Silly season – what silly season?
It's a bumper edition of Media Talk this week, and we lead with two stories almost too close to home. Good job Janine Gibson's on hand to keep things in check.
Rupert Murdoch's made his online intentions even clearer – declaring his stable of titles will take the lead in the switch-over to paid-for content. Will the rest of the media pack follow News Corporation's lead?
On top of this, we ask, just what is going on with the Observer? Roy Greenslade gives Matt Wells his view on the future of the world's oldest Sunday paper.
Also in the podcast, James Robinson reacts to Channel 4's decision to axe its lunchtime and More4 news programmes. John Plunkett ponders the latest set of Rajars, and Mihir Bose's resignation from the BBC.
Finally, Robert Beveridge, a lecturer in media policy at Edinburgh's Napier University, reports on the battle between STV and ITV plc as the Scottish broadcaster champions tartan talent.
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