The Media Show

BBC Radio 4
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Dec 5, 2018 • 28min

The Media Show Revolutions: Radio

As part of our series of audience events exploring the media revolution, how the radio industry is being disrupted by new technology. From podcasts to music streaming, the choice of what to listen to has never been greater - but where will the revolution go next?Amol Rajan is joined in the BBC Radio Theatre by Scott Taunton, CEO Wireless Group, Gill Hind, Enders Analysis, Helen Zaltzman, The Allusionist, and Helen Thorn, Scummy Mummies. Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Richard Hooper
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Nov 28, 2018 • 28min

Can Canada save journalism?

The Canadian government has unveiled a £350 million package of tax breaks for the news industry. One of the initiatives will see consumers being able to claim back a portion of the cost of a news subscription. Critics say that state subsidy threatens the core principle of journalistic independence.Also in the show, political debates on TV, including the proposed Brexit showdown between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.Amol Rajan is joined by Adam Boulton, presenter of All Out Politics on Sky News, Jo Tanner, co-founder of iNHouse Communications, Susan Krashinsky Robertson, marketing and media reporter at The Globe and Mail, and Erin Millar, founder of The Discourse.Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Richard Hooper
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Nov 28, 2018 • 18min

Sir Harold Evans

A legend of Fleet Street on his career and the art of concise writing
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Nov 21, 2018 • 28min

How Brexit became a media pantomime

Has the UK media's obsession with certain colourful politicians distorted how it reports Brexit? Also in the show, Facebook's Community News Project, a new initiative to fund local reporters.Andrea Catherwood is joined by Nick Wrenn, Facebook's head of news partnerships, Chris Williams, Daily Telegraph deputy business editor, Maria Breslin, Reach senior editor, Andrew Pierce, Daily Mail columnist, and Jack Blanchard, Politico's London Playbook This programme was not transmitted live due to technical difficulties.Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Producer: Richard Hooper Assistant Producer: Steven Williams
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Nov 16, 2018 • 56min

BONUS News Xchange 2018 debate

Amol is joined in Edinburgh by CNN, the FT, CBS News, Deutsche Welle, and Facebook
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Nov 14, 2018 • 28min

Global perspectives on the news business

In a special edition of the show recorded in Edinburgh at the 2018 News Xchange conference, Amol is joined by Nahlah Ayed, CBC foreign correspondent, Phil Chetwynd, AFP global editor-in-chief and Iman Rappetti, eNCA presenter.Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Richard Hooper Assistant Producer: Steven Williams
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Nov 7, 2018 • 28min

Why Channel 4 is on the move

Channel 4 has announced that it will open a new headquarters in Leeds. Alex Mahon, Channel 4 CEO, discusses this and her wider strategy. Also in the show, Keith Weed, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Unilever, one of the world's biggest advertisers. Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Richard Hooper
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Oct 31, 2018 • 28min

Who'd be a journalist?

Despite a popular perception that journalism is an industry in decline, The National Council for the Training of Journalists has published research that claims the number of people calling themselves journalists has actually increased since 2012. So where are they working?Also in the show, the BBC has launched Sounds, a new app that it hopes will entice more younger people to listen to the BBC, and The Overtake, a news website "from outside the middle-class media bubble".Amol Rajan is joined by Joanne Butcher, NCTJ chief executive, Bob Shennan, BBC Director of Radio and Music, Robyn Vinter, editor of The Overtake, and Hussein Kesvani, journalist and podcaster.Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Richard Hooper
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Oct 24, 2018 • 28min

The Evolution of Sports Broadcasting

Is streaming changing the way we watch sport? Amol Rajan is joined by Simon Denyer, Chief Executive of DAZN Group and Richard Broughton an expert in sports broadcasting from Ampere Analysis. Also in the show Yvonne Thompson, the new boss of The Radio Academy on why the radio industry must diversify or die, Jane Graham writer and former BBC radio producer and Geoffrey Robertson, QC on why Non Disclosure Agreements threaten freedom of speech.
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Oct 17, 2018 • 21min

BONUS James Harding, Tortoise Media

Former editor of The Times and director of BBC News on his new "slow news" venture

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