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Welcome to the weekly Media Monday Show! -- Where Tom Cheredar and Josh Rubin, founders of Media ATX, discuss the week in Austin Media Industry news.
Welcome to the weekly Media Monday Show podcast, where Tom Cheredar and Josh Rubin, founders of Media ATX, discuss the week in Austin Media Industry news. This week, we discuss Joe Rogan potentially relocating his ultra popular podcast to Austin, Robert Rodriguez moving production of his next film from L.A. to Austin, and Austin-based E-sports publication DotEsports hitting a new milestone.
This is also our Season One Finale. It took us 13 episodes to figure out what we wanted to do with this show, and as June is coming to a close, now seemed like a good stopping point. Check us out the first week of August for a new and improved show, with a new name, and a new night! (Until then, make sure you subscribe to our weekly newsletter!)
Welcome to the weekly Media Monday Show podcast, where Tom Cheredar and Josh Rubin, founders of Media ATX, discuss the week in Austin Media Industry news. This week we interview Austin Chronicle Screens Editor Richard Whittaker about his pandemic-prompted column Now Streaming In Austin, which just published its hundredth edition. Plus, he shares some insight about what film production will look like as it returns to Austin.
We also briefly discuss:
- Now Streaming In Austin (series) [Austin Chronicle]
- Austin-based FloSports acquires Speed Shift TV [Multichannel News]
- Alamo Drafthouse readying plan to reopen [Drafthouse / Twitter)
- Bumble is what a responsible social platform looks like [via BuiltInAustin]
In this special bonus episode of the Media Monday Show! podcast, Josh and Tom share their interview with actor, creator, and entrepreneur Zachary Levi from March, where he discusses his latest venture: Wyldwood.
In this week's shortened edition of the Media Monday Show! podcast, hosts Tom Cheredar and Josh Rubin discuss the week in Austin media news. Stay tuned for a special bonus episode later in the week!
This week we discuss:
- Rooster Teeth’s Burnie Burns to depart [Burnie]
- Reality show ‘Live PD’ gets canceled [Austin-American Statesman]
- Texas Film Industry to resume productions [Media ATX]
- Mood Media adapts strategy in the age of COVID-19 [HospitalityNet]
Welcome to the weekly Media Monday Show podcast, where Tom Cheredar and Josh Rubin, founders of Media ATX, discuss the week in Austin Media Industry news. This week we interview Gerald Youngblood, founder and CEO of youth-focused gaming content platform Tankee. He shares some news about the company's direction as well as his perspective on the police protests happening downtown and across the country.
We also briefly discuss...
- Community Impact Patron program seeing growth [via LinkedIn]
- Shoutout: Austin-based Truthout staffers [Truthout]
- Creative agency ‘Mesh’ to open Austin office [via Patch]
- With Theatres Closed, Austinites Create Their Own Backyard Cinemas [Austin Chronicle]
Welcome to the weekly Media Monday Show podcast, where Tom Cheredar and Josh Rubin, founders of Media ATX, discuss the week in Austin Media Industry news. This week Tom interviews Josh about his experience lending a hand to a local broadcast TV news team as they covered the tense police protests in downtown Austin this past weekend.
We also discuss:
- ACL venue purchase scrapped by Nashville group [via KUT]
- AFS debuts curated collection of films from Texas-based filmmakers [via CultureMap]
- Now Streaming In Austin (series) [Austin Chronicle]
- Managing KUT Projects & A Second Grader (From A Garage 'Office') During A Pandemic [via KUT]
- Texas pops the cork on study of biggest virtual partiers during COVID-19 shutdown [CultureMap]
Welcome to the weekly Media Monday Show!, where Tom Cheredar and Josh Rubin, founders of Media ATX, discuss the week in Austin Media Industry news. This week we're joined by Dave Manzer, founder of Swyft Communications. He and his team put together an interesting dashboard tracking coronavirus coverage across nine of the top tech publications, which Josh and I ask him many questions about.
We also discuss:
- Alamo Drafthouse launches VOD streaming platform [via Drafthouse]
- Esports is coming to KVUE [via KVUE]
- Swyft’s Tech Media COVID-19 coverage infographic [via Swyft]
- Meteorologist turns lawn into green screen weather map [via Spectrum News]
- Researching propaganda in encrypted messaging apps [via Brookings Institution]
- UT Class Worked to Stage a Shakespeare Production via Zoom [Texas Monthly]
Welcome to the weekly Media Monday Show!, where Tom Cheredar and Josh Rubin, founders of Media ATX, discuss the week in Austin Media Industry news. This week we're joined by Katharine Jose, managing editor of Austonia, a new digital news publication that aims to provide a different kind of coverage, offering unique stories and perspectives from within the community that others often miss. She also shares what it's like to launch a news publication in the middle of a pandemic.
We also discuss:
- Alamo Drafthouse gets a new CEO [via Alamo Drafthouse]
- Birth.Movies.Death sold to Cinestate [via Birth.Death.Movies]
- Austin City Limits now partially owned by Saudi government [via CultureMap Austin]
- Curbed Austin employees put on furlough [via New York Post]
- The Chive profiled by The Verge [The Verge]
- Alamo Drafthouse, Flix Brewhouse to remain closed [via ABJ]
Welcome to the weekly Media Monday Show!, where Tom Cheredar and Josh Rubin, founders of Media ATX, discuss the week in Austin Media Industry news. This week we're joined by Austin PBS' Sara Robertson and Chris Ostertag, who tell us how they've managed to keep the station running despite being 100% remote since March 15 (impressive!)We also discuss:
- Phunware gobbles up COVID small business loans [via CBS News]
- More layoffs at Austin-American Statesman [Austonia]
- Community Impact Patron Program raises $40K [via Community Impact]
- SXSW Film Festival on Amazon Prime launching Apr. 27 [via SXSW]
- Gov. Abbott is restricting journalists' access [via Reform Austin]
- How local influencers are adapting during social distancing measures [via Austonia]
- How KUT on air staff is adapting to home office life - [via KUT]
Welcome to the weekly Media Monday Show! -- where Tom Cheredar and Josh Rubin, founders of Media ATX, discuss the week in Austin Media Industry news. This week we're joined by special guest Wade Floyd, founder of Austin-based CoachTube to discuss how media is stepping up for sports training during social distancing.
We also discuss:
- Austin PBS shifting programming toward at-home learning -- [via Austin PBS]
- Austin-based sports training startup CoachTube gets NYT coverage -- [via NYT]
- ‘Reporters barred, records delayed: How coronavirus shrouds government in secrecy’ -- [via Statesman]
- New in hiring: Texas Observer & The 19th News editorial - [Media ATX Newsletter]
- Stressed? Take a Virtual Nature Tour (of Central TX) - [Austin Monthly]
- UT Austin grad and Nobel Prize winner's inspirational documentary airs on PBS -- [via CultureMap Austin]
Welcome to the weekly Media Monday Show! -- Where Tom Cheredar and Josh Rubin, founders of Media ATX, discuss the week in Austin Media Industry news. Plus, we're joined by ComiXology head of content Chip Mosher, who tells us about his time working at the now shuttered Austin cultural staple Vulcan Video.
This week's headlines discussed:
- Austin-based streaming startup Atmosphere raises $5M - [via Statesman]
- All Together ATX kickoff raises $4M! -[via KVUE]
- Texas Observer hires Tristan Ahtone as new editor-in-chief - [via Texas Observer]
- TX News Outlets “Keep the Ship Afloat in the Apocalypse” [via Texas Monthly]
- Coronavirus closes Austin staple ‘Vulcan Video’ - [via Austin Chronicle]
- Austonia’s Launch - Media ATX