Media in Review 2025
About this episode
The episode reviews the defining media, political, and cultural moments of 2025 with insights from industry leaders.
In this special end-of-year episode of the Grayling Media Podcast, Heather Blundell (UK CEO, Grayling) is joined by Alex Goss (Head of News, The Sun) and Darren McCaffrey (Sky News) to review the defining media, political and cultural moments of 2025. Together, they discuss: The BBC’s crisis and the future of public service broadcasting The stories that truly ignited public anger The Budget fallout, growth fears and business confidence Reform, Farage, Starmer and a fractured political landscape The collapse of legacy media models and what replaces them AI, authenticity and why trust now matters more than polish The winners and sinners of the media in 2025 A must-listen for business leaders, communicators, policymakers and anyone trying to understand how power, media and public opinion really work in Britain today.
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