The Media Club

GB News owner Sir Paul Marshall bags a prestigious title - but has set his sights on the Telegraph too. Also on the show: the biggest launch of radio stations EVER... and how news consumption has changed forever.

Media news and analysis, with presenter Matt Deegan and guests Jake Kanter (Deadline) and Managing Director of the Radio Academy, Aradhna Tayal Leach.

It’s a summer of sport... but behind the big numbers for the Euros and predicted for the Olympics... is linear still loved? Media news and analysis with Jane Ostler (Kantar) & media writer Kate Bulkley.

Also on the programme: what’s going on at Strictly, as two dancers face the music... and Kate fills in the details on that Skydance-Paramount deal.

All that plus, do people read beyond the headlines? A recent libel case suggests we should give readers more credit.

And, in the Media Quiz, we look back at a busy week for Lisa Nandy. 

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The Telegraph loses another prospective buyer, as Lord Rothermere pulls the Daily Mail Group out of the auction... One year in, are we any closer to a future for the news group? Media news and analysis, with guests Jim Waterson (the Guardian) and Karin Robinson (Endelman).

Also on the programme: Ofcom strikes back at the BBC over radio expansion plans. Boom Radio’s Phil Riley gives us his reaction.

All that plus, who were the other winners of this year’s election? We discuss BBC vs Channel 4... and boom times in digital news and podcasting.

And, in the Media Quiz, we polish some tv turds. No really.

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Today Matt Deegan is out of our own studio… and into other podcasts as we decamp to the BBC and The Times to see how they covered election night. 

We speak to Newscast’s editor Sam Bonham and presenter Adam Fleming - as well as the corporations’ misinformation correspondent Mariana Spring on what we missed on social media.

Also Matt takes a trip to Times Radio to find out what listeners love about Matt Chorley and natters with Peter Mandelson, Danny Finklestein and Polly Mackenzie.

We discover why some TV execs are troubled by the rise of copycat formats online. Media news and analysis with entertainment exec Rina Dayalji & Broadcast’s Insights Editor Rebecca Cooney.

Also on the programme: podcast growth continues, but which formats could make it onto TV? And what genres are missing for this growing mainstream audience?

Plus, Robert Winnett returns to the Telegraph, why The Racing Post is angry with Radio 4, and, in the Media Quiz, we play an innovative new format called, “which person is this about?”

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