Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

The Media Show

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

This is the programme about a revolution in media.

Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.

BBC Radio 4 LW

The Media Show: Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson Inquiry

Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson Inquiry

25/04/2012

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson Inquiry

Reaction to today's evidence from Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson inquiry.

Reaction to today's evidence from Rupert Murdoch - how did he become more influential than other media owners in the UK, and are the controls on media ownership out of date?

Steve Hewlett canvasses reaction to today's evidence from Rupert Murdoch with Ben Fenton of the Financial Times and Sarah Ellison, formerly of the Wall Street Journal and now contributing editor of Vanity Fair. Steve traces the rise of the Murdochs - and politicians' interest in them - from Margaret Thatcher onwards, with former cabinet member Lord Fowler, former Guardian editor Peter Preston and Claire Enders of Enders Analysis. Moving on to the BSkyB takeover that dominated yesterday's coverage of James Murdoch's evidence, the panel are joined by Steward Purvis, formerly of OFCOM. Are the controls on media ownership, which the Murdochs have challenged over the decades, as relevant now as they were before the rise of the internet? Should politicians be taken out of decisions about media ownership? 

The producer is Simon Tillotson.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Media Show

Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson Inquiry

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4