Stop The Press!
by Nick Copson, Bill Martin, Rob Chadwick
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Back to the Future: Why Plymouth Live is Becoming The Herald Again
Back to the Future: Why Plymouth Live is Becoming The Herald Again
About this podcast
The podcast where journalism, politics and the media industry collide.
Listen to Bill Martin, Nick Copson, and Rob Chadwick as they go from current affairs to investigative storytelling, from where news and media came from, to where it's heading, we explore the forces shaping how information is reported, consumed, and manipulated in today's fast-paced digital age.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 41 episodes
- Back to the Future: Why Plymouth Live is Becoming The Herald Again · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail Is the future of local journalism actually in its past? In this episode of Stop The Press!, the boys are joined by special guest Edd Moore, Editor-in-Chief for…
- One Man, One Newsroom: How a 23-Year-Old is Reinventing Local News · 31 min · Season 3 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail Who says local journalism is dying? This week on Stop The Press!, we're joined by Seamus McCoy, the 23-year-old founder, owner and sole employee of Plymouth…
- Power, Money & the Press: Burnham, Man City and the latest legacy media battleground · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail It’s been quite a summer for politics, football and the media - so Stop The Press! is back to pick through three stories where the headlines are almost as…
- #38: The Future of Media with Morgan Stevenson: Can traditional publishers fight back? · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 16Send us Fan Mail Traditional media is at a crossroads, but is its future as bleak as many predict? In this episode of Stop The Press!, Rob and Nick are joined by Morgan…
- #37: World Cup Wrap-Up, Media Winners & Andy Burnham's First Day in Downing Street · 30 minSend us Fan Mail The FIFA World Cup is over, and in this episode the team reflects on a tournament that delivered memorable football, surprise stories and plenty of debate both…
- #36: Makerfield to Manchester: Labour's new era and Stokes calls time · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 14Send us Fan Mail This week on Stop the Press!, Nick, Rob and Bill round up the biggest stories dominating the UK headlines. They unpack the political fallout from the Makerfield…
- #35: Has Sports Journalism Changed Forever? Special Guest Episode with Chris Errington · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 13Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Stop The Press!, Nick Copson, Rob Chadwick and Bill Martin are joined by one of the South West's most respected sports journalists, Chris…
- #34: Can England finally bring it home? | World Cup 2026 Preview Special with Chris Errington · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 12Send us Fan Mail The countdown to the 2026 FIFA World Cup is on. On this special football edition of Stop the Press!, Nick Copson, Rob Chadwick and Bill Martin are joined by…
- #33: Is Journalism Still Alive? Special Guest Episode with Adam Tinworth · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 11Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of Stop the Press!, Nick Copson, Rob Chadwick and Bill Martin sit down with media veteran, blogger and digital media lecturer, Adam…
- #32: Britain’s political circus: Can any party actually govern anymore? With Special Guest: Tess Tucker · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 10Send us Fan Mail This week on Stop The Press!, Rob, Nick and Bill are joined by Tessa Tucker, former Conservative Party candidate for Exeter, to ask a question that increasingly…
- #31: Is social media dead? · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 9Send us Fan Mail A landmark ruling in Los Angeles has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley, with tech giants like Meta and Google found liable for contributing to the worsening…
- #30: Special Guest Episode with Pete Holdgate - War, Newsrooms, and the Power of the Image · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 8Send us Fan Mail This week on Stop The Press!, the team sit down with Falklands War veteran and former Western Morning News and Plymouth Herald photographer Pete Holdgate for a…
- #29: The Blair Years - His legacy and his leadership · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Stop The Press!, Nick, Bill, and Rob discuss the recent Channel 4 documentary series The Blair Years and revisit the political era shaped by…
- #28: Iran invasion: War, Restraint, and the Media’s Reckoning · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail The Middle East is once again at war. Following the joint Israeli and American strikes on Iran, the geopolitical consequences are unfolding at speed - from…
- #27: Hacked Off! Will it mean more press regulation? · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Stop The Press!, Nick, Bill and Rob unpack a week where media accountability, political influence and public broadcasting all collide. First…
- #26: Epstein Fallout: Andrew under arrest, the monarchy and the battle for the truth. · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Stop The Press!, Nick Copson, Bill Martin and Rob Chadwick dig into the latest developments surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein case and the…
- #25: A round-up of the news and how it affects the media! And there's lots of it. · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Stop The Press! Bill, Nick and Rob discuss what's been happening in the news, (or rather what's been happening in Trump-land) because…
- #24: Expose or Entrap? Sven, Big Sam, and the limits of the press · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of the press and England sport pod, Bill, Rob, and Nick take on one of the biggest ethical questions in journalism: does the press go too far in…
- #23: From tabloids to Bazball - England sport’s never-ending media battle · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail England’s Ashes tour of Australia didn’t just take place on the pitch - it played out in headlines, columns, and outrage too. From stories about drinking culture…
- 22: Our wildly fanciful, slightly irreverent, almost certainly wrong... predictions for 2026 · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail What’s going to happen in 2026? Almost certainly not what we predict… which makes this episode perfect Stop The Press! territory. Bill, Nick and Rob each bring…
