What do the noises coming out of Disney+ tell us about the streamer’s plans for user generated AI? Matt Deegan is joined by Stuart Morgan, MD & Founder of Audio Always and Cat Lewis, CEO of Nine Lives Media to discuss the week’s media news.

Also on the show: as Donald Trump raises the stakes against the BBC to $5bn in damages, we’re in Salford at MediaCity, the corporation’s second-biggest hub, speaking to suppliers about how this all impacts their business.

All that plus: the Telegraph is up for sale, again... Goalhanger launch a new show... and, in the Audio Network Media Quiz, we tabloid the news.

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Updates to Disney+

Trump Raises The Stakes vs BBC To $5bn

Telegraph Sale Is Off (Again) 

Should there be an independent process?

FT Launches First Substack

Meta win AntiTrust Case

British Sales Top $1bn to US for first time

The Rest Is Science launches

Kelvin MacKenzie in Shock Guardian Praise

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It was one scandal too many for Tim Davie - where does his departure leave the BBC at this crucial time? And which talented exec would dare take on the role? Former Chief Creative Officer for BBC TV, Patrick Younge, and The Telegraph’s media editor James Warrington, whose paper broke this DG-slaying story, join us in the studio.

Also on the show: ITV is up for sale - well, at least the broadcasting arm is - our panel discuss why Sky is ready to snap it up... Plus, why a dispute between YouTube and Disney is frustrating US football fans... and, in the Audio Network Media Quiz, we consume all the news that’s fit to TikTok.

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Davie & Turness resign over Panorama

Trump's libel deadline

Wider reaction 

ITV in sales talks with Comcast/Sky

Celeb Traitors Is Renewed, obvs

Is Your Podcast Netflix-Ready?

Disney vs YouTube in carriage wars

TikTok Radio Is A Thing Now 

Daily Mail leans into The Crime Desk brand for podcasts and TikTok

ITV partners with TikTok for ads on tentpole brands

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The Sidemen’s manager thinks the Beeb is on the same path as the Titanic; just as others speak up for big changes in the next ten year plan. We ask is it even possible for the corporation to change course? Broadcast consultant Paul Robinson weighs the arguments for us.

Also on the show: - fool me once... shame on you - The Times reflects on being tricked for the second time in a month... journalist and academic Jane Martinson tells us more.

All that plus: Canada leaks the Traitors finale... and, in the Audio Network Media Quiz, we give three more media stories a glow up.

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Sidemen manager calls out 'Titanic' BBC

British Broadcasting Challenge report

Netflix in talks to licence iHeart podcasts

The Times' Recent Blunders (and how to stop them)

Audible out to reinvent Harry Potter

National Design Competition Launched to Honour Fallen Journalists

BBC Accused of Reediting Trump

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What does it take to cut through as a documentary maker on YouTube? Filmmaker Ben Zand joins us to talk about his recent launch, Human.

Also on the show: Disney Plus cuts ties with Doctor Who as it decides not to renew a deal with the BBC... what next for one of the corporation’s international hits? Broadcast’s Rebecca Cooney explains.

All that plus: we look at Sora 2 and AI’s implications for the media, who’s in the running for the BBC’s next mega-format commission... and, in the Audio Network Media Quiz, we Zandland the news.

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Disney+ parts ways with the Whoniverse

AI report: 9% of US newspaper articles may be aided by AI.

Sora 2's rollout

Nine indies shortlisted for BBC and NBCU mega-format

Telegraph links potential owner to China’s Politburo

Claudia Winkleman’s Chat Show

Spotify Video Comes To TV in app reboot

Coogan Hacked Off By Settlement

Legal Action Begins Against Mindhouse Over Doc

Podcast loses major sponsor after interview with Bob Vylan

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Strictly Come Dancing's presenters are both leaving - who’s in the running to replace Tess & Claude at the BBC’s flagship show? And why was their announcement on Instagram so strange? Heather Fallon, senior reporter at Broadcast Magazine explains.

Also on the show: how do you make a talent agency fit for purpose in a digital world? InterTalent’s MD, Alex Segal, joins us to discuss the new skills all agencies need to stay competitive.

All that plus: a Warner Brothers Discovery sale is looking likely - but who wants it? Why has Ofcom rowed back on changes to the Broadcast Code? 

And, in the Audio Network Media Quiz, we pitch some new business ideas.

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Strictly’s Tess and Claudia Wrongfoot The Media With Announcement

Warner Bros Discovery sale on the cards 

Podcasts coming to Netflix... but are they ready for them? And what's behind the platform's poor earnings report? 

Ofcom keeps politicians as presenters rule

DAZN’s Champion’s League Bid

Global’s Upfronts Reveal More Commissions

Channel 4’s new news podcasts

Channel 4's AI Prank

100 Choices Coming To The US

STV Radio launches podcast ahead of station

Matt’s Take on the RAJARs

Alex’s Substack: Dealmakers: https://intertalent.substack.com/

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Attention returns to the south of France as the TV industry is joined at their annual international bash by YouTube. Media writer Tara Conlan is not in Cannes, but is on our sofa, and ready to explain.

Also on the pod: as Spotify does more deals with streamers - BBC Studios’ Thomas Curry is here to survey the podcast landscape with us. 

All that plus: the Daily Mail doubles down on TikTok content, Channel 4 grows its platform... and, in the Audio Network Media Quiz, we discover why our sector will never be the same again.

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Sony Sees Video Games and Anime as Key IP Battlegrounds

Mail is doubling down on social media

Netflix and Spotify do deal for podcasts

Channel 4 and UKTV strike landmark streaming deal 

John Oliver Slams CBS For Bari Weiss Appointment

Most News Publishers Dropped Down Google This Year

Marc Maron ends WTF

SNL UK 'should be the endgame'

Rebecca Frank To Leave KISS

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Global splashes out on buying The Fellas Studios - what can these two very different media brands get from the deal? 

Also on the pod: as the Guardian announces a new digital strategy - Jim Waterson of London Centric looks back at what’s changed in the ten years of Kath Viner editorship.

All that plus: a little bit of Celebrity Traitors and all the latest telly trends with critic Rhianna Dhillon and we find out why Paddington Bear may be going to court.

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Guardian seeks new strategy

Global Acquires Fellas Studios, launches Global Studios

Steven Bartlett launches Flightcast

Did Google Favour Global News Brands Over Local?

Radio Techcon open for business

Daniel Ek to spend more time with his drones

Sky Nabs Macfadden Comedy

Paddington Sues 'Paddington'

AI Presenters to Host Music Channel

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We are back at the British Podcast Awards - one of the biggest nights in media as the worlds of radio, TV and journalism all have a stake in this still fledgling medium.

Ollie Peart is backstage once again to hear from winners including Carl Miller on Kill List season two and a potential TV adaptation and Pod Save The UK’s Coco Kahn on Crooked Media’s struggles with Trump 2.0.

Along the way Matt meets nominees to discuss changes at Audio Always, the UK’s first female-founded video podcast network Hera, and Rory Cellan-Jones on his Parkinson’s podcast Movers And Shakers... with Jeremy Paxman. 

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:

Daniel Ek Steps Back From Spotify To Spend More Time With His Drones)

Bill Murray’s Golf Show Commissioned

Trump Causing Satire Funding Issues, say Armando Iannucci

Observer Veterans Launch New Title

Diversity In TV Advertising Takes A Dip

Clickthrough Rate Increases When You Do A Deal With OpenAI, Report

HERA, The UK’s First Female-Founder Video Podcast

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With Disney and ABC facing the wrath of viewers, why are the big media beasts struggling with the second Trump presidency? Broadcaster and audio critic Miranda Sawyer looks back on another tumultuous week in talk shows.

Also on the pod: which brands and platforms do advertisers love right now and why? Media strategist Jane Ostler from Kantar joins us to reveal the latest Media Reactions data.

All that plus: MPs enter the chat as YouTubers demand a mortgage - but what about the other freelancers? And, in the Media Quiz, we ‘travelogue’ our way around three more curious stories from the week.

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Jimmy Kimmel returns to TV after highly criticized suspension

Kantar Media Reactions 2025

UK’s YouTube and TikTok content creators deserve more rights, say MPs

Sky Studios Elstree Expansion Given Green Light

YouTube Pushes Back On Regulation

Wondery Suddenly Drops Ad Sales On Big UK Show

Independent on the up

Matt Chorley Interviews Ed Davey On A Zip Line

Reach cuts (and Private Eye's take)

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Is the TV industry ready for the latest advertising ban? And why is radio set to profit from it? TV consultant Stephen Arnell joins us to explain more about the Less Healthy Food restrictions.

Also on the show: the rise of fake journalists and PRs is on the rise. Charlotte Tobitt, UK editor of Press Gazette takes us down the rabbithole. All the news from the RTS Cambridge convention with media writer Kate Bulkley.... And the Financial Times launches a new film starring Stephen Fry; we speak to the FT’s Juliet Riddell about marrying journalism with fiction.

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

LHF Ad Ban is looming - and the loophole for radio and podcasters

Channel 4 Makes History By Taking First Ever Majority Stake In A Production Company

YouTube's AI updates in full

Recall Me, Maybe - new FT film starring Stephen Fry

Publisher of Delicious magazine ceases trading

Royal cleaner stories removed by Times and Sun after authenticity questions

Dubious PR agencies are bombarding journalists with fake content 

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

Donald Trump files $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times

Channel 5 launches NFL Big Game Night

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