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Presented by Matt Wells and produced by Ben Green

Media Talk: The PCC ruling on Jan Moir and Stephen Gately

On this week's Media Talk, Matt Wells is joined by Maggie Brown and Steve Busfield to pore over all the media news that's fit to print.

We start by analysing the Press Complaints Commission's ruling on Jan Moir's infamous column about the death of Stephen Gately. Is this a triumph for free speech or another failure of self-regualtion? Stephen Brook gives us his views.

Also in the podcast, we discuss the BBC Trust report into the future of Radio 2. The Trust says the station needs to more for older listeners – so was it really such a smart move to replace Terry Wogan with Chris Evans?

Plus, we hear from a number of leading lights from the political blogosphere about why the key battleground for this coming general election won't be the internet.

Finally, we lament the problems at Reader's Digest UK; celebrate (sort of) the launch of SeeSaw; and ask, is the London Weekly an enormous wind-up?

Have you say on the blog below, or find us iTunes, Facebook, and Twitter. Be sure to catch the latest edition of our transatlantic audio cousin, Media Talk USA with Jeff Jarvis.

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