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The Media Club with Matt Deegan

Sham Experts, Luxury Podcasts & Radio 2 vs Ofcom

Apr 11, 2025
43:03

In the club today: the curious case of fictional experts... is AI driving a  credibility problem when sourcing talking heads? Media writer Maggie Brown and broadcaster Alex Zane discuss Press Gazette’s excellent scoop... as well the launch of Alex’s new podcast, The Savoy Originals.


Also on the programme: Ofcom puts the brakes on Radio 2’s spin-off. Phil Riley from Boom Radio assesses the damage.


All that plus: podcast festival Crossed Wires gets a new creative director. Owner Dino Sofos is here to reveal who it is... and, in the quiz, we enter the Frequency Funhouse.


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A Rethink Audio production, produced by Matt Hill with post-production from Podcast Discovery.


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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Press Gazette's expose into fake commentators

Ofcom says no to Radio 2 spin-off

BBC advertising for new iPlayer roles...

Threads is back

Local Radio podcast launches

AP To Be Allowed Back Into White House

Avalon take a stake in Adolescence producer



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