The Media Podcast with Matt Deegan

As broadcasters begin to announce their lineups, what will Ofcom do about Nigel Farage? Media news and analysis, this week with media writer and chair of Broadcasting Press Guild Manori Ravindran and The Media Leader’s Ella Sagar.

Also on the programme: we’re in Bristol for the Creative Cities Convention and hear reasons to be cheerful from broadcaster David Olusoga and Screenskill’s Laura Mansfield.

All that plus, changes at Virgin Radio, why Channel 4 is thinking beyond England.... and, in the Media Quiz, it’s American imports and exports.

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The BBC has been criticised this week by MPs for their plans to move production across the UK in a project, the broadcaster calls 'Across the UK'. The corporation are also planning on introducing performance related pay for some of it's top talent. Media news and analysis, with host Matt Deegan, Gold Walla's MD Faraz Osman and Kimberly Godbolt co-founder of Talented People.

Joe Lycett returned to Channel 4 on Friday, launching a new series of his late night show with a publicity stunt involving fake stories in the press. The panel discuss what impact this stunt may of had on the discussion around fake news. All that plus we welcome NPR to the election cycle and, in the Media Quiz, it’s all your favourite media stats of the week.

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Execs from several newsrooms come together to debate how to cover the next general election in this brave new world of AI, deep fakes and partial broadcasting. Media news and analysis with Matt Deegan.

We speak to Sam Woodhouse, the BBC’s Election Night Editor about the updates coming to the broadcaster’s coverage - and why some new technologies are hard to adapt to Britain’s electoral system.

Katy Searle ran the BBC’s political coverage for eight years during three elections - and tells Matt why the leaders debate this year will be hotly contested by the new upstarts, GB News and Talk TV.

Also on the programme: writer Alex Huson takes a look at the finances at News UK, and why book optioning is getting expensive for studios. And Professor Rob Ford tells us what the key narratives are likely to be... and when that elusive election may take place.

Special thanks to James Ball and The Media Society for inviting us. Find out about future Media Society events at themediasociety.com

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How does Channel 4 plan to run its own production arm? And how long does the BBC have in its current form? Matt Deegan is joined by Dr Jon Wardle (NFTS) and broadcast consultant Ann Charles to digest the week’s media news.

Also on the programme: when the local radio market fails, can community radio fill the gap? Trevor Dann reports from Whitehall.

All that plus, we look at plans to move MIPTV from Cannes to London, why The Independent had picked up Buzzfeed... and, in the Media Quiz, we ask where all the talent has gone. 

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Matt Deegan is in LA this week for this annual podcast industry event, talking to the great and good of the US podcast scene. Tom Webster discusses the need to persuade media buyers that podcasting is the safest bet in marketing; James Cridland returns for some updates to Spotify... and podcaster Sangeeta Pilai discusses how her focus on US audiences is reaping rewards.

Meanwhile, back in Europe, Paul Robinson speaks to Radio 1 controller Aled Haydn Jones about the past year on the BBC’s youth brand.

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