Why is Sky taking the owners of HBO and Discovery+ to court? Broadcast consultant Paul Robinson is here to unpick the tangled relationship between Sky and a new wave of streamers. Media news and analysis with Matt Deegan and guests.

Also on the programme: are freelancers across our sector getting the mental health support they need? Manori Ravindran, London Correspondent at The Ankler, explains.

All that, plus Matt Deegan takes us through the latest insights on the audio industry, and pits our guests against each other in a game involving the BBC Sound Effects library.

That’s all happening in this edition of The Media Club. Come on in!

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The Media Club’s stories of the week:

Sky vs HBO & Max

CNN and Reuters announce paywalls

Karl Warner Off to BBCS

Jim Waterson’s first London Centric story (and that X post)

New MIDAS report

Looking Glass survey sounds alarm on worsening mental health

Boris Johnson interview cancelled after Laura Kuenssberg gaffe

Big Talk Studios planning Cheers UK reboot

Phillip Schofield on Cast Away - review

(00:00) Intros

(00:39) Manisha Ferdinand

(02:20) Bill Morrow

(03:42) Sky vs WBD

(12:20) Paywalls

(16:25) Karl Warner

(21:50) Overheard

(22:54) FAST

(25:10) Ad-Funded Programming

(27:47) MIDAS Study

(31:15) Mental Health

(33:40) Media Quiz

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This week Matt Deegan is joined by Ollie Peart backstage at The British Podcast Awards. We hear from friend of the podcast Marianna Spring on what it takes to be a great podcast host, Rob Auton on the challenges of daily podcasts and The News Agents on yet another win and how changes in production team have impacted the podcast.

PLUS! We hear from Stuart Last of Audio Always after they secured the Listeners Choice Award for Help I Sexted My Boss. Stuart reflects on what's changed in the last 12 years with a growing focus on visualised podcasts, and also how community is key.

That and MORE. Here are all of the podcasts from the people we spoke to.

• The Rob Auton Daily Podcast
• Press Play, Turn On
• Why Do You Hate Me (Marianna Spring)
• The News Agents
• Help I Sexted My Boss
• How Was It For You

(00:00) Intro

(00:37) The News Agents

(03:40) Zing Tsjeng from Good Bad Billionnaire

(07:24) Marianna Spring

(13:00) Stuart Morgan - Audio Always

(18:15) Marcus Brigstocke

(23:10) Rob Auton

(25:22) Press Play, Turn On

(27:28) Goodbye

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Is the world’s oldest newspaper about to be bought by the UK’s youngest news brand? Media news and analysis, with presenter Matt Deegan and guests Charlotte Tobitt, UK editor at Press Gazette, Faraz Osman, owner of TV indie Gold Wala and Leanne Alie from Unlocked Podcasts.

Plus: could you benefit from a new podcast accelerator programme? Leanne Alie, head of Unlocked Podcasts, tells us more - as well as the gossip from this week’s Radio Festival.

Also on the programme: we run through some of the big telly stories of the week - including a reshuffle at BBC Children's, Rupert Murdoch’s family trials... and why four columnists quit the Jewish Chronicle at the weekend.

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Stories discussed:

Observer could be sold to Tortoise

Four big columnists quit Jewish Chronicle over scandal know who owns the paper? Private Eye's podcast also neatly summarises the story

BBC to axe Children's roles 

Balamory gets a reboot

Murdoch in court in battle for succession 

Four British shows top the Netflix global chart this year - can you name them all?

Have I Got News For You launches on CNN

Steve McQueen interview in Deadline

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GB News owner Sir Paul Marshall bags a prestigious title - but has set his sights on the Telegraph too. Also on the show: the biggest launch of radio stations EVER... and how news consumption has changed forever.

Media news and analysis, with presenter Matt Deegan and guests Jake Kanter (Deadline) and Managing Director of the Radio Academy, Aradhna Tayal Leach.

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Stories discussed:

• Unlocked Podcasts Amplify scheme
• Paul Marshall buys The Spectator - and loses Andrew Neil as Chair
• Ofcom says more consumers get news online than tv for first time
• Global launches TWELVE new radio stations
• PACT reveals revenue lost last year by commissioning slowdown
• All3Media expansion to the US
• Aradhna talks Radio Festival

(00:00) Welcome!

(01:13) Leanne Allie

(02:10) Simon Albury

(03:48) Joseph Cox

(04:44) The Spectator

(11:19) Global's new stations

(22:50) Overheard

(23:50) Redbird and All 3 Media

(25:50) Radio Festival

(31:25) The Media Quiz 

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It’s a summer of sport... but behind the big numbers for the Euros and predicted for the Olympics... is linear still loved? Media news and analysis with Jane Ostler (Kantar) & media writer Kate Bulkley.

Also on the programme: what’s going on at Strictly, as two dancers face the music... and Kate fills in the details on that Skydance-Paramount deal.

All that plus, do people read beyond the headlines? A recent libel case suggests we should give readers more credit.

And, in the Media Quiz, we look back at a busy week for Lisa Nandy. 

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The Telegraph loses another prospective buyer, as Lord Rothermere pulls the Daily Mail Group out of the auction... One year in, are we any closer to a future for the news group? Media news and analysis, with guests Jim Waterson (the Guardian) and Karin Robinson (Endelman).

Also on the programme: Ofcom strikes back at the BBC over radio expansion plans. Boom Radio’s Phil Riley gives us his reaction.

All that plus, who were the other winners of this year’s election? We discuss BBC vs Channel 4... and boom times in digital news and podcasting.

And, in the Media Quiz, we polish some tv turds. No really.

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Today Matt Deegan is out of our own studio… and into other podcasts as we decamp to the BBC and The Times to see how they covered election night. 

We speak to Newscast’s editor Sam Bonham and presenter Adam Fleming - as well as the corporations’ misinformation correspondent Mariana Spring on what we missed on social media.

Also Matt takes a trip to Times Radio to find out what listeners love about Matt Chorley and natters with Peter Mandelson, Danny Finklestein and Polly Mackenzie.

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We discover why some TV execs are troubled by the rise of copycat formats online. Media news and analysis with entertainment exec Rina Dayalji & Broadcast’s Insights Editor Rebecca Cooney.

Also on the programme: podcast growth continues, but which formats could make it onto TV? And what genres are missing for this growing mainstream audience?

Plus, Robert Winnett returns to the Telegraph, why The Racing Post is angry with Radio 4, and, in the Media Quiz, we play an innovative new format called, “which person is this about?”

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Where are the deepfakes we expected this election? We look at which media platforms are instead shifting the political discourse, against expectations. 

Also on the programme: how to build a million-strong social media brand: the creator of Fesshole, Rob Manuel reveals all.

Plus, there’s a hole in the Telegraph’s finances - we look at why. How can working class people get into TV? And who on our panel had Sky? We also ponder the problem ahead of the Edinburgh TV Festival. 

And, in the Media Quiz, we play Ofcom… or Rom Com. 

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What can we expect for our industry from the next government? We look through the manifestos launched this week, as well as rounding up the best election coverage so far. Media news and analysis, this week with the i paper’s arts and media correspondent Adam Sherwin and Deadline’s investigations editor Jake Kanter.

Also on the programme: Paramount still seeks a suitor, after a deal with Skydance goes south. What next for the owner of Channel 5?

All that plus... we speak with Matt Sayward, co-founder of Platform Media, about their recent acquisition by PodX.

Strictly’s in another controversy, the inside story on the Evening Standard going weekly...

And, in the Media Quiz, we talk... off-the-record.

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Hat Trick Productions closes its comedy entertainment division. What does it mean for the future of TV comedy when one of the biggest British successes has to shutter its operations? Media news and analysis with Press Gazette reporter Charlotte Tobitt and Head Of Podcasts at Carver PR Becca Newson.

Also on the programme: the Washington Post nab another Brit - why is America turning to this country to run its news divisions?

All that plus, we look at ITN’s plans to combat AI deepfakery whilst Andrew Neil gets stuck in on Times Radio.

And, in the Media Quiz, we reheat a few old formats.

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