Biography
Download the full quality version of the above photo (4974x3316 JPEG). Credit: Tor Erik Schrøder
Action shots:
- Vegas 1, Vegas 2, Vegas 3 (No credit required)
- Berlin 1, Berlin 2, Berlin 3 (Credit: Frameshock Productions)
Using this biography for a programme? Take as many, or as few, paragraphs from the top that will fit.
James Cridland
James Cridland is Editor of Podnews, the daily podcast newsletter. As a radio futurologist, he is a writer, consultant and public speaker on radio’s future.
James has worked in audio since 1989 as an award-winning writer, radio presenter, and internet strategist.
He launched the world’s first streaming radio smartphone app in March 2005 for the original Virgin Radio in London, launching the first daily podcast from a UK radio station earlier that year.
In 2007 he joined the BBC, achieving a dramatic increase in the audio quality of the BBC’s online radio streams, and heading up the team that re-architected the BBC’s websites for tv and radio programmes.
A founder of the open hybrid radio technology association RadioDNS, James has also contributed to the open Podcasting 2.0 project, including authoring and revising the location feature which has the promise of significantly improving podcast discovery for all shows.
Part of the team that laid the foundations for Radioplayer, he has since worked for a variety of businesses across the world. He was a Director of Canada’s Vista Radio and Australia’s Reading Radio 4RPH, receiver and silicon manufacturers Pure and Frontier Silicon, talkSPORT, the ABC in Australia, and a variety of media companies in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia; helping them focus on the benefits and challenges that new platforms bring to their business. He was an advisor to podcast host Captivate until its successful acquisition by Global in December 2021.
A co-founder, with Matt Deegan, of Next Radio, the UK radio ideas conference, James has worked with the world’s largest radio conference, Radiodays Europe, since its inception. He has also helped program Radiodays Asia and Podcast Day 24, as well as being on the advisory board for The Podcast Show London for its first three years.
James is an Associate Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and was made an Honorary Life Member of the UK’s Student Radio Association. At Virgin Radio, he helped the team win two Webby Awards in 2005 (both the judges’ Webby Winner and the People’s Voice winner). He has won a number of London International Awards for his copywriting.
Born in the UK, James lives in Brisbane, Australia with his wife, daughter and dog. He likes beer. He does not like cinnamon. He really dislikes beer with cinnamon in.