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We have a first on the podcast this week: Media Talk's very own live music session from MTV's Totally Boyband group, Upper Street. The super-group of boyband survivors from the likes of New Kids on the Block and S Club 7 tell us how the media has changed since they first found fame. And they sing their new single live and unleashed in the studio. As culture minister David Lammy calls for Islamic extremists to be given more airtime and a Daily Star spoof Daily Fatwa page results in a newsroom revolt, Guardian director of digital content Emily Bell discusses how the media is handling the debate about Islam in Britain with MediaGuardian.co.uk press correspondent Stephen Brook. BBC1 controller Peter Fincham tells Guardian media correspondent Owen Gibson why his channel is still relevant in the digital age, banging the drum for future of big, mainstream linear channels. Meanwhile Jeff Jarvis has been kicking up a stink among journalists in the US with his controversial views on leader-writers. Jeff tells us why he believes the leader columns are no longer needed when newspapers talk directly to their readers on the web. Plus some mischief from John Plunkett, who reveals his previous life as a stalker of Totally Boyband's Dane Bowers. Hope you enjoy - and we'd love to hear from you.
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