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The Media Show: 14/08/2013

14/08/2013

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Steve Hewlett talks to Nick Pollard about the appointment of James Harding to BBC News.

Topical news about the fast-changing media world. Steve Hewlett talks to Nick Pollard, author of the Pollard review, about the appointment of James Harding to BBC News.

In this week's programme, Steve Hewlett talks to Nick Pollard, whose review into the BBC has led, amongst other things, to the appointment of James Harding to BBC News. In his first interview since it was published in December last year, Steve asks him about his findings, the culture at the BBC and what improvements James Harding could bring to the newsroom now he's joined the corporation. Media writer Maggie Brown outlines who James Harding is, and offers her thougts on the challenges he faces, and former BBC executive Phil Harding gives us the inside track on what life as a BBC editor is like. 

Producer: Katy Takatsuki
Editor:Andrew Smith.

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