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Olly Mann is joined by broadcast consultant Paul Robinson and PACT chair Laura Mansfield to discuss the week’s top media stories.
After months of speculation the Government has set out its stall for BBC charter renewal negotiations. From how the corporation should be funded to its ultimate cultural mission, the panel discuss what issues the nation’s favourite broadcaster needs to address.
Also on the programme, Olly talks to Local World's Matt Kelly and Steve Anglesey about its new local-news website Quirker. Is there money to be made from the weird and wacky regional news stories that are the staple of tabloids and local radio stations?
Plus there’s gossip about Chris Moyles joining XFM breakfast, issues of ‘cappuccino interviews’ for top media jobs and the joys of basing a European bureau in London.
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Media news and analysis with your host Olly Mann and guests Faraz Osman (Managing Director, Lemonade Money) and Leon Wilson (Managing Director, Talkback).
As the BBC Trust approves plans to move youth channel BBC Three online, what impact will this have on young viewers and on the corporation’s hopes for a favourable renegotiation of its Royal Charter?
Yonderland’s main writer Larry Rickard discusses the return of the series to Sky One, and a few hints as to what we can expect from Tracey Ullman’s new BBC show.
Plus, the panel discuss Trinity Mirror’s plans to buy the Express newspapers, Neil Wallis’ acquittal from all phone hacking charges and we fix three broken formats in another Media Podcast Quiz.
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Media news, analysis and occasional pronouncements on the death of linear media since 2006. Host Olly Mann is joined by radio exec and Sound Women founder Maria Williams, and producer and founder of Viral Spiral Damian Collier.
It’s been a busy week for Chris Evans, with speculation over a new series of TFI Friday overtaken (!) by an offer to host the reboot of Top Gear. With the support of fans and the commentariat, has the BBC got itself onto the front foot?
Radio independent company Falling Tree have put over 300 documentaries online for free - The Media Podcast speaks to director Alan Hall about curating the archive and play a few choice treats.
Plus, we discuss Apple News, the tech company’s foray into news curation - launched with the surprising notion of using actual human beings to editorialise content - and the panel look back at 84-year-old Rupert Murdoch’s career as he looks to step down as chief executive from 21st Century Fox at the end of the month.
Olly Mann is joined by Moz Dee (Contented Media) & Jake Kanter (Broadcast) to discuss the biggest stories of the week, including key insights from Creative Week 2015.
Broadcast has launched a campaign offering ‘qualified support’ for the corporation during its Royal Charter renewal negotiations - Jake Kanter explains why.
In a week where BBC director of television Danny Cohen spelled out the dangers in cutting the licence fee, the panel discuss the threats to programming on BBC4, as well as the latest commissioning news for BBC Three, as it prepares for a potential move online.
Plus, Olly, Jake and Moz consider Gary Lineker’s potential part-time gig at BT Sport - does it water down the BBC’s brand? - a public offering for Buzzfeed and the ominous warnings of pre-rolls at Netflix.
Tabloid journalist Susie Boniface – also known as the Fleet Street Fox – and broadcaster Maggie Brown join Olly Mann to discuss the largest compensation payment in phone hacking history.
As a High Court judge orders more than £250,000 to be paid to Sadie Frost - the biggest single payout in phone-hacking history - Trinity Mirror sets aside £28m to pay more alleged victims. What impact might this have on budgets at the group’s local newspapers?
Also this week: What does the appointment of John Whittingdale as Culture Secretary mean for the BBC as it gears up to negotiate a new royal charter?
Matt Deegan uncovers the winners and losers in this week’s RAJAR results – where Radio 1’s reach has fallen below the psychologically-important figure of 10 million listeners a week. Radio 1 says it’s shedding older listeners but is that the whole story?
Plus, ITV revenues are going up but audiences are going down. The London newspapers moving production to an office in Dorset. And a quickfire quiz.
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Boyd Hilton of Heat Magazine, former Discovery exec and City University professor Lis Howell and Alex Hudson, former Mirror journalist and BBC Question Time producer join Olly Mann to discuss how the major broadcasters and press outlets have handled the most unpredictable election in living memory.
With most commentators lulled into thinking the result would be close, the panel discuss which news teams coped best with the unfolding narrative - and if social media had any impact at all (Spoiler: It didn’t)
There’s talk of Sky innovations in the TV gallery, the BBC’s first election away from TV Centre and why it was The Sun (amongst others) wot won it.
Plus, we squeeze in the week’s other stories including turmoil at Al Jazeera America, a new home on ITV for the Top Gear Three and new proposals for 5live’s sister station, Sports Extra.
The BBC Trust delays their initial decision until the autumn, knocking back plans to move the youth channel online only. Broadcast consultant Paul Robinson and Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival Director Lisa Campbell join Olly Mann to discuss this and the week’s other top media stories.
The makers of the Adblock Plus software win a court case against two German news organisations - what does it mean for ad-funded journalism in an already cash-poor industry?
Also on the programme, we discuss bad weeks for Katie Hopkins & Piers Morgan, good times at Sky and Netflix and the panel highlight the key media commitments from the main political parties’ manifestos.
News and analysis, this week with the MD of content company Somethin’ Else Steve Ackerman and journalist Alex Hudson.
In this edition: Jason Seiken has left the Telegraph, but in what state? The panel discusses what the news organisation needs to do to take back the digital initiative.
We have a UK election round-up - since our last podcast ITV has produced a debate programme, BBC Scotland journalists have been attacked and Channel 4 has commissioned election-themed comedy and drama. Steve and Alex share their views.
Plus as Victoria Derbyshire’s daily show launches on BBC Two and the News Channel, editor Louisa Compton tells us about making the leap from radio to TV. There’s talk of YouTube’s new revenue stream and the app predicted to kill Snapchat: Periscope.
Olly Mann discusses the future of Top Gear – including a rumoured deal with Netflix – with the help of Folder Media’s creative director Matt Deegan and broadcaster and DJ Ed Adoo.
The BBC have decided not to renew Jeremy Clarkson’s contract. With his Top Gear co-presenters hinting at solidarity with their fallen comrade, what does it mean for the future of the corporation’s cash cow?
Also: Radio 1’s decision to move the chart show to Friday drivetime and Facebook’s proposal to host content on behalf of creators such as the New York Times.
Plus Jake Kanter from Broadcast on the magazine’s 2015 survey of independent production companies. A PPM Production, produced by Matt Hill.
Broadcast consultant Paul Robinson presents highlights from the annual radio festival, with guests Helen Boden (BBC), Elvis Duran (Z100) and Australian presenter Mel Greig.
Media writer Maggie Brown and managing director of Lemonade Money Faraz Osman join Olly Mann to discuss the week’s biggest stories.
With Jeremy Clarkson suspended from the BBC, Top Gear’s last episodes postponed and a live tour in doubt, the panel discusses what more the broadcaster could have done with this troubled talent. Can they afford to lose him, and what message does it send out to other staff?
Plus, we celebrate the journalists and scoops at this year’s British Press Awards, unpick the latest surge in Snapchat’s valuation and Rona Fairhead’s call for an end to the BBC Trust.
As the long running Radio 4 show Face The Facts comes to an end, presenter John Waite shares some of his presenting secrets, in conversation with Peter Curran.
Recorded at 'What They Didn't Teach Me At Presenting School', a masterclass ran by the Radio Independents Group. For more details on other (free) workshops ran by the group, visit rigtrain.co.uk. Thanks to John Waite and event producer Matt Taylor.
Olly Mann presents media industry insight with the help of James Robinson of Powerscourt PR and Matt Kelly, group digital director at newspaper group Local World.
This week: In the aftermath of resignations, accusations and a full-blooded attack on other papers by the Telegraph, how should print journalists treat the relationship between editorial and advertising? Did a golden age of editorial integrity ever exist on Fleet Street?
As Radio 1 boss Ben Cooper announces a new strategy and a new chair for the beleaguered Radio Academy, he tells The Media Podcast why change is necessary.
Plus there’s more on the Guardian’s search for a new editor-in-chief and why overnight ratings might be a thing of the past at the BBC.
Hexacopters are taking off on TV. These six-rotor miniature helicopters carry broadcast-quality cameras and are fast replacing full-size helicopters for aerial shooting. Operated by remote control, shots from hexacopters - or 'drones' - are becoming more familiar to TV audiences - from Olympic skiing coverage in Sochi 2014 to entertainment shows like The Great British Bake Off.
Owain Rich pioneered the use of hexacopters at the BBC World Service. In this special edition of the Media Podcast he talks about using copters on two of his recent productions: 'Auschwitz' (One of BBC News' most-viewed Youtube videos of all time) and 'Soccer Cities', where drones allowed him to get closer to Rio's famous landmarks than ever before.
Media industry analysis with Olly Mann and guests. This week Olly is joined by City University’s Professor Lis Howell and the man behind Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Celebrity Juice and QI - Leon Wilson, Managing Director of Talkback.
As the ink dries on the biggest broadcasting deal in Premier League history we discuss how BT and Sky will attempt to recoup their £5bn spending spree to secure English football rights. Will subscribers end up paying more?
ITV is suffering a slump: After the disappearance of Rising Star, the critically-unacclaimed return of Broadchurch and the lukewarm reception for Harry Hill’s Stars in their Eyes, what can the commercial broadcaster do to find bigger audiences?
Radio consultant Paul Robinson is on hand with a rundown of the latest RAJAR figures. There’s bad news for Radio 5 Live and BBC Local Radio but better results for commercial stations in London.
There’s also an update on the Press Gazette’s 'Save Our Sources' campaign and another format idea hits the cutting-room floor in The Media Podcast Quiz.
In this bonus edition, Matt Kelly (Group Digital Director, Local World) makes a compelling argument for the kind of press we have in the UK. He did this at an event hosted by BUG, called 'Do We Get The Press We Deserve?' hosted by Miranda Sawyer. Thanks to both of them for agreeing to share this clip. To find out more about BUG, go to buglondon.co.uk
Analysis and discussion on the latest media news, with Olly Mann, Lisa Campbell (Director, Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival) and radio consultant Matt Deegan (Folder Media).
It’s been a future-looking week for journalists, with both the BBC publishing a report on the future of its news output and Professor Emily Bell (Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism) delivering the Hugh Cudlipp lecture. The panel discuss whether World Service output survive charter renewal and how news editors have to embrace the growing power of social media.
Plus, we talk about Hat Trick and Avalon’s cheeky bid for BBC Three - could it actually work? - the page three debacle at The Sun and the latest twists and turns in proposals for the televised leadership debates.
The podcast returns with its irreverent take on the latest media news. Olly Mann is joined by Steve Ackerman (MD, Somethin Else) and Boyd Hilton (TV editor, Heat magazine).
After a particularly difficult beginning to the year, the panel discuss the reaction to last week’s attacks in Paris - how much influence does social media now have on the mainstream news agenda?
OFCOM’s verdict on what constitutes a ‘major party’ for the general election has reignited the issues around televised leader’s debates. Will the prime minister be empty-seated, or is this grand experiment over before it really began?
As radio stations revamp their imaging, we speak to composer Dan Mumford about his new version of BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat bed (and find out which station’s presenters break out in hives as they approach the top of the hour).
Plus, we cover UTV’s attempts to offload its local radio stations to another owner and attempt to get excited about The Voice in BBC One (when we’re secretly all watching Harry Hill’s Stars in their Eyes).
Happy new year! In this first instalment of 2015, Olly Mann invites pundits from across broadcast, print and online to take an informed guess at what might happen over the next twelve months.
Fi Glover, Ben Cooper and Jane Garvey discuss their expectations for radio in a post-Serial world, whilst John Plunkett, Faraz Osman, Jake Kanter and Lisa Campbell predict the year in television (including contradictory views on ITV’s fortunes).
Plus, we take Matt Deegan, Maggie Brown and Paul Robinson to task over their predictions for 2014. Were they wrong? And how badly?
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Sony are feeling the heat from Hollywood over its hacking strategy: after cancelling the launch of The Interview and lambasting the media for writing stories on released emails, there’s a backlash from audiences, talent and the press. Powerscourt PR consultant James Robinson tells us what they should have done.
Also on the programme: Serial comes to an end with record-breaking podcast downloads, Channel 4 News almost scuppers an expensive trial, but will it make police-journalist relations even more frosty?
Plus, changes afoot at the top of the Guardian, OFCOM and Classic FM - media writer Maggie Brown profiles the candidates.
Interviews and reaction from the annual Women in Film and Television Awards 2014, held on Friday in central London. Helen Zaltzman speaks to the BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet, comedian Sue Perkins, producer Katie Swinden (Marvellous, Peaky Blinders) about their achievements this year, plus Jon Snow, Baroness King, Jake Kanter (Broadcast Magazine) and Lisa Campbell (Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival) give their take on proceedings.
The government reveal a long-awaited tax break for the BBC and commercial productions - Olly Mann discusses the potential impact for the sector with Faraz Osman (Lemonade Money) and Matt Deegan (Funkids Radio, Folder Media).
Also on the podcast: Vodafone raises prospects of a spending spree with a quad-play service involving Virgin Media and possibly Blinkbox. The culling of theatre critics at national papers has caused one professional reviewer to speak out, and the Times and Sunday Times make a profit for the first time since 2001 - is it a vindication of their paywall?
Plus: there’s a media quiz in which an infamous Chris Morris fable is stated as fact, but our producer doesn’t have the heart to correct the panel.
Olly Mann presents media industry analysis and gossip with City University journalism lecturer Lis Howell and director of the Edinburgh TV Festival, Lisa Campbell.
On the show this week: The lads’ lad Dapper Laughs lands himself in trouble - but was he just a victim of trial by Twitter?
The investigative journalist known as the Fake Sheik is unveiled by Panorama - but as politicians debate charter renewal once more, what future for the world’s longest-running current affairs show inside a privatised BBC?
Three big beasts of the local newspaper industry combine forces to sell advertising - could this be the saviour of local journalism?
Plus news of a new sitcom from Julia Davis and, in the Media Podcast quiz, what’s happened to the Sony Awards?
Olly Mann presents informed analysis of the media industries with radio expert Paul Robinson and former Saatchi & Saatchi creative director Chris Arnold.
On the show this week: After clocking up five million views of a naked DJ on a wrecking ball, the BBC trust allows Radio 1 to launch a video channel on the iPlayer - but will the YouTube generation come and watch?
Competition regulators force Sky to make some of its sports channels available to arch-rival BT - so what happens next? Plus the Sun feels the heat after a competition to win a date with a page three model is banned.
There’s another Media Podcast Quiz and a first look at this year’s Christmas ads set to go viral.
Analysis of the latest ratings for the UK radio industry - and lots more besides - with Olly Mann, media writer Maggie Brown and Broadcast magazine's news editor Jake Kanter.
Nick Grimshaw takes Radio 1 back over the psychologically-important 10 million mark, whilst Heart have a bad quarter - but what does it all mean? Radio consultant Matt Deegan swings by with his top talking points.
Also on the programme... Vice Media expect big profits in the year ahead - can they deliver? BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead appears to let slip her personal position on BBC Three, but what does that tell us about the relationship between the Trust and the Corporation?
Plus, there’s our inordinately complicated quiz and we hear all about the more unusual commissions at MIPCOM: Battle Cats, anyone?
For one week only, John Plunkett (broadcast correspondent, the Guardian), presents this special from the UK's annual Radio Festival in Salford in the company of Helen Zaltzman (Answer Me This), Steve Ackerman (MD, Somethin’ Else) and Emma Barnett (Telegraph, 5Live).
Iggy Pop delivered the keynote John Peel lecture, taking swipes at U2, file-sharing sites like Megaupload and the record industry - but the veteran punk still has time for Countryfile.
Culture minister Ed Vaizey revealed another extension to analogue licences - with a wealth of ways to listen, has UK radio missed the moment when it can officially move to DAB?
Plus, Tom Watson MP talks to John about the big four broadcaster’s proposals for televised debates in the 2015 general election, there’s discussion on whether there are too many indies in the industry and Steve Ackerman invents a new catchphrase.
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The US owner has promised big bucks, but few details - Olly Mann is joined by broadcast consultant Paul Robinson and the Director of Broadcasting at City University London, Lis Howell, to sift through the announcement for clues of what we can expect.
Ofcom have received dozens of complaints after Sky News’ story on trolling is linked to the death of an interviewee. When is it right to doorstep and what precautions should be taken?
Chief Exec Jason Seiken announces a new digital strategy at the Telegraph - the panel discuss the detail and how it will impact the print edition.
Also on the podcast: everything you need to know about ‘Shendimol’ head Sophie Turner Laing, there are updates on London Live and the Save Our Sources campaign, plus obligatory - and mercifully brief - references to Bake Off, Top Gear and BBC Music.
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Trinity Mirror settles with ten high-profile, phone-hacking claimants and internet pranksters trick the mainstream media twice with the same story. Olly Mann plus guests James Robinson and Lisa Campbell discuss these and other stories from the media week.
Also on the programme, Jeremy Paxman is to anchor Channel 4’s election coverage next year - but what kind of an alternative will he present to Sky and the BBC?
In radioland, there’s good news for the BBC as they make steady progress raising the number of female presenters on local radio - and the panel discuss the announcement of Iggy Pop as the choice for the John Peel Lecture at the Radio Festival 2014.
Plus, we try out another unworkable gameshow format in our Media Quiz... in the hope ITV will develop it for £1m.
The Met police were able to uncover a source for a Sun story using a RIPA request - how are we going to protect our sources in a digital age? Nick Wallis sits in for Olly Mann with guests Helen Zaltzman and creative director of Folder Media, Matt Deegan.
Also on the programme, Rona Fairhead faces MPs before becoming the new chair of the BBC Trust - we discuss the highlights. Plus, a full report on the Next Radio Conference in London and the panel discuss the impact digital will make on in-car listening next year.
All that plus the Media Quiz and details on our new, members-only website (not to be confused with the Guardian’s new scheme).
Media news, analysis and opinion from Scotland’s annual television shindig. June Sarpong, Boyd Hilton and Jane Martinson join Olly Mann to discuss what TV bosses are thinking and debate the state of the industry today.
Channel 4’s chief executive David Abraham delivers the keynote MacTaggart lecture - and ruffles the feathers of many independent companies listening in the auditorium, with talk of rewriting the terms of trade and fighting American ownership. Media writer Maggie Brown also offers her take on the speech.
Also on the podcast, the panel go through their highlights of the festival and reveal the main talking points from the sessions. You can see video from all the panels we discuss at geitf.co.uk.
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Media discussion and analysis from makers and thinkers in the industry. Olly Mann is joined this week by Jake Kanter of Broadcast Magazine and Steve Ackerman, MD of Somethin’ Else.
As the BBC announces plans to broadcast the second Scottish referendum debate broadcast live across the UK, our pundits discuss STV’s bizarre decision to restrict access to online for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Plus, we hear how Scottish indies feel about their future prospects in an independent Scotland.
Also on the programme: the latest magazine ABCs are revealed, with good news for Good Housekeeping and the Economist’s digital strategy - but it’s the end of the road for Company as it goes online only; how long before the NME follows suit?
Plenty of column inches have been dedicated to the memory of comedian Robin Williams, but have publishers been responsible in their reporting of a celebrity suicide - and have these responsibilities changed in the new media landscape?
Plus, there’s a preview of the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival and a big ol’ pow-wow on the role of native advertising in digital media.
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Media news and irreverent chatter with Olly Mann, joined this week by media consultant Paul Robinson and former TalkSPORT boss Moz Dee, now co-founder of Contented Digital Media.
Radio listening figures were out on Thursday, so we take a moment to look at how the UK radio industry is faring - if you’ve never understood how RAJAR works, we have a handy explainer.
There were great gains for digital brands as Absolute, Heat and Premier Christian Radio increase their share. At the BBC, Chris Evans gets ever closer to 10m - but there are questions to be asked about what Radio 3 is really for; as its listenership continues to decline, can it really justify financing five orchestras?
Elsewhere: get ready for Sky Europe as BSkyB makes a move for Rupert Murdoch’s satellite businesses in Germany and Italy. With Sky’s money splashed on consolidation, how much will they have spare to keep their football rights?
There’s chaos in the hunt for a BBC Trust chair as Lord Coe pulls out of the running, the New York Times makes a hash of ‘unbundling’ its content into separate apps and London Live asks Ofcom to change its licence obligations - just four months after the local channel’s launch.
Plus, there’s the new media quiz, ‘Name That News’ and Moz invents at least three new words.
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Media punditry and irreverent chatter recorded in central London, this week with presenter Olly Mann, media writer Maggie Brown and Lis Howell, director of broadcasting at City University London.
We knew jobs were to go at BBC News, now we know how many and where: hundreds of staff are to be cut from major strands, including Panorama, leading to more work for independents and a focus on digital output. But is Tony Hall giving away too much to preserve the licence fee?
Rupert Murdoch’s opening bid for Time Warner may have been rebuffed, but what does this latest bout of consolidation say about the state of US media?
Plus, we discuss Utopia on Channel 4, coverage of the conflict in Gaza and the latest bid to expand digital radio in Britain, this time through a joint venture from Bauer, UTV and Arqiva.
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Journalist and broadcaster Miranda Sawyer sits in the presenter chair this week, discussing the week’s media news with Helen Zaltzman (Answer Me This, 5Live) and interactive producer Alex Hudson (Question Time, Newsbeat).
The BBC’s director general Tony Hall proposed on Thursday that the corporation’s in-house production arm should be able to make shows from other broadcasters - and in return indies can pitch to any slot on the Beeb. Big changes, but what will it mean for staff at BBC Productions? And should other broadcasters be worried?
Also on the programme... Channel 5 loses 30m of advertising, George Clooney extracts a rare apology from the Daily Mail, Doctor Who scripts leak online and a journalist is offered £300k to appear on Celebrity Big Brother - but who?
This week: Olly Mann is joined by Steve Ackerman, managing director of production company Somethin’ Else and James Robinson, consultant at Powerscourt PR and former media editor at the Observer.
It’s all change at Radio 5 Live as the station shakes up its daytime schedule. Shelagh Fogarty, Victoria Derbyshire and Richard Bacon are departing, making room for Adrian Chiles, Tony Livesey and Football Focus host Dan Walker. As some brand the station ‘Radio Bloke’, where does this leave the BBC’s attempt to boost the number of women on air?
As Woman’s Hour is to be produced exclusively in London from next April we ask how important the presenter's location is to the audience. Also a familiar name from Playschool is leading calls for children’s tv tax breaks - would that mean more home-grown production?
Plus there’s another cream egg at stake in the weekly Media Podcast quiz.
Olly Mann is joined by media commentator Roy Greenslade, former broadcast exec Lis Howell and radio consultant Matt Deegan to discuss the biggest media stories of the week.
The first wave of hacking prosecutions draw to a close, with former News of the World editor Andy Coulson found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones - whilst Rebecca Brooks is cleared of all charges. What is does the future hold for Rupert Murdoch’s favourite editor?
There’s talk on the three Al-Jazeera journalists sentenced to lengthy jail terms in Egypt and jihadist group Isis’s use of social networking.
TV talent show Rising Star launches in the US to lacklustre reviews - what can ITV and Channel 4 learn from the first show?
Plus, Lenny Henry finds little to applaud in the BBC’s new diversity campaign and Channel 4’s Jay Hunt urges women to stay in the industry - leading to some practical advice from Lis and Matt.
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John Oliver’s new HBO show is making waves, while the FIFA World Cup is breaking ratings records across the world. Olly Mann is joined from San Francisco by Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University and in London by Faraz Osman, creative director of TV indie Lemonade Money.
The panel discuss these and other media stories of the week, including the news that more big names are leaving The Telegraph as it seeks a digital revolution, there a review of Jeremy Paxman last Newsnight show - what next for the nation’s rottweiler?
Plus, PR firms promise to put down their sock puppets and stop abusing Wikipedia and the guests play a game of Who Am I? for the chance to win a Creme Egg.
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The BBC's Robert Peston and former Guardian columnist Michael Woolf both go off-message and take their respective employers to task. Olly Mann takes a look at what they said, in the company of Heat magazine's TV editor Boyd Hilton and Guardian contributor Maggie Brown.
Plus, Channel 4 aims to steal a march on ITV’s Rising Star with its own talent show where viewers vote via app
And as the World Cup kicks off, Sky announces a new football channel - are they now seeing BT Sport as a threat?
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Gossip and news from media insiders, this week featuring Stephen 'Stig' Abell, managing editor of The Sun and Paul Robinson, chief executive of the Radio Academy.
Broadcaster and columnist Olly Mann sits in the presenting chair for the first edition of The Media Podcast, where we discuss the week's top stories, including:
- yet more cuts to staff at the BBC, this time in news and radio. How will it affect output at the Corporation?
- terrestrial broadcasters announce Freeview Connect, but what is it? And why don't they want to talk about YouView?
- eBay say that sponsored search is useless - is this the beginning of the end for Google? (SPOILER - no)
Plus there's TV ratings talk, another Local TV station launches and someone wins a Creme Egg.
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