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The Media Show

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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.

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The Media Show: Why everyone wants a news channel

Why everyone wants a news channel

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, Why everyone wants a news channel

Amol Rajan and guests discuss the soft power of hard news.

Why are so many states funding a news channel? China, Russia and Turkey are just some of the countries spending huge amounts of money on global news channels that broadcast in English. What sort of content are they producing, who is watching and should we be concerned? Amol Rajan discusses the relationship between soft power and broadcasting with: 
Jamie Angus, director of BBC World Service Group, which broadcasts in over 40 languages to a huge audience of 346 million people a week 
Meera Selva , a director at the Reuters Institute for study of Journalism at Oxford University 
And Tim Miller,  Executive Producer at the Turkish state broadcaster TRT World. 

Presenter: Amol Rajan 
Producer: Steven Williams

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

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