Media Show

In this week's Media Show from Salford; Scottish Minister for Culture on broadcasting in an independent Scotland; and Director of BBC North on how the move has shaped content.

BT TV's chief executive Marc Watson; President of Condé Nast International on the future for magazines; and why small local commercial radio stations fear digital switchover.

Trinity Mirror's Sue Douglas on the new People website; why the Independent is re-designing yet again, and what BT Sport and Sky have to play for in Champions League bidding.

The latest on press reform plans; the challenges of producing a programme on mental illness, and Steve meets new media phenomenon JacksGap.

Could broadcasters do more to serve black audiences better; the risks publishers face when allowing online comments; Chris Tarrant retires from Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Steve Hewlett talks to Janice Hadlow, the controller of BBC Two and Four about losing The Great British Bake Off to BBC1 and her priorities for the channels. How can BBC2 and BBC4 be distinctive in a multi-channel world? Sir Ray Tindle joins Steve to explain how his local newspapers have remained profitable when many around him are losing money - and what he thinks of plans to regulate local news. Martin Moore, director of the Media Standards Trust, picks up on issues affecting local papers and discusses the findings of the MST's recent poll which appears to show support for the Royal Charter. Earlier today, The Sun published its poll appearing to show the opposite.

James Purnell, the BBC's Director of Strategy and Digital, on the corporation's vision for the future; and the Editor of The Times, John Witherow, on press reform.

Is The Mail breaking any regulations with its Ralph Miliband story; edging closer to an announcement on radio's digital switchover; are TV soaps losing ground to talent shows.

Why children's entertainment from the BBC needs to offer more online; how a new season on Channel 4 hopes to tackle the impact of pornography; and 90 years of the Radio Times.

The influence of media agencies on broadcast networks; how Twitter's floatation could affect content, and the strange language of journalese.

How might the BBC be governed if the BBC Trust were wound up? And how earnings for top TV writers are making it harder for producers to export programmes.

As a report from the National Audit Office today concludes that severance pay at the BBC provided poor value for money and put public trust at risk, we ask what measures are being put in place to restore confidence. With just over a year to go before Scotland votes on independence, Steve Hewlett discusses how papers and broadcasters will decide agendas, stimulate interest on both sides of the border, and in the BBC's case, ensure impartiality. And following the death of Sir David Frost, we ask whether his interview style would work today, in an age of spin, 24 hour news coverage and news pools.

Women presenters on BBC breakfast shows; the challenges facing lads' mags as a campaign for modesty bags gains momentum, and a book examining the dilemmas faced by reporters.

The latest developments in the David Miranda case with the editor of the Guardian, Alan Rusbridger. The future of political magazines in a digital age with Jason Cowley, editor of the New Statesman. And the re-branding of the International Herald Tribune with Richard Stevenson, the new editor of the International New York Times.

In this week's programme, Steve Hewlett talks to Nick Pollard, whose review into the BBC has led, amongst other things, to the appointment of James Harding to BBC News. In his first interview since it was published in December last year, Steve asks him about his findings, the culture at the BBC and what improvements James Harding could bring to the newsroom now he's joined the corporation. Media writer Maggie Brown outlines who James Harding is, and offers her thougts on the challenges he faces, and former BBC executive Phil Harding gives us the inside track on what life as a BBC editor is like.