50 subscribers
Player FM ऐप के साथ ऑफ़लाइन जाएं!
"For our meeting with Rupert Murdoch, I didn't even have any shoes..." — Jack Rivlin, Founder of The Tab
Manage episode 290644325 series 2362137
Jack Rivlin is the founder and former CEO of the Tab — a network of student newspapers. Started while Jack was at Cambridge, the Tab hoped to bring energy, levity, and a tabloid edge to the dull and worthy university papers — and used volunteer student journalists to report on the things that actually mattered to them.
It soon grew to plenty of other universities in the UK, and in 2016 Jack raised a few million pounds of investment from none other than Rupert Murdoch himself, who Jack and his partner met the week after Glastonbury, with glitter still stuck to their faces. After expansion into the US, the Tab’s fortunes began gradually to wane; until Jack decided to sell up entirely at the start of 2020 — a process that became a fascinating ordeal in its own right.
In a wonderfully honest episode, Jack tell us just how hungover he was for that infamous meeting with Rupert Murdoch; give us the inside scoop on the Aziz Ansari story that broke the internet; tells us how one of the Tab’s early legal corrections is now used in Journalism textbooks; warns against the perils of the Facebook algorithm; and discusses why newsletters have become the media outlet of the moment.
100 एपिसोडस
Manage episode 290644325 series 2362137
Jack Rivlin is the founder and former CEO of the Tab — a network of student newspapers. Started while Jack was at Cambridge, the Tab hoped to bring energy, levity, and a tabloid edge to the dull and worthy university papers — and used volunteer student journalists to report on the things that actually mattered to them.
It soon grew to plenty of other universities in the UK, and in 2016 Jack raised a few million pounds of investment from none other than Rupert Murdoch himself, who Jack and his partner met the week after Glastonbury, with glitter still stuck to their faces. After expansion into the US, the Tab’s fortunes began gradually to wane; until Jack decided to sell up entirely at the start of 2020 — a process that became a fascinating ordeal in its own right.
In a wonderfully honest episode, Jack tell us just how hungover he was for that infamous meeting with Rupert Murdoch; give us the inside scoop on the Aziz Ansari story that broke the internet; tells us how one of the Tab’s early legal corrections is now used in Journalism textbooks; warns against the perils of the Facebook algorithm; and discusses why newsletters have become the media outlet of the moment.
100 एपिसोडस
सभी एपिसोड
×

1 Is this the end of the chunky sports watch? Justin Hast's predictions for 2024 35:01

1 Cruising the savannah with Sir Jim Ratcliffe 46:27



1 ”Hollywood used to be so much fun...” Charles Finch: film producer, businessman, and party host extraordinaire 1:00:10


1 “For a long time I didn’t know my shadow…” — Reggie Yates, director, documentary-maker and presenter 59:55

1 10th Anniversary Special! Harry Jarman, founder of Gentleman’s Journal 51:37

1 ”Winning is addictive — but I hope not to experience a year like 2021 again anytime soon...” Christian Horner, Red Bull Formula One team boss 43:01

1 ”He said: ’I’ve seen a lot of ideas — but this has got to be the worst...’” How Tim Brown built Allbirds into a multi-billion dollar giant 47:56

1 Restaurant critic Giles Coren on Twitter beef, the problem with triple cooked chips, and advice to young writers 1:01:37

1 ”I was a homeless bohemian, sleeping in the studio and eating jammy dodgers...” — Labrinth, musician and super-producer 38:03

1 “It felt as if the air around Twickenham was shaking…” — Maro Itoje, England and Saracens rugby star 50:03

1 Tussling with Trump, leaving the BBC, and asking the deadly question with a smile — Jon Sopel, journalist and broadcaster 52:18
प्लेयर एफएम में आपका स्वागत है!
प्लेयर एफएम वेब को स्कैन कर रहा है उच्च गुणवत्ता वाले पॉडकास्ट आप के आनंद लेंने के लिए अभी। यह सबसे अच्छा पॉडकास्ट एप्प है और यह Android, iPhone और वेब पर काम करता है। उपकरणों में सदस्यता को सिंक करने के लिए साइनअप करें।