In this week's show, blogger and media commentator Jeff Jarvis welcomes the decision from NYTimes.com to remove the pay wall from its op-ed pages. Paid-for content on news websites doesn't make business sense anymore, he says, as users increasingly access stories through blogs and social-bookmarking sites.
On the panel, Guardian Unlimited's director of digital content, Emily Bell, agrees that the death knell is sounding for website subscription walls, and cites the evolving ability for advertisers to target customers online as a reason to be upbeat.
Also on the show, Andy Parfitt, the controller of BBC Radio 1, which celebrates its 40th birthday this month, tells us how the station still reaches more of its target audience (15-24-year-olds) than any of its competitors. He says that the explosion in technology and the increased availability of music to young people makes it all the more necessary to have authoritative DJs such as Rob da Bank and Zane Lowe. Panelist Paul Robinson agrees: Radio 1 has moved beyond its days of "pop and prattle" and is now living up to its public service remit.
Plus: are BBC editors being unduly influenced by criticism on blogs? Sunny Hundal, founder of the thinktank New Generation Network, tells us they are; and that the BBC should have stood firm on its decision to broadcast Planet Relief - a day of climate change awareness that was cancelled after accusations of bias.
Gareth McLean is here as always, but Matt Wells is away. Janine Gibson hosts.
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