We're focusing on the press again on this week's Media Talk, specifically the crisis in local journalism (sadly, the Richard Desmond libel verdict came through long after we'd stopped podding).
Alan Rusbridger, the Guardian's editor-in-chief, said this week that he believes the plan to publicly fund the Press Association in order to continue the provision of local news is essential for democracy. He tells Matt Wells why.
Also in the podcast, the political row about the next series of The Apprentice appears to have come to a head. Is it simply an easy way to get a headline for the BBC-bashing Tories, or is there a serious issue about Alan Sugar's impartiality now that he's taken his seat in the Lords as Gordon Brown's enterprise champion? Stephen Brook gives his thoughts.
Finally, Janine Gibson analyses the latest ABCes – which make good reading for those of you who like your stories about wheelie bins – and the report stating journalism is one of the most exclusively middle-class professions around.
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