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The Media Show: 21/07/2010

21/07/2010

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, 21/07/2010

Melvyn Bragg on South Bank Show revival; will Richard Desmond buy C5; Times paywall update

Melvyn Bragg on taking the South Bank Show from ITV to Sky Arts, Channel 5 is up for sale - will Richard Desmond buy it? and are the figures adding up for the Times paywall?

Melvyn Bragg is taking the South Bank Show to Sky Arts. He shares his view on the future of arts programmes on television, which Steve discusses with Louise Jury of the London Evening Standard. 

Channel Five is up for sale. Will Richard Desmond buy it? Analyst Claire Enders gives her view on this and the changes in the background across the tv industry. 

And Dan Sabbagh of media blog Beehive City goes through the first unofficial assessment of the number of people paying to read the Times online. How encouraged should the Times be?

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