lots of celebrity stories and entertainment stories and a lot of the entertainment stories and a lot of the feedback was, we ve already of the feedback was, we ve already had that on social media already had that on social media. the bbc s not telling us anything media. the bbc s not telling us anything new. if there s a reason anything new. if there s a reason to do it and entertainment story, if it s old, entertainment story, if it s old. why entertainment story, if it s old, why bother? a lot of young people old, why bother? a lot of young people interested in hearing more people interested in hearing more about politics, international stories have a lot of international stories have a lot of hunger for more information. the idea being that information. the idea being that you information. the idea being that you knew about the news and you that you knew about the news and you felt informed, you can feel confident to explain to your feel confident to explain
is a new programme called the catch up on bbc three. it s a three to four minute round up of the news. here s some of the first edition. next up, several conservative mps have told the bbc they re unsure whether or not to back the pm. it s after sue gray s initial report came out yesterday. you can see her here. she says that during the pandemic, there were failures of leadership and judgment and excessive drinking at number 10 and the cabinet office that s where the pm s top team works. her full report will be released at a later stage. well, lead producer of the catch up is rosanna pound woods, who s with us on the media show. now, rosanna, i know that before you even started putting a programme together, you did a lot of research about what younger people want from the news. i wonder what you found. yeah, we did. so we ve got a really good team in the audiences section of the bbc who put together several focus groups for us. so they found real people from across the uk, and kind
stories, let s put in lots of entertainment stories, and a lot of the feedback overwhelmingly was, well, we ve already heard about that on our social media. so if we ve heard about that 12 hours ago, the bbc is not telling us anything new. we re not getting any extra value from a bulletin there. so if there s a reason to do an entertainment story because it s just broken great. but if it s old, why would we bother? whereas actually, a lot of young people are interested in hearing more about politics, international stories, a lot of hunger for more information on something like ukraine the idea being that if you know about the news and you feel informed, you can feel kind of confident to explain to your friend or to a colleague and feel smarter. but here s my question, rosanna. if all of that is true and the bbc were to shape its news for this particular age group, as you ve described, why would you then make a tv programme? why would you not make digital content that s placed
are geared up to handle these editorial challenges? of course they should be. spotify isn t just a technology i company, it s a media company. and, yes, that s what its- actual employees have been asking since the minute. that they signed the deal with rogan in 2020. its entire employee base said, well, let sjust develop somej editorial control now that - we re in the podcast business, just the way any other. company like the bbc or the washington post that s in the podcast - business does it. i ve got to exert a little bit of controljust on this programme because we re completely out of time. it s been fascinating talking with all of you. thank you very much, elizabeth dwoskin, jake kanter, batya ungar sargon, marianna spring and, earlier, rosanna pound woods. and from me and all of the media show team, bye bye. hello. a colder day for all of us on thursday, but across the northern half of the country,
and briefly, elizabeth, finally, do you think that technology companies, which is what they were initially, like spotify, are geared up to handle these editorial challenges? of course they should be. spotify isn t just a technology i company, it s a media company. and, yes, that s what its actual employees have been asking. since the minute that they signed the deal with rogan in 2020. - its entire employee base said, well, let sjust develop somej editorial control now that - we re in the podcast business, just the way any other company like the bbc or the washington i post that s in the podcast business does it. - i ve got to exert a little bit of controljust on this programme because we re completely out of time. it s been fascinating talking with all of you. thank you very much, elizabeth dwoskin, jake kanter, batya ungar sargon, marianna spring and, earlier, rosanna pound woods. and from me and all of the media show team, bye bye.