Media Talk
Media Talk
Matt Wells and guests bring you the latest news and gossip from the media village
Media Talk: 2009 review
Golliwogs and TOGs; DAB and ITV; paywalls and Tony Ball; tweets and expenses cheats; Jade and Rebekah Wade (er, Brooks) – relive it all ...
Media Talk: BBC gay row
The BBC apologises for the controversial World Service phone-in about Uganda's proposed anti-homosexuality laws. Plus: ITV claims the ...
Media Talk: BBC Trust, Tiger Woods, and the X Factor final
Greg Dyke calls time on the BBC Trust. Plus, the tabloids and Tiger Woods. And we look ahead to the X Factor final and ask, isn't ITV quite ...
Media Talk USA: Google, Murdoch and Oprah
Google takes another hit from Rupert Murdoch, Oprah Winfrey announces she's giving up broadcast TV, and AOL brings in automated editors. ...
Media Talk: Google News offers an olive branch to Rupert Murdoch
Google News's change of policy, and Simon Heffer's career break. Plus: Desert Island Discs finally becomes a podcast. With Matt Wells, ...
Media Talk: Live-ish at the Guardian Student Media Conference
Emily Bell, Richard Bacon, Benjamin Cohen, and Josh Halliday join Matt Wells to talk about the future of print, broadcast and online media. ...
Media Talk: Archie Norman, James Harding, and Adrian van Klaveren
The panel dicuss the future for ITV after it appoints its new chairman. Plus, Times editor James Harding outlines the paper's plans to ...
Media Talk: The Sun's attack on Gordon Brown
The Sun goes to town on Gordon Brown. Plus, Melvyn Bragg returns to BBC television. And which columnist would you pay to read online? With ...
Media Talk: Lord Burns confirmed as Channel 4's new chairman
Lord Burns is appointed as Channel 4's new chairman. Plus, the Tories complete their review of media policy, and George Lamb is given the ...
Media Talk USA: A new rival for the Washington Post
Jeff Jarvis and the panel discuss whether the Washington Post is under threat from Politico's new venture in DCJeff JarvisGlenn Osten ...
Media Talk: Radio 4's Rajar success
Radio 4 celebrates a 10-year listener high. Plus, is Greg Dyke set to take the Channel 4 chairman's job? With Matt Wells, Janine Gibson and ...
Media Talk: Nick Griffin on Question Time
Should the BBC ever have allowed the BNP onto its flagship political programme? Plus Jan Moir's attack on Stephen Gately, and the new ...