The Media Podcast With Olly Mann

Media punditry and irreverent chatter recorded in central London, this week with presenter Olly Mann, media writer Maggie Brown and Lis Howell, director of broadcasting at City University London.We knew jobs were to go at BBC News, now we know how many and where: hundreds of staff are to be cut from major strands, including Panorama, leading to more work for independents and a focus on digital output. But is Tony Hall giving away too much to preserve the licence fee?Rupert Murdoch’s opening bid for Time Warner may have been rebuffed, but what does this latest bout of consolidation say about the state of US media?Plus, we discuss Utopia on Channel 4, coverage of the conflict in Gaza and the latest bid to expand digital radio in Britain, this time through a joint venture from Bauer, UTV and Arqiva.Now we’re here for a year, you’ll see a few improvements to the podcast - starting this episode with the opening theme - please let us know what you think, and subscribe to hear... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva

Journalist and broadcaster Miranda Sawyer sits in the presenter chair this week, discussing the week’s media news with Helen Zaltzman (Answer Me This, 5Live) and interactive producer Alex Hudson (Question Time, Newsbeat).The BBC’s director general Tony Hall proposed on Thursday that the corporation’s in-house production arm should be able to make shows from other broadcasters - and in return indies can pitch to any slot on the Beeb. Big changes, but what will it mean for staff at BBC Productions? And should other broadcasters be worried?Also on the programme... Channel 5 loses 30m of advertising, George Clooney extracts a rare apology from the Daily Mail, Doctor Who scripts leak online and a journalist is offered £300k to appear on Celebrity Big Brother - but who? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: Olly Mann is joined by Steve Ackerman, managing director of production company Somethin’ Else and James Robinson, consultant at Powerscourt PR and former media editor at the Observer.It’s all change at Radio 5 Live as the station shakes up its daytime schedule. Shelagh Fogarty, Victoria Derbyshire and Richard Bacon are departing, making room for Adrian Chiles, Tony Livesey and Football Focus host Dan Walker. As some brand the station ‘Radio Bloke’, where does this leave the BBC’s attempt to boost the number of women on air?As Woman’s Hour is to be produced exclusively in London from next April we ask how important the presenter's location is to the audience. Also a familiar name from Playschool is leading calls for children’s tv tax breaks - would that mean more home-grown production?Plus there’s another cream egg at stake in the weekly Media Podcast quiz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olly Mann is joined by media commentator Roy Greenslade, former broadcast exec Lis Howell and radio consultant Matt Deegan to discuss the biggest media stories of the week.The first wave of hacking prosecutions draw to a close, with former News of the World editor Andy Coulson found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones - whilst Rebecca Brooks is cleared of all charges. What is does the future hold for Rupert Murdoch’s favourite editor?There’s talk on the three Al-Jazeera journalists sentenced to lengthy jail terms in Egypt and jihadist group Isis’s use of social networking.TV talent show Rising Star launches in the US to lacklustre reviews - what can ITV and Channel 4 learn from the first show?Plus, Lenny Henry finds little to applaud in the BBC’s new diversity campaign and Channel 4’s Jay Hunt urges women to stay in the industry - leading to some practical advice from Lis and Matt.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production and not affiliated with the Guardian in any way.

John Oliver’s new HBO show is making waves, while the FIFA World Cup is breaking ratings records across the world. Olly Mann is joined from San Francisco by Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University and in London by Faraz Osman, creative director of TV indie Lemonade Money.The panel discuss these and other media stories of the week, including the news that more big names are leaving The Telegraph as it seeks a digital revolution, there a review of Jeremy Paxman last Newsnight show - what next for the nation’s rottweiler?Plus, PR firms promise to put down their sock puppets and stop abusing Wikipedia and the guests play a game of Who Am I? for the chance to win a Creme Egg.The Media Podcast is a PPM Production and not affiliated with the Guardian in any way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The BBC's Robert Peston and former Guardian columnist Michael Woolf both go off-message and take their respective employers to task. Olly Mann takes a look at what they said, in the company of Heat magazine's TV editor Boyd Hilton and Guardian contributor Maggie Brown.Plus, Channel 4 aims to steal a march on ITV’s Rising Star with its own talent show where viewers vote via appAnd as the World Cup kicks off, Sky announces a new football channel - are they now seeing BT Sport as a threat?The Media Podcast is a PPM Production and not affiliated to the Guardian in any way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gossip and news from media insiders, this week featuring Stephen 'Stig' Abell, managing editor of The Sun and Paul Robinson, chief executive of the Radio Academy.Broadcaster and columnist Olly Mann sits in the presenting chair for the first edition of The Media Podcast, where we discuss the week's top stories, including:* yet more cuts to staff at the BBC, this time in news and radio. How will it affect output at the Corporation?* terrestrial broadcasters announce Freeview Connect, but what is it? And why don't they want to talk about YouView?* eBay say that sponsored search is useless - is this the beginning of the end for Google? (SPOILER - no)Plus there's TV ratings talk, another Local TV station launches and someone wins a Creme Egg.Never miss an edition - subscribe now at feeds.feedburner.com/themediapodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.