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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Commercial radio tunes out of local
Wed 27 Feb 2019
The UK's largest operator of commercial radio stations is axing many local shows
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How to combat fake news?
Wed 20 Feb 2019
The DCMS Select Committee releases its report on fake news and disinformation
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The Cairncross Conundrum
Wed 13 Feb 2019
Demand for news is higher than ever, but fewer people are prepared to pay for it
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Spotify's big move on radio
Wed 6 Feb 2019
Swedish streaming company Spotify has announced a major expansion into podcasting.
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The great TV piracy scandal
Wed 30 Jan 2019
Saudi Arabia is accused of stealing sports rights on an industrial scale.
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BONUS Dame Pippa Harris on Call The Midwife and the TV industry
Wed 23 Jan 2019
An extended interview with the producer of some of TV's most popular dramas
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BONUS Do we need another classical music radio station?
Wed 23 Jan 2019
Bauer Media's Steve Parkinson explains the strategy behind Scala Radio
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BONUS Facebook's Steve Hatch apologises for distressing content about suicide on Instagram
Wed 23 Jan 2019
The father of a teenager who took her own life says Instagram "helped kill my daughter"
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How Call The Midwife became a global hit
Wed 23 Jan 2019
Dame Pippa Harris, executive producer behind one of Britain's most popular shows.
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BONUS Matthew Chance, CNN Senior International Correspondent
Wed 16 Jan 2019
CNN's man in Moscow on the world news events that have shaped his career
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Making a show for Netflix
Wed 9 Jan 2019
The producer of Sex Education on working with the streaming giant.
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Fast and slow journalism
Wed 19 Dec 2018
The editor of the Racing Post and the founder of a slow news magazine
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Football, racism and the media
Wed 12 Dec 2018
The programme asks if we have a racist media culture.
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Sir Harold Evans
Wed 28 Nov 2018
A legend of Fleet Street on his career and the art of concise writing
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Can Canada save journalism?
Wed 28 Nov 2018
Justin Trudeau's government has unveiled a plan to subsidise the news industry.
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How Brexit became a media pantomime
Wed 21 Nov 2018
Has journalism's obsession with colourful characters distorted Brexit coverage?
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BONUS News Xchange 2018 debate
Fri 16 Nov 2018
Amol is joined in Edinburgh by CNN, the FT, CBS News, Deutsche Welle, and Facebook
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Global perspectives on the news business
Wed 14 Nov 2018
Special edition of the show recorded at News Xchange 2018.
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Why Channel 4 is on the move
Wed 7 Nov 2018
Alex Mahon, CEO of Channel 4, explains her strategy for the broadcaster.
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Who'd be a journalist?
Wed 31 Oct 2018
New research suggests the number of journalists in the UK has increased.
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BONUS James Harding, Tortoise Media
Wed 17 Oct 2018
Former editor of The Times and director of 大象传媒 News on his new "slow news" venture
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Dark ads and slow news
Wed 17 Oct 2018
Facebook announces new rules on political ads, and Tortoise promises 'open journalism'.
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BONUS Bob Bakish, Viacom CEO
Wed 10 Oct 2018
Boss of the US conglomerate on dealing with Netflix - and his favourite Channel 5 shows
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Dangers of speaking truth to power
Wed 10 Oct 2018
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi is missing after a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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May's Media Strategy
Wed 3 Oct 2018
How Theresa May deals with the press - and the outlets who claim she avoids them
