In the club today - when does Out Of London actually mean... London? Rebecca Cooney, Insight Editor at Broadcast looks at the curious row that’s dominating Scottish TV this week.

Also on the programme: wildfires across LA cause havoc for Hollywood. Karin Robinson, Senior Director of Strategy at Edelman explaisn the effect it will have on production.

All that, plus: just when it looked like David Montgomery had left the stage... has he got a new media plaything in London Live? 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:

When 'Regional' Means 'London' - how The Traitors has stoked a big row over Scotland and the BBC

LA Fires impact BAFTA, Oscars and wider production

London Live to close - and is there a return for Montgomery? 

Timothee Chalamet arrives on red carpet on a Lime bike at London premiere of A Complete Unknown

The real-life Rivals: inside the TV franchise battles of the 1980s

Match Of The Day hosts announced

New Local Paper for London

Date Set For New Radio 2 Schedule

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(00:48) Lila Shapiro & Neil Gaiman Allegations

(03:06) Jane Featherstone on Drama and AI

(04:17) Traitors Scottish Crew issue

(09:41) LA Wildfires Effects on Production

(11:26) Will Trump Support LA & California

(12:41) Will The Wildfires Effect Award Season

(14:18) Timothée Chalame Arriving on Lime Bike

(15:41) Traitors Leicester Square Billboard

(16:47) London Live Ending & Local TV

(22:03) TikTok Shutdown in the US

(24:50) Trump's Inauguration & Tech CEOs

(26:50) YouTube's Biggest News Brands

(30:44) The Media Quiz

(40:22) Goodbyes

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