our first obligation to report the truth.”
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    • 31 min

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Smart, ironic and heartfelt … quite the unbiased journalist we rarely see anymore… addictive

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