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This week (writes Matt Wells), we focus on the departure of Dan Chambers as director of programmes of Five, ousted after chief executive Jane Lighting brought in her former colleague from Flextech, Lisa Opie, over his head. With Steve Hewlett and Emily Bell, we ask what's the purpose of the fifth network in the multichannel universe. Has it call come too late for the once-pioneering broadcaster?
Jeff Jarvis checks in from the US to tell us about more gloom surrounding the American newspapers after the latest circulation figures recorded a bigger than expected drop. The New York Times said the sector was in freefall, a stark admission even from a realistic publisher like the NYT.
I report from the MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen - at a time when the talk in the music world is all about communities, what's the purpose of an event on the scale of the EMAs? Michiel Bakker, head of MTV in the UK, explains.
And Ian Mayes, the Guardian's readers editor, speaks to Media Talk as he prepares to stand down after nine years of correcting the mistakes of our journalists.
Plus the usual corny jokes from Gareth McLean.
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