The Media Podcast with Matt Deegan

US Special: Murdoch dumps Trump, Twitter Chaos & Fenton Bailey's take on Reality TV

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Episode notes

Has Trump been dumped by Murdoch? In this week's show, host Jake Kanter is joined by Karin Robinson (Edelman) and Alex Hudson (Newsweek) to dissect the US media landscape in the wake of the Midterms.


Also in the programme, we discuss the news that Emma Tucker looks set to swap editing the Sunday Times for the Wall Street Journal - and the BBC preparing to export its brand of impartiality to America. 


Plus we get some special insight on the hot mess that is Twitter with ex-head of PR & Comms, Sam Hodges, sharing his advice for Elon Musk.


And in our deep dive, director and producer Fenton Bailey, shares his take on Reality TV and the gossip from his new book Screen Age.


NOT ONLY THAT... but media quiz we’re playing Social Media Chaos.


A Rethink Audio Production, produced by Phoebe Adler-Ryan with support from Matt Hill.


Hear more from Fenton Bailey, including his account of discovering Graham Norton, on our Patreon.


ScreenAge: How TV Shaped Our Reality, From Tammy Faye to RuPaul’s Drag Race by Fenton Bailey is published by Ebury Press at £20 and is available in all good bookstores now; To order visit https://smarturl.it/ScreenAge. For US listeners, the book will be available stateside in early 2023.

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