Telegraph Deal Take #4... and are you World Cup Ready?

The Daily Telegraph has a new, new, new suitor - and it's Axel Springer, who has beaten the Daily Mail with a £575 million bid for Telegraph Media Group. Media historian Maggie Brown on what the new owners inherit.

Also on the show: Banijay and All3Media announce an $8 billion mega-merger, creating the world's largest independent TV production group. Juan Delgado, CEO of Footballco, on what consolidation at this scale means for the industry.

All that plus: the BBC's podcast deal for indies takes its first steps, FIFA OKs ads in World Cup hydration breaks, and in the Audio Network Media Quiz - Long Lost Revenue.

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Axel Springer to acquire Telegraph Media Group for £575m

Banijay and All3Media merge in $8bn deal

Elis James and John Robins podcast goes commercial under BBC Audio Release Policy

FIFA to allow World Cup hydration break ads for broadcasters

GB News losses narrow to £22m as revenue jumps 58%

Podimo hires ex-Netflix, BBC and Disney execs in video push

PodBean switches off dynamic ad insertion in Europe

Junk food ad ban criticised as ineffective by health experts

Mail on Sunday staff take the stand in Harry case

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