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The Telegraph: The deal is done
Season 3 Episode 53
In today’s episode Alan and Lionel focus on the sale of the Telegraph.
They discuss the new owner, Axel Springer, and what its CEO Mathias Döpfner sai…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Murdochs: Autopsy of a family’s slow death
Season 3 Episode 52
In this Monday’s Media Confidential interview Alan and Lionel talk to Gabriel Sherman, journalist and author of Bonfire of the Murdochs, how the figh…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Reporting on Iran: How to cover total warfare
Season 3 Episode 51
On this week’s Media Confidential, as conflict in the Middle East escalates, Alan and Lionel explore the challenges of reporting on fast-moving inter…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Is the Westminster lobby a victim of groupthink?
Season 3 Episode 50
This week on Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Ailbhe Rea, political editor at the New Statesman, and George Parker, political editor…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Arresting images: How to snap an (ex) prince
Season 3 Episode 49
In this episode of Media Confidential, the Times beats Lionel to his scoop about the leading contender for the BBC’s new director-general. Will Matt …
4 months ago
‘It’s dangerous work’: The battle against digital disinformation
Season 3 Episode 48
This week, Alan and Lionel are joined by Clare Melford, CEO and co-founder of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), a non-profit which aims to mitig…
4 months ago
Labour Together’s snooping operation on journalists
Season 3 Episode 47
In today’s Media Confidential, Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber discuss Labour’s latest scandal, after thinktank Labour Together reportedly hired a …
4 months, 1 week ago
Marty Baron on the Washington Post’s ‘death spiral’
Season 3 Episode 46
In today’s Media Confidential, Alan Rusbridger is joined by Marty Baron, long-time former editor of the Washington Post.
Marty discusses the recent s…
4 months, 1 week ago
‘Jeff Bezos could have saved the Washington Post. Instead he’s trashed it’
Season 3 Episode 45
In this episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel discuss the Washington Post sacking over 300 journalists—or one-third of its newsroom—and the …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Bellingcat founder: ‘Playing whack-a-mole with disinformation is always going to fail’
Season 3 Episode 44
In this episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat, an independent investigative collective of…
4 months, 2 weeks ago