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Media Talk podcast: Hunt approves News Corp plan for Sky News

Matt Wells has the Australian's new media editor Stephen Brook and Steve Ackerman, the managing director of Somethin' Else, in the pod for this jam-packed edition of Media Talk.

We start with culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's decision to give the green light to News Corporation's takeover of BSkyB after Rupert Murdoch agreed to cede control of Sky News. We ask: is this a spin-off or sell-out?

We stick with television to discuss the good news from ITV, who are back in the black after reporting pre-tax profits of a around £250m. Is this finally the content-led recovery the channel's been promising for so long?

Next, we look at Julian Assange's moves to trademark his name. Is it mere coincide that Steven Spielberg's just snapped up the rights to the WikiLeaks movie, or that product placement has arrived on UK TV?

Finally, we turn our attention to the radio. Adam and Joe are returning to 6 Music, while Radio 4 fans should prepare to be castaway into radio bliss as a decade of Desert Islands Discs is made available online.

Have a listen and post all your feedback on the blog below.

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