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The Media Club

An irreverent look at the week's media news — television, radio, streaming, print and everything in between.

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Episodes — 2022

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• The BBC's Digital Future, A Media Policy Stocktake, & Scott Bryan's Xmas TV RoundUp!9 December 2022
• From Outrage to Opportunity: Missing Perspectives in Media & BBC's latest Ofcom Report2 December 2022
• Disney's Tale of Two Bobs, BAFTA's Kids Awards & Adam Crafton on reporting from Qatar25 November 2022
• US Special: Murdoch dumps Trump, Twitter Chaos & Fenton Bailey's take on Reality TV18 November 2022
• Where next for Ch4? Outrage at media arrests & Gary Lineker & Tony Pastor on Goalhanger Podcasts11 November 2022
• 'Cold fury' at BBC local radio cuts, Amazon Music expands & Channel 4 turns 40. Plus behind the scenes at Radio TechCon!4 November 2022
• Musk's Twitter Takeover, Sunak & the Media, plus Adam Bowie's RAJARs Roundup28 October 2022
• BBC's 100, Media Podcast #200, plus Mergers & Acquisitions Round Up21 October 2022
• Netflix's numbers; Tortoise Media & Sky Studio's partnership. Plus Jess Phillips MP talks pods with Fi Glover & Jane Garvey.14 October 2022
• C4's ray of hope; Will audio drama rise or fall? Plus Roger Bolton gives the BBC Feedback7 October 2022
• BBC World Service cutbacks, the new Times boss & a royal censorship controversy. Plus Ian Rumsey on true crime30 September 2022
• Journalism, waning or thriving? Nazarbayev vs The Fourth Estate. Plus takeaways from The Future of Media Technology Conference23 September 2022
• Media mourns The Queen: plus Emmys gossip, Warner Bros wobbles & social media struggles16 September 2022
• Radio Academy Festival 20228 September 2022
• Journalists strike; Snap downsizes & The News Agents arrives2 September 2022
• Edinburgh International TV Festival 202226 August 2022
• SPECIAL: British Podcast Awards 202225 July 2022
• New PM, new media policy? Plus BBC's news consolidation & inaugural Audio Lab podcasts15 July 2022
• Campaign on Cannes & CALM8 July 2022
• Britbox expansion, podcast moves & disability and inclusion passports1 July 2022
• Paramount+ launches, BBC's bias woes & KISS' ad-free radio experiment24 June 2022
• Paul Foot Awards & crowd-funding investigative journalism17 June 2022
• TV Round Up! Must watch summer shows, Edinburgh TV Fest preview & CNN's Chris Licht era10 June 2022
• John Whittingdale on Channel 4, BBC cuts... and a media policy rundown31 May 2022
• The Digital Future: BBC4 & CBBC on demand, Telegraph Subs Soar, Fake News 10127 May 2022
• Thank you, Malmö: Radiodays Europe 202217 May 2022
• The rise of Disney+, BAFTA gossip & Multitrack Audio Fellowship13 May 2022
• Goodbye to Horseferry Rd? Plus ARIAs & newsroom shakeups6 May 2022
• The Mail on Sunday's Basic Instinct & A Twitter Takeover29 April 2022
• Channel 4: Born Risky - but will it stay that way?22 April 2022
• Streaming Wars: Spring Roundup!1 April 2022
• Ed Vaizey on Ofcom and Channel 4, BBC boost to Ukraine output24 March 2022
• Taming the Tech Giants & How To Win Awards18 March 2022
• Disney+Ads, CNN in Ukraine & Piers Morgan... Uncensored?11 March 2022
• Reach & Future leading the pack, Need to Know, RIP ITV Hub4 March 2022
• Global swoop again, Tik Tok explodes... and a farewell to Jamal25 February 2022
• The Price of BBC Cuts & Tortoise Turning 318 February 2022
• The Streamers' Housing Crisis & Albert Certification11 February 2022
• Trouble at CNN, Rogan Woes & Wordle Mania4 February 2022
• Media Podcast Predictions 202221 January 2022

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