Spotify announces big changes to its revenue machine and Global spends big on Gary Nevile’s network.... Lots of podcast upheaval, but are podcasts at risk of losing money through a bad actor? Thomas Curry, exec at BBC Studios, takes us through the week’s deals.

Also on the show: should we spend double what we do for the World Service? And should the Government pay for it? Rebecca Cooney from Broadcast tells us more.

All that plus: who is playing Huw Edwards in the new Channel 5 drama? What changes are being made at Virgin Radio... and, in the Audio Network Media Quiz, we rundown the biggest charts of the year.. 

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Global Buys Gary Nevile's Podcast Network The Overlap

Spotify launches video podcast API for rival publishers

The podcast app stripping ads from your content

World Service negotiations 

Martin Clunes IS Huw Edwards 

Virgin Radio schedule changes

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