This week John Plunkett is joined by former TV executive and director of broadcasting at City University Lis Howell and the new chief executive of the Radio Academy, Paul Robinson.
Together, they discuss their take on the week's media news, including the new BBC Trust report that praises the broadcaster's output for children but criticises its lack of progress selling archive to commercial rivals.
Programme-makers enter the fray alongside Richard Desmond and Channel 4 in resisting a perceived influence of advertisers on programme making and commissioning. Is WPP's media buying arm Group M too big and powerful – and does anyone have the guts to take them on?
Plus, there's a preview of the forthcoming Radio Festival in Salford, and Rebecca Nicholson discusses the Emmys and reviews BBC2's The Wrong Mans and Channel 4's The Fried Chicken Shop.
