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As I say in this week's podcast, it was almost as good a story as Rebekah Wade ending up in a police cell following a minor disagreement with her husband. Clive Goodman, the royal editor of the News of the World, had been arrested with two other men for allegedly intercepting the voicemail messages of Prince Charles's staff. They have now been charged, and we discuss the fallout from the story with press columnist Cristina Odone and Five's senior programme controller Chris Shaw.
We also consider how the broadcast media covered the alleged plot to bomb transatlantic airliners from the skies, with Chris suggesting that the measure of success is getting your biggest anchor on location first, even if that location is the side of the A4 outside Heathrow.
David Brook, former C4 and Five marketing boss, now chief executive of Optimistic Entertainment, drops by to preview his Edinburgh TV festival session on how broadcasters can make money from alternative sources like quiz channels and premium rate phone lines. (But he's got some harsh words for Big Brother bosses who, he says, have abused the trust of veiwers - a subject on which Gareth McLean also opines.)
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