The Media Podcast With Olly Mann

The BBC's Robert Peston and former Guardian columnist Michael Woolf both go off-message and take their respective employers to task. Olly Mann takes a look at what they said, in the company of Heat magazine's TV editor Boyd Hilton and Guardian contributor Maggie Brown.Plus, Channel 4 aims to steal a march on ITV’s Rising Star with its own talent show where viewers vote via appAnd as the World Cup kicks off, Sky announces a new football channel - are they now seeing BT Sport as a threat?The Media Podcast is a PPM Production and not affiliated to the Guardian in any way. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gossip and news from media insiders, this week featuring Stephen 'Stig' Abell, managing editor of The Sun and Paul Robinson, chief executive of the Radio Academy.Broadcaster and columnist Olly Mann sits in the presenting chair for the first edition of The Media Podcast, where we discuss the week's top stories, including:* yet more cuts to staff at the BBC, this time in news and radio. How will it affect output at the Corporation?* terrestrial broadcasters announce Freeview Connect, but what is it? And why don't they want to talk about YouView?* eBay say that sponsored search is useless - is this the beginning of the end for Google? (SPOILER - no)Plus there's TV ratings talk, another Local TV station launches and someone wins a Creme Egg.Never miss an edition - subscribe now at feeds.feedburner.com/themediapodcast Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.