James Wickham
@jameswickham.bsky.social
📻Founder, Phonogram.
Previously co-Editor live business progs BBC World Service & senior producer & newsreader BBC Radio 5 live.
🏏Still Head of Men's Cricket @HMcricket
Previously co-Editor live business progs BBC World Service & senior producer & newsreader BBC Radio 5 live.
🏏Still Head of Men's Cricket @HMcricket
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Feeling exhausted and burned out by the news? You’re not alone — this great new podcast Can We Have Your Attention? by my mega smart friends Claire Coady & @jameswickham.bsky.social looks at the ‘Attention Economy’, advertising, journalism, social media, and the rest
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"Don't worry Sweetie, you're just having a breakdown..."
YouTube video by Can We Have Your Attention?
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November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Feeling exhausted and burned out by the news? You’re not alone — this great new podcast Can We Have Your Attention? by my mega smart friends Claire Coady & @jameswickham.bsky.social looks at the ‘Attention Economy’, advertising, journalism, social media, and the rest
youtu.be/al4g2YdIoKQ?...
youtu.be/al4g2YdIoKQ?...
Just to check - is anyone using this site yet, or is it just automated news feeds talking to each other?
I suspect the era of microblogging is officially dead.
I suspect the era of microblogging is officially dead.
October 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Just to check - is anyone using this site yet, or is it just automated news feeds talking to each other?
I suspect the era of microblogging is officially dead.
I suspect the era of microblogging is officially dead.
After 22 years I have left staff at the BBC. I'm hugely proud of the work I've done & the many wonderful people I've worked with.
I'm founding my own company - Phonogram - to offer media production and editorial consulting internationally.
More details soon!
phonogram.co.uk
I'm founding my own company - Phonogram - to offer media production and editorial consulting internationally.
More details soon!
phonogram.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
After 22 years I have left staff at the BBC. I'm hugely proud of the work I've done & the many wonderful people I've worked with.
I'm founding my own company - Phonogram - to offer media production and editorial consulting internationally.
More details soon!
phonogram.co.uk
I'm founding my own company - Phonogram - to offer media production and editorial consulting internationally.
More details soon!
phonogram.co.uk
Of all the great commentaries my old colleagues at 5 live do, I’m not sure I love any of them more than The Masters. Had flu listening to it in 2005, passing in & out of consciousness while leaders changed constantly. Loved it ever since. Always better pictures on the radio!
April 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Of all the great commentaries my old colleagues at 5 live do, I’m not sure I love any of them more than The Masters. Had flu listening to it in 2005, passing in & out of consciousness while leaders changed constantly. Loved it ever since. Always better pictures on the radio!
@shannonliao.bsky.social Hi Shannon - hope you're well. if you're across it, is there any chance you'd be able to join us on the BBC World Service at 6.50pm ET to talk about the Tencent/Ubisoft deal? It's for World Business Report & would be about 5 mins. I'm on james.wickham@bbc.co.uk. Thanks!
March 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@shannonliao.bsky.social Hi Shannon - hope you're well. if you're across it, is there any chance you'd be able to join us on the BBC World Service at 6.50pm ET to talk about the Tencent/Ubisoft deal? It's for World Business Report & would be about 5 mins. I'm on james.wickham@bbc.co.uk. Thanks!
I cannot wait for @georgecaulkin.bsky.social's piece on the cup final, though I am concerned he may have an aneurysm writing it. Joy unconfined? Newcastle? In the same sentence?
March 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I cannot wait for @georgecaulkin.bsky.social's piece on the cup final, though I am concerned he may have an aneurysm writing it. Joy unconfined? Newcastle? In the same sentence?
@benpartridge.bsky.social Hello! I'm slowly working my way through the 3BS back catalogue - I am appallingly late to both that & the wonderful B&DN. However I let out a squeal of delight/bemusement at the revelation in S7 E4 (Crisps), 19 minutes in, that you enjoy listening to Business Matters...
March 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
@benpartridge.bsky.social Hello! I'm slowly working my way through the 3BS back catalogue - I am appallingly late to both that & the wonderful B&DN. However I let out a squeal of delight/bemusement at the revelation in S7 E4 (Crisps), 19 minutes in, that you enjoy listening to Business Matters...
Kathryn was the first presenter I ever produced an outside broadcast, in my first job in proper radio. She was a complete delight - encouraging, patient, and very friendly. I’ve never forgotten her kindness to a complete newbie. This is very sad news.
www.itv.com/news/calenda...
www.itv.com/news/calenda...
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March 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Kathryn was the first presenter I ever produced an outside broadcast, in my first job in proper radio. She was a complete delight - encouraging, patient, and very friendly. I’ve never forgotten her kindness to a complete newbie. This is very sad news.
www.itv.com/news/calenda...
www.itv.com/news/calenda...
@stephaniejones.bsky.social Hello again Dr. Jones - hope you're well. Is there any chance you might be available to talk James Bond with us on the BBC World Service this evening? If so is there a number I/one of my colleagues can give you a call on? I'm on james.wickham@bbc.co.uk or DM. Thanks!
February 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@stephaniejones.bsky.social Hello again Dr. Jones - hope you're well. Is there any chance you might be available to talk James Bond with us on the BBC World Service this evening? If so is there a number I/one of my colleagues can give you a call on? I'm on james.wickham@bbc.co.uk or DM. Thanks!
@podonthetyne.bsky.social A news story I saw...
Croatian media says a former mayor's been arrested on suspicion of using public money to buy one and a half tonnes of sausages. Davor Milicevic's accused of buying lots of kulen - a spiced meat product that's popular in Croatia. Could it be...?
Croatian media says a former mayor's been arrested on suspicion of using public money to buy one and a half tonnes of sausages. Davor Milicevic's accused of buying lots of kulen - a spiced meat product that's popular in Croatia. Could it be...?
February 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@podonthetyne.bsky.social A news story I saw...
Croatian media says a former mayor's been arrested on suspicion of using public money to buy one and a half tonnes of sausages. Davor Milicevic's accused of buying lots of kulen - a spiced meat product that's popular in Croatia. Could it be...?
Croatian media says a former mayor's been arrested on suspicion of using public money to buy one and a half tonnes of sausages. Davor Milicevic's accused of buying lots of kulen - a spiced meat product that's popular in Croatia. Could it be...?
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If today ends with tariffs - purportedly needed because of drug smuggling and illegal immigration - placed on Canada but not Mexico then I will be very confused.
February 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If today ends with tariffs - purportedly needed because of drug smuggling and illegal immigration - placed on Canada but not Mexico then I will be very confused.
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It's not finished. This is just the outline. But I wrote about why North England is poor. Which it really really is. tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...
Why North England is poor.
And why Thatcher is partly to blame, but not in the way most people argue.
tomforth.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It's not finished. This is just the outline. But I wrote about why North England is poor. Which it really really is. tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...
Littler was playing a different game. Unreal.
January 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Littler was playing a different game. Unreal.
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RIP Johnnie Walker - one of the UK’s longest-standing and most recognisable DJs. A devoted fan and tireless champion of rock music, he’ll be sorely missed.
Here’s the start Bob Harris’s lovely tribute on BBC Radio 2’s Sounds Of The 70s, the show he inherited from Johnnie in November.
Here’s the start Bob Harris’s lovely tribute on BBC Radio 2’s Sounds Of The 70s, the show he inherited from Johnnie in November.
December 31, 2024 at 4:39 PM
RIP Johnnie Walker - one of the UK’s longest-standing and most recognisable DJs. A devoted fan and tireless champion of rock music, he’ll be sorely missed.
Here’s the start Bob Harris’s lovely tribute on BBC Radio 2’s Sounds Of The 70s, the show he inherited from Johnnie in November.
Here’s the start Bob Harris’s lovely tribute on BBC Radio 2’s Sounds Of The 70s, the show he inherited from Johnnie in November.
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Chinese firms produce one third of world's manufacturing output
• China's manufacturing output is higher than that of all G7 economies - combined
• Despite oversupply, fixed asset investment in manufacturing could grow by 9% in 2024
• China's manufacturing output is higher than that of all G7 economies - combined
• Despite oversupply, fixed asset investment in manufacturing could grow by 9% in 2024
December 11, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Chinese firms produce one third of world's manufacturing output
• China's manufacturing output is higher than that of all G7 economies - combined
• Despite oversupply, fixed asset investment in manufacturing could grow by 9% in 2024
• China's manufacturing output is higher than that of all G7 economies - combined
• Despite oversupply, fixed asset investment in manufacturing could grow by 9% in 2024
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WATCH: I asked our correspondent in Damascus , Iina Sinjab, about how it felt to witness this weekend’s events. Lina is Syrian.
December 8, 2024 at 10:01 PM
WATCH: I asked our correspondent in Damascus , Iina Sinjab, about how it felt to witness this weekend’s events. Lina is Syrian.
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they've literally taken the Road to Damascus
The rebels have taken Al-Qusayr.
This means the last proper road between Damascus and the coast has been captured.
This means the last proper road between Damascus and the coast has been captured.
December 7, 2024 at 11:07 PM
they've literally taken the Road to Damascus
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Have you seen me post about the massive fall-out between K-pop band NewJeans and their agency, ADOR - and wondered “what on earth is going on there, then?”
Well, you’re in luck. The BBC World Service have put together a brilliant 15-min primer on the whole fiasco.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Well, you’re in luck. The BBC World Service have put together a brilliant 15-min primer on the whole fiasco.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What in the World - Who’s got the power? K-pop stars, their label, or their fans? - BBC Sounds
We explain the latest K-pop drama - this time it’s NewJeans in the hot seat
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Have you seen me post about the massive fall-out between K-pop band NewJeans and their agency, ADOR - and wondered “what on earth is going on there, then?”
Well, you’re in luck. The BBC World Service have put together a brilliant 15-min primer on the whole fiasco.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Well, you’re in luck. The BBC World Service have put together a brilliant 15-min primer on the whole fiasco.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The always brilliant @shayan86.bsky.social has done a thread which is well worth spreading further.
THREAD: How to check if the screenshot of a social media post is real or fake?
Fake screnshots of online posts regularly mislead people. So, here's a simple guide on how you can quickly check if a screenshot of a post attributed to an account is genuine or fake before falling for or sharing it.
Fake screnshots of online posts regularly mislead people. So, here's a simple guide on how you can quickly check if a screenshot of a post attributed to an account is genuine or fake before falling for or sharing it.
December 5, 2024 at 6:50 PM
The always brilliant @shayan86.bsky.social has done a thread which is well worth spreading further.
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And BOOM, South Korea's parliament says "Martial Law? No thanks!"
Now we see what Yoon does next.
Now we see what Yoon does next.
Protests outside South Korea's parliament after President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law - live updates
In a surprise late night address, Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been struggling to pass a budget bill, says the move is to protect the country from
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December 3, 2024 at 4:22 PM
And BOOM, South Korea's parliament says "Martial Law? No thanks!"
Now we see what Yoon does next.
Now we see what Yoon does next.