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The Media Show: End of the Age of Murdoch?

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13/12/2017

End of the Age of Murdoch?

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, End of the Age of Murdoch?

The entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox are rumoured to be up for sale.

Topical media programme. Walt Disney is rumoured to be finalising a 60 billion dollar takeover of the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox. Plus Rosie Nixon of Hello! magazine.

Walt Disney is rumoured to be finalising a $60bn takeover of the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox. Brian Wieser is an analyst for Pivotal Research Group and Matthew Garrahan is the FT's global media editor.

The publicist Max Clifford has died - what is left of the culture of celebrity journalism that he did so much to create? Rosie Nixon is editor in chief of HELLO! and Camilla Wright is the co-founder and editor of Popbitch.

Buzzfeed has announced job cuts in the UK. James Ball was a special correspondent for Buzzfeed.

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Producer: Richard Hooper.

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