Welcome back! Join Craig Hutchinson and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 1 - Angry Town.

TIME CODES

.30 Holiday wrap

2.00 How angry are we in Melbourne? Media seems to reflect perpetual outrage.

3.00 – Journalist Greg Baum from The Age was fired up and wrote a column outraged that an interview with Rafael Nadal would come with sponsorship strings attached.

8.00 – Margaret Court angry about treatment by Tennis Australia. If Hutchy was in the TA chair, he wouldn’t have honoured her the way they did.

12.00 The Australian Open – growing as a global event. Coverage in the

12.30 – The Media Moment of the Week / Summer – Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s poor handling of the Bushfire Crisis, the Sports Rorts and more.

18.00 News Corporation’s coverage of the Bush fires was criticised around the world. Is their angst in the ranks at News Corp? Damo’s mail suggests editors are concerned about the backlash and there’s a move to try and turn things around.

24.20 – The future of Footy Classified. Eddie McGuire set to host the new Wednesday version of the show.

25.45 – Can Damo confirm if Ross Lyon has signed to AFL Media?

27.30 – The Superbowl and Hutchy’s Roast Dinner. After Superbowl there’s always a feeling that the AFL Grand Final should be at night. It’s a no brainer says Hutchy.

31.45 – Spin City. Hutchy defends the Big Bash competition and accusations it’s lost its appeal.

37.00 – Question of the Week for Social Status, Australia's leading social media advertising agency.

Jarrod MacCulloch via Twitter asks “With Hyundai dropping off the A-League, how hard will it be for the game to find an equal or even higher naming rights sponsor from a financial point of view

39.00 – The All Star Mile – will it survive?

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