I write a newsletter every week about international trends in radio. It’s called Radioland. And here’s this week - with new information about how we’ll be able to listen to the BBC later this month.

https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/bbc-radio-overseas-a-new-plan/

There must be a knack to getting those pod coffee machines not to taste like shit, but I’ve still not discovered it.

BBC’s international strategy continues to confuse. In the US, they plan to put BBC News behind a paywall. A magnificent approach to hastening irrelevance.

This report says live radio will continue to be free. But that’s not the true position.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/26/bbc-usa-paid-subscription-news?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Interesting to have written this back in 2020 (though updated it since) and still seeing people reading this little post and using the affiliate link it contains. Wasn’t really the reason I wrote it, but it’s always nice to see.

https://james.cridland.net/blog/2020/up-bank---a-long-term-review-of-an-aussie-neo-bank/

A dumb question: Podnews has over 500 citations on Wikipedia (yay!) but has no Wikipedia page. That might be nice. Are there any Podnews supporters who might be able to help there?

An INDIGNANT email from a PR person, after I linked to a live story on a client’s website. “This story isn’t live! It’s going to be published on Friday! Take it down!”

Have calmly told them that a) the client published it; b) I can’t take 32,000 emails back; c) I’m in bed and not getting out.

Amazing. The man who wrote the BBC News theme has put lots of mixes onto your favourite streaming platform. Search for “BBC News: Official Themes” in Spotify, Apple, YT Music etc.

https://davidlowemusic.com/product/bbc-news-official-themes/

Wow. News out of the blue.

https://podnews.net/press-release/greg-glenday-cao-acast

A great new radio station in Canada, and a week of big numbers in Australia. Radioland, my radio newsletter, this week.

https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/infinite-dial-australia-2025/

When there is news, there’s always https://livenow.news

I may have had a little too much fun with the Podnews Daily podcast today. Sorry, #Australia. (Especial sorry to Joe Hildebrand for 3:15. Though not really).

https://truefans.fm/podnews-daily/6853f308e8d5bc26ec51b75b