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The Media Show: 29/02/2012

29/02/2012

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, 29/02/2012

James Murdoch steps down from News International; 'culture of illegal payments' at the Sun

James Murdoch steps down from News International; the impact of police claims of former 'culture of illegal payments' at the Sun; and how not to save money at BBC local radio.

As James Murdoch steps down from News International to expand the international TV side of the business and as the police claim there was a "culture of illegal payments" at the Sun, what next for the Sun and the newborn Sun on Sunday? Ben Fenton, media correspondent of the Financial Times and Sarah Ellison of Vanity Fair discuss the latest news and what this means for News Corp. They are joined by Nick Davies who has just won the Paul Foot Award for campaigning journalism for his breaking stories on phone hacking.

Last autumn the BBC invited radio executive John Myers to review the planned changes to local radio which, broadly, would cut output rather than management. He tells Steve why it should be the other way round.

Media analyst Theresa Wise looks at ITV's figures, out today. The broadcaster wants to move away from its reliance on advertising to pay for programmes. What signs are there that this is happening? 

The producer is Simon Tillotson.

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