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Media Talk: BBC expenses, and the rise of Rebekah Wade

It's Stephen Brook's last stint in the Media Talk hot seat, and what a show it is - with some extremely fruity language to boot (well, there has been a clampdown on swearing this week).

Emily Bell helps comb through the receipts for champagne, three Pimm's, and private jets as the BBC publishes the expenses of its top 100 executives.

Plus, all hail the new empress of Wapping. Rebekah Wade takes the leap from Sun editor to News International chief executive - can she do the job, and who will replace her?

Also in the podcast, Paul Robinson discusses the perils of sports broadcasting as Setanta switches off its signal. Will the Disney-owned ESPN fare any better?

And finally, Trevor Dann, director of the Radio Academy and presenter of the Radio Talk podcast, pops in to the studio to look ahead to the 2009 Radio Festival (which is where we'll be podding, live-ish, next week)

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