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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Presented by John Plunkett and produced by Matt Hill

Media Talk podcast: Pollard nails it

John Plunkett is joined by Dan Sabbagh, Paul Robinson and Maggie Brown to report on the Pollard report into the Newsnight report. As it were.

It makes for an interesting read, especially after Leveson – but what lessons does it hold for BBC management? Are content makers at the Beeb about to get more, less or the same amount of forms to fill in?

There are a few people moving positions this week, some connected to the inquiry such as Adrian Van Klaveren leaving Radio 5 live, and others such as his counterpart at rival TalkSport Moz Dee leaving for entirely different reasons. Plus, another bidder enters the frame for Absolute Radio.

Vicky Frost drops in to share her Christmas Day TV planner and there's just time to squeeze in a Leveson update on press regulation. Well, what kind of an episode of Media Talk would it be without it?

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