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Tala Visram

British multimedia journalist based in New York, focusing on business reporting; contributor to NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money and formerly a staff writer at Fast Company.

Mar 23, 2026

3:23
[laughs]
3:23
But there are more signs of crossover potential today in a global media landscape.
3:29
Take the BBC series, Have I Got News for You.
3:32
Like a quiz show, but with celebrities and banter.
3:36
It's been going strong for 36 years, and an American version just launched in 2024 on CNN.
3:43
It's hosted by Daily Show alum, Roy Wood Jr.
7:02
You've got these people who just hold their breath until they're blue in the face and wish that the past would return.
7:07
This is the very moment when the British media industry needs to shift more to digital and forget its hangups with traditional telly, and Sky is leaning into that.
7:50
Is this because of the bear, the TV show? I'm from Chicago, so...
7:55
Well, sort of, but it's more than that.
7:57
There's a surge in demand for high-protein diets driven by wellness fads from social media and people on GLP-1 drugs consuming more protein to retain muscle mass.
8:09
Products labeled as protein-rich were up almost 5% in the U.S. between March 2024 and 2025, according to research group NielsenIQ.
8:42
Well, I mean, that kind of defeats the purpose because the whole thing about Hamburger Helper is it's super fast.
8:48
Fair enough.
8:49
Okay, so agree to disagree on how to take your helper.
8:52
But the point is, more attention on TV and social media put the idea in front of new people.

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