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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trust's review of News; Lachlan Murdoch

With Steve Hewlett. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ director of news and current affairs James Harding on the Trust's review into output. Plus, Lachlan Murdoch returns to News Corp.

A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trust review into the corporation's news and current affairs output says t it needs to do more to make an impact. The report found that audiences looking for quality investigative journalism rated Channel 4 higher than the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. It also said that on and off screen diversity needs to be addressed. In his first interview for the Media Show, James Harding, head of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News, sets out how he's going to improve coverage. Also in the studio; Richard Sambrook former director of Global News and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and Stewart Purvis, non-executive director of Channel Four and former editor in Chief at ITN, discuss how improvements might be made at a time when money needs to be saved.

Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert, has been appointed non-executive co-chairman of both entertainment company 21st Century Fox and global newspaper company News Corp, alongside his father. He's finally been persuaded to rejoin the family business, and now looks set to be the heir to his father's empire. Richard Aedy, Presenter of The Media Report on ABC Radio National in Sydney, Australia - where Lachlan has been based - tells Steve Hewlett what's being made of the appointments back in the Murdochs' home country.

Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trust news review

    With James Harding, Director of News and Current Affairs

    Duration: 15:01

  • How improvements might be made to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ news and current affairs

    With Stewart Purvis, former ITN news Chief & Richard Sambrook, former ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Dir Global News

    Duration: 11:19

Broadcast

  • Wed 30 Apr 2014 16:30

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