Rumours abound after Channel 4 plans to invest in indies as part of its in-house production arm strategy - and that’s just as ITV slashes its budgets for daytime. Broadcast reporter Heather Fallon tells us what it all means.

Also on the programme: Gary Lineker is ‘sent off’ the BBC after a controversial social post. Did it all have to end like this? TV critic and media writer Scott Bryan looks at what the corporation could have done differently.

And, in the Audio Network Media Quiz, we play matchmaker.

That’s all happening in this edition of The Media Club. Come on in!

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:What The Media Club has been reading this week:

ITV slashes daytime schedule 

STV plans expansion including a new radio station

BBC Studios restructure

Paul Foot winners - congratulations, Josh!

Channel 4 plans third party investment ahead of in-house launch - more gossip here - and their annual report

Lineker to leave BBC after MOTD this weekend

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