Radio and podcasts Today
Bloomberg TV
Bloomberg Technology is a tech- focused one-hour show, bringing all the news from Silicon Valley.
Today is the most influential news programme in the United Kingdom and sets the political agenda each morning. If you want to quickly build awareness of current affairs in politics, business and society, then listen to this. One of BBC R4’s main flagship news and current affairs programmes, along with Today and PM . A probing look at the day’s issues – excellent analysis and interviews with leading figures.
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Press The Economist
Try a discounted trial or student subscription for full access, or choose your limited free reads carefully. The app is free to download. Behind a pay wall. The Times law supplement is published on Thursdays and you can sign up for their daily law newsletter which is sent by email. Paywall (can read some material free). Good international features and interesting opinion pieces. The Guardian law section used to be very well regarded, although there are claims of a slip in quality since it lost its dedicated team of writers. But there’s no pay wall! Heavy on the financial markets and good for fast news reports. Interesting to read about European issues from another perspective.
World at One on BBC R4
The Times
PM on BBC R4
Financial Times
The World of Business podcast
Insights into the business world from Radio 4’s In Business programme.
Guardian
FT News Briefing podcast
A rundown of the most important global business news stories every weekday morning direct from the newsroom of the Financial Times. BBC World Service’s daily podcast on the world of money and work from across the globe. This podcast offers solid coverage on current affairs, business and finance, science and technology, and global issues. The hour-long show allows time for special reports to explain issues more deeply – by far the best news journalism on British TV. The BBC’s business and economics team contributes regularly to BBC News and also has blogs and stories on the BBC website. Tune in to The Andrew Marr Show for interviews with leading figures from politics and business (or its ITV rival, Peston ). The Beeb also makes some good one-off documentaries/short series about world economics and business.
Reuters
Business Daily podcast
Wall Street Journal BBC News website
Economist Radio podcast TV Channel 4 News
Pitches many stories at the non- expert, but this can be really helpful.
Other Finimize
A free daily email that summarises the top financial news in three minutes. Great for those who just want to get the gist of the big stories. Following law firms, journalists, political commentators, and publications’ business or law- specific Twitter accounts (eg, @BBCBusiness) on social media can help to keep you up-to- date with the latest events and analysis in bitesize chunks. There are also several commercial awareness accounts run by students for aspiring lawyers.
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