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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Matt Wells

Media Talk for Friday September 5

Christian O'Connell didn't sound particularly convinced when he revealed the new name for Virgin Radio - Absolute - this week. And nor is this week's podcast panel, media consultant and former Talk Radio boss Paul Robinson, and Guardian media correspondent Owen Gibson. If nothing else, it's a gift to headline writers when the Rajars plummet - Absolute disaster, etc.

Also in this week's podcast, we bump up against the glass ceiling with Selina Scott, we pay tribute to Geoffrey Perkins with his longtime colleague Jon Plowman, and we check in with the shock jocks at the Republican convention in Minnesota.

Click here to listen to this week's show.

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