Kate Philips is announced as the BBC’s all-powerful creative lead - Faraz Osman, founder of TV indie Gold Wala, takes a look at her in-tray.

Also on the show: TV advertising gets the self-service treatment... Rebecca Cooney, insight editor at Broadcast, tells us why broadcasters are targeting small businesses.

Plus, speaking of advertising: with the threat of AI ever present, how do creatives rate their chances of survival? Campaign’s UK editor Maisie McCabe is down the line from Cannes.

And, in the Audio Network Media Quiz, we give three more stories a comedy treatment.

The Media Quiz is sponsored by Audio Network who select the music to score each episode - they can do it for you too at audionetwork.com

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Kate Phillips becomes BBC's top content chief

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Netflix goes linear in France

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John McVay steps down 

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Jilly Cooper Bemused by Intimacy Coordinator role

New IT News Site May Be AI Generated

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