The Media Show

BBC Radio 4
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May 16, 2018 • 28min

Rise of the media robots

Why media companies are investing in artificial intelligence. Also in the programme, reporting the Royal wedding and Killing Eve, the BBC drama that is screening in the US before the UK. Anne McElvoy is joined by Ellen Barry, New York Times Chief International Correspondent, Nathaniel Barling, CEO Knowhere News, Sally Woodward Gentle, co-founder of Sid Gentle Films, and Tabatha Goldstaub, co-founder CognitionX.Presenter: Anne McElvoy Producer: Richard Hooper.
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May 10, 2018 • 28min

Journalism fights back!

The publishers finding new markets for news. Andrea Catherwood is joined by Tim Dixon, editor of The Paper for Honiton, Jasper Jackson, digital editor for the New Statesman, Nick Petche, Yahoo's UK editor in chief, and Jane Martinson, media journalist.Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Producer: Richard Hooper.
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May 2, 2018 • 38min

Silicon Valley v Westminster

Mark Zuckerberg has been threatened with a summons by Parliament if he fails to accept an invitation to answer questions from the DCMS select committee. Also on the show, The Book of Man, a new publisher that aims to "redefine masculinity", why ITV is rebooting Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and a new arbitration scheme for people wronged by newspapers.Amol Rajan is joined by Damian Collins MP, Martin Robinson, CEO The Book Of Man, Shona Ghosh, Business Insider UK senior tech reporter, Charlotte Dewar, IPSO director of operations, and Chris Curtis, editor of Broadcast magazine.Please note, an extended interview with Damian Collins is available in The Media Show Podcast.Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Richard Hooper.
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Apr 25, 2018 • 40min

When a story becomes big news

The Guardian had been reporting on residency problems faced by some Caribbean-born UK residents for 6 months before the story was picked up by other media outlets, triggering a crisis for the government. Also, The Daphne Project, a new initiative to continue the work of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese journalist murdered last year in a car bomb, and Sky News' Cristina Nicolotti Squires on running a rolling news channel.Andrea Catherwood is joined by Cristina Nicolotti Squires, Sky News Director of Content, Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, Stephen Grey, Reuters special correspondent and member of The Daphne Project, and George Ruddock, The Voice managing editor.Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Producer: Richard Hooper.
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Apr 18, 2018 • 38min

The ethics of reporting from Syria

How journalists work in a war-zone. Amol Rajan is joined by Robert Fisk, The Independent's Middle East correspondent, and Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East Editor.Also on the programme, Jane Featherstone founder of Sister Pictures discusses her new BBC One drama The Split and her career in television, Elizabeth Ammon, cricket reporter at The Times, on the BBC's loss of radio rights to some test matches, and Dino Myers-Lamptey, UK Managing Director at MullenLowe Mediahub, on advertising and Sir Martin Sorrell's retirement.Please note, an extended interview with Jane Featherstone is available in The Media Show podcast.Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Richard Hooper.
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Apr 11, 2018 • 47min

The Age of Zuckerberg

How the media lives in the shadow of big tech: Amol Rajan is joined by Farrah Storr, Cosmopolitan editor, Terri White, editor in chief Empire and Pilot TV magazine, Madhumita Murgia, FT European Tech correspondent and Melanie Stokes, managing director of Kindle Entertainment.Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Richard Hooper.
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Apr 4, 2018 • 28min

How Porno conquered podcasts

Once synonymous with the kitchen table, podcasts are now big business. The likes of Spotify and Amazon all produce their own podcasts and some advertisers see popular podcasts as a better investment than traditional radio. Andrea Catherwood is joined by Jamie Morton and James Cooper from My Dad Wrote A Porno, Caroline Crampton of the New Statesman, Imriel Morgan presenter of the Wanna Be podcast, and Ben Chapman, Head of Digital for BBC Radio. Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Producer: Richard Hooper.
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Mar 29, 2018 • 9min

BONUS Richard Gingras of Google News and Mark Thompson of The New York Times

Google has launched a new feature called Subscribe with Google that will allow users to buy subscriptions from participating news sites. Could this appease publishers who blame Google and other tech companies for a huge loss in advertising revenue? Amol meets Richard Gingras, Vice President of Google News and Mark Thompson, CEO of The New York Times Company.
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Mar 28, 2018 • 28min

Who owns our data?

Internet users everywhere are worried about their personal data. There are concerns that a few companies have become extremely rich off the back of it. But just how worried should we be? Also today, the BBC has published its annual plan, setting out priorities for the next 12 months.Amol Rajan is joined by Ken MacQuarrie, the BBC's Director of Nations and Regions, Alexandra Suich Bass, The Economist's US Technology Editor, Megan Lucero who leads The Bureau Local at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and Ivana Bartoletti, a data and privacy campaigner.Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Richard Hooper.
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Mar 21, 2018 • 45min

How Carole Cadwalladr exposed Facebook

Carole Cadwalladr is The Observer journalist whose reporting on Cambridge Analytica triggered a crisis at Facebook. She tells Andrea Catherwood how she got the story. Also in the programme, James Harding, the former BBC Director of News, and Justine Picardie, editor of Harper's Bazaar.Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Producer: Richard Hooper.

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