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# Press Gazette's double standards
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2014/07/press-gazette-new-media-old-media/
- Published: 2014-07-18T14:42:18.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:19:03.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: new media, podcasting, podcasts, press gazette

![Podcasts](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/07/podcasts.png?resize=960%2C374 "podcasts.png")

Noted in an otherwise positive story about [Matt Hill crowdfunding a rebooted Media Talk podcast](http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/axed-guardian-media-talk-podcast-producer-takes-less-month-gather-year-long-funding?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> Asked by Press Gazette last month whether The Guardian’s decision to axe Media Talk was an indication that podcasts have had their day, Hill said: “Actually I think we are seeing a resurgence in the medium.

I wonder if *Press Gazette* asks if magazines have had their day, every time they report on one closing? Not much evidence of it in the archives.

In which case – why the double standards on media type? It’s a strange old industry that will deny that very old media forms are under serious threat, but eagerly await any sniff of mortality in newer ones…