The Media Show Podcast
Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.
Episodes to download
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Closure of 'Greek ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'
Wed 12 Jun 2013
Closure of Greek public service broadcaster, Apple's iTunes Radio and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s lost £100m
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Leader debates?
Wed 5 Jun 2013
The prospect of leader debates at the Euro and General Elections, following UKIP's rise.
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Comic Relief
Wed 29 May 2013
How the media covered the Woolwich attack, rebranding News Corp, and a bit of Comic Relief
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Radio 1; Police and the Media; Yahoo buys Tumblr
Wed 22 May 2013
Radio 1 chief Ben Cooper - does drive for a younger audience mean losing loyal listeners?
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Channel 4
Wed 15 May 2013
CEO David Abraham on why C4 is now truer to its spirit than when it had Big Brother.
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Harriet Harman, football coverage
Wed 8 May 2013
Banning of football reporters, plus Labour's Harriet Harman on media ownership.
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01/05/2013
Wed 1 May 2013
Christopher Jefferies and acting Times editor John Witherow on the rival Royal Charters.
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Simon Singh on libel reform
Wed 24 Apr 2013
Should people arrested be named in the media, or remain anonymous until charged?
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Reporting in North Korea
Wed 17 Apr 2013
Steve Hewlett discusses journalists gaining access to North Korea, with Sue Lloyd-Roberts.
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Lady Thatcher, the Media and Rupert Murdoch
Wed 10 Apr 2013
Steve Hewlett looks at how laws under Lady Thatcher changed newspapers and TV.
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Melvyn Bragg
Wed 3 Apr 2013
Melvyn Bragg talks to Steve Hewlett about arts coverage on TV. How important is it?
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Justine Roberts of Mumsnet on regulating bloggers
Wed 27 Mar 2013
Justine Roberts, founder of Mumsnet, on the risk of being drawn into press regulation.
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Helena Kennedy
Wed 20 Mar 2013
Helena Kennedy of the Media Standards Trust on a Royal Charter - compromise or confusion?
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Ed Richards, chief exec of Ofcom
Wed 13 Mar 2013
Steve Hewlett talks with Ed Richards, chief exec of Ofcom, on the future of broadcasting.
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Broadchurch
Wed 6 Mar 2013
Is the Defamation Bill at risk? And is ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Worldwide set to sell off Lonely Planet?
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Nick Davies and Ian Hislop on investigative journalism
Wed 27 Feb 2013
At the Paul Foot Awards for investigative journalism, with Nick Davies and Ian Hislop.
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Junk food advertising
Wed 20 Feb 2013
Does advertising junk food make kids fat? Plus, James Purnell returns to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
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13/02/2013
Wed 13 Feb 2013
FT editor Lionel Barber, TV cooks since Delia, and the Royal Charter debate.
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Dido Harding on YouView
Wed 6 Feb 2013
Dido Harding, CEO of TalkTalk, on YouView; the winner of the UK's biggest local TV licence
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Premier League Football; Sir Harold Evans
Wed 30 Jan 2013
Former Sunday Times Editor Sir Harold Evans on press regulation and the Leveson Inquiry.
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Women on Radio and TV
Wed 23 Jan 2013
Why aren't there more women on radio and tv as experts, commentators and presenters?
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Transgender
Wed 16 Jan 2013
Lord Hunt, the Chair of the Press Complaints Commission, on press self-regulation.
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Hacked Off on Leveson
Wed 9 Jan 2013
Hugh Tomlinson QC on Hacked Off's draft press regulation bill, and C4's advertising deal.
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Don McCullin; Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Wed 2 Jan 2013
Christmas TV ratings, what lies ahead for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ in 2013, and the power of a photo.
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26/12/2012
Boxing Day 2012
Steve Hewlett explores the dark art of festive TV scheduling, and talks to David Jason.
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12/12/2012
Wed 12 Dec 2012
Steve Hewlett discusses James Harding's resignation as editor of the Times.
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Editors' meeting, Hacked Off, NewsCorp
Wed 5 Dec 2012
Hacked Off's plans after Leveson and NewsCorp's plans for its UK papers.
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Lord Justice Leveson
Fri 30 Nov 2012
As Leveson rejects their plan for self-regulation, what can the editors come up with now?
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Lobbying before Leveson
Wed 28 Nov 2012
Steve Hewlett on the last-minute lobbying before Lord Justice Leveson reports.