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Media Talk: Six weeks to save digital radio

On the latest Media Talk podcast, Matt Wells is joined by Emily Bell and Tess Alps from Thinkbox to discuss the grand plan by the BBC and the commercial radio sector to drag the wireless kicking and screaming into the digital age. The BBC's director of audio and music Tim Davie tells us this really is the last throw of the dice for DAB.

Also in the show, Chris Tarrant bemoans the dea(r)th of creativity in commercial radio. And sticking with the radio, we investigate the decision by Mark Damazer to pull an interview with Andy Kershaw from Radio 4.

Plus, we analyse another tough week at ITV. Will Michael Grade be forced out sooner than expected? Are you in mourning for This Morning? And how will STV's pioneering scheme of partnering its news providers work out?

Finally, we reflect on former Express editor Peter Hill's non mea culpa: apparently, he never knowingly printed a lie in his paper. And if you thought that was a shocking revelation, there's yet more more bad news for the future of the Independent, which is in dire financial trouble.

There's no Gareth McLean this week, as he's succumbed to swine flu. Or man flu. Or Guardian cafeteria tummy.

Anyway, if you want to give your feedback, post your comments on the blog below, or see what people are saying on our Facebook group. You can also follow us on Twitter, and should you require even more Media Talking in your life, the second edition of Media Talk USA with Jeff Jarvis is coming next week.

And if you'd like to vote for us in the Webby Awards – there's still time ... and it's not as fiddly as you think

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