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The Media Show: The Barclay Brothers, bugs, and The Telegraph

04/03/2020

The Barclay Brothers, bugs, and The Telegraph

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, The Barclay Brothers, bugs, and The Telegraph

How a family feud complicates the sale of The Daily Telegraph.

The Daily Telegraph has reportedly been put up for sale by its owners, Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay. But according to a High Court case, relatives of the brothers are now feuding. One side even alleges the other has been bugging their conversations in the Ritz Hotel in London. How might the dispute complicate the future direction of the newspaper?

Also in the programme, as the BBC Local News Partnership scheme expands into BAME publications, is the news industry now dependent on subsidies?

Amol Rajan is joined by Rithika Siddhartha, Associate Editor of Eastern Eye, Meera Selva, Director at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Will Gore, Head of Partnerships and Projects at the National Council for the Training of Journalists, Jane Martinson, Marjorie Deane Professor of Financial Journalism at City University and Alex Barker, Global Media Editor of the Financial Times.

Producer: Richard Hooper

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