8 Out Of 10, Katz?
How do our pundits rate Channel 4's outgoing content chief?
We’re back! At least, the show is - Matt is still on holiday but Scott Bryan is here to take us through the week’s media news.
And what a week with Ian Katz announcing his departure from Channel 4, and the BBC tells staff that up to 2,000 roles will go in the next round of cuts. Broadcast Magazine’s Rebecca Cooney takes us through a big week in TV.
Also on the show: it’s a rare podcast to TV journey - except that the podcast was never finished. BAFTA-winning TV director Simon Draper joins us to talk about his new documentary Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me, inadvertedly telling his personal story of the commissioning slowdown in the process.
All that plus: Gary Neville buys ‘those bloody YouTubers’... Trump’s libel campaign runs aground... and in the Audio Network Media Quiz, we rise above the politics.
That’s all happening in this edition of The Media Club. Come on in!
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Further reading:
Ian Katz leaves Channel 4 After 9 Years
BBC announces latest round of cuts
The BBC has launched it’s first YouTube docs
Gary Neville’s buys ‘those bloody YouTubers‘
Trump’s Libel cases fall apart
ASA rules on Lidl and Iceland junk food ads
SNL UK announces new guest hosts