As the US presidential campaign hots up and the conference season in the UK draws to a close, we analyse the media tactics of politicians on both sides of the Atlantic. James Robinson, the media editor of the Observer, has been trawling the UK party conferences with his ear to the ground, while Suzanne Goldenberg reports from the United States. One thing is certain, it helps if you're called Murdoch.
No sooner than ITV got the go-ahead to axe some of its regional newsrooms, it announced 1,000 job losses. We're on the case. Plus, we look at the latest exciting announcements to come from Ofcom in relation to BSkyB. Is an ITV takeover battle looming?
Wrapping things up, our woman on the west coast, Anna Pickard, reports on a lacklustre start to the US autumn TV season.
Emily Bell and Owen Gibson make up this week's panel.
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