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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matt Wells

Media Talk for June 30

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A lively Media Talk for you this week, courtesy of the Newsnight editor Peter Barron, who agreed to come into the pod to face the wrath (well, the mild irritation) of Emily Bell, following their spat - here - and here - about BBC podcasts. Rob Dolby, of topofthepods, sat between them in an attempt to avert physical violence.

Magazines guru and MediaGuardian columnist David Hepworth speaks in defence of lads mags, after this week's call for them to be uprooted to the top shelf. We also hear from Karl Elliott of Motorola, which published a survey that showed Britons are not taking full advantage of broadband.

Jeff Jarvis is on the line from the US to talk about the row between the Bush administration and the New York Times - and John Plunkett does the jokes.

Do send us a podpost - any audio files will do - to media@theguardian.com or call us on Skype at GU_studio. And we welcome your comments here, of course.

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