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1/ OK look #TheMediaShow @BBCRadio4 had a very good 2019 and I can say that because it is all the fault of the producers - @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX, Natalia Fernandez, (Exec) Eleanor Garland. Yet 'tis I who gets INUNDATED with warm feedback. So here are some crackerjack highlights:
@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX 2/ In fact, before you get distracted with those highlights, just do yourself a new year favour and SUBSCRIBE, would you, please? You won't regret it. Subscribe via @bbcsounds here, or else through any other podcast provider: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/br…
@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds 3/ Dorothy Byrne's MacTaggart Lecture earned plaudits in the summer, and has proved controversial since. She came on and talked about how we might restore trust in journalism:

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds 4/ Ted Sarandos is #2 and Creative Boss of @netflix. That makes him the most powerful creative and commissioning figure in global Media today. He gave us well over an hour of his time, in relaying the story - and strategy - of Netflix. Check this out:

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix 5/ Disney's CEO, @RobertIger, is arguably the most powerful man in global Media. He hasn't done many recent interviews with UK media. But he gave us over an hour at the BBC's Maida Vale studios, and we talked mega-deals with Murdoch, Jobs, Lucas...

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix @RobertIger 6/ @RonanFarrow is clearly one of the most important reporters of his generation, and together with @mega2e/@jodikantor felled Weinstein. We had a long chat for this special edition, about duties to sources, mental health - and everything in between:

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@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix @RobertIger @RonanFarrow @mega2e @jodikantor 7/ Dame Frances Cairncross's report into the Future of News was eagerly anticipated. I thought it pragmatic and fair. She did one live interview - for this special edition, where we invited her into a crucible that included @GuidoFawkes. It was lively!

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix @RobertIger @RonanFarrow @mega2e @jodikantor @GuidoFawkes 8/ When @lionelbarber announced he was stepping down as Editor of @FT, he - obviously - gave his first i/view to us. It was just him and @deanbaquet, Editor of @nytimes We talked about... a lot. I have had so, so many positive messages about this one:

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix @RobertIger @RonanFarrow @mega2e @jodikantor @GuidoFawkes @lionelbarber @FT @deanbaquet @nytimes 9/ There are few phenomena in modern Media more fascinating than the open source revolutionaries of @bellingcat - and very few outfits that can claim bigger recent scoops either. This special edition with Founder @EliotHiggins has some amazing detail:

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix @RobertIger @RonanFarrow @mega2e @jodikantor @GuidoFawkes @lionelbarber @FT @deanbaquet @nytimes @bellingcat @EliotHiggins 10/ What's the point of columnists? I've often wondered; and spent most of my career editing them or being one. With a columnist in No 10, we put the question to @WestminsterWAG, Janet Street-Porter, and Matthew Parris. And they were great:

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@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix @RobertIger @RonanFarrow @mega2e @jodikantor @GuidoFawkes @lionelbarber @FT @deanbaquet @nytimes @bellingcat @EliotHiggins @WestminsterWAG 11/ One of the best editions from last year was on a contentious subject: the art of the political interview. What's the aim? What does success look like? How best to achieve it? I asked @RSylvesterTimes, @IainDale, @AndrewMarr9 - and they were riveting:

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@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix @RobertIger @RonanFarrow @mega2e @jodikantor @GuidoFawkes @lionelbarber @FT @deanbaquet @nytimes @bellingcat @EliotHiggins @WestminsterWAG @RSylvesterTimes @IainDale @AndrewMarr9 12/ Is there a Class Ceiling in journalism? Two brilliant and hugely successful women, from proudly ordinary heritages, are @julieetchitv and @MirrorAlison, the Editor of @DailyMirror. We got into their inspirational careers:

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix @RobertIger @RonanFarrow @mega2e @jodikantor @GuidoFawkes @lionelbarber @FT @deanbaquet @nytimes @bellingcat @EliotHiggins @WestminsterWAG @RSylvesterTimes @IainDale @AndrewMarr9 @julieetchitv @MirrorAlison @DailyMirror 13/ This one is just over a year old - from 12 December 2018. But we're proud of it. We asked if football coverage is racist, in response to a story about @sterling7. And @MirrorDarren + @matthewsyed were tremendous contributors:

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix @RobertIger @RonanFarrow @mega2e @jodikantor @GuidoFawkes @lionelbarber @FT @deanbaquet @nytimes @bellingcat @EliotHiggins @WestminsterWAG @RSylvesterTimes @IainDale @AndrewMarr9 @julieetchitv @MirrorAlison @DailyMirror @sterling7 @MirrorDarren @matthewsyed 14/ And for your Christmas present this year, we went inside the offices of @PrivateEyeNews for an exclusive* Review of 2019 with Editor Ian Hislop.

*Exclusive to all licence-fee payers

bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07…
@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix @RobertIger @RonanFarrow @mega2e @jodikantor @GuidoFawkes @lionelbarber @FT @deanbaquet @nytimes @bellingcat @EliotHiggins @WestminsterWAG @RSylvesterTimes @IainDale @AndrewMarr9 @julieetchitv @MirrorAlison @DailyMirror @sterling7 @MirrorDarren @matthewsyed @PrivateEyeNews 15/ (That's enough. Ed). You get the idea. Conscious of sitting on the shoulders of a giant, we work hard to be agile, get massive names, and ask the best + cleverest questions. It's the producers wot won it.

Do me, them and YOU a favour: SUBSCRIBE NOW!

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@BBCRadio4 @HooperRJ @PaulMurphyX @BBCSounds @netflix @RobertIger @RonanFarrow @mega2e @jodikantor @GuidoFawkes @lionelbarber @FT @deanbaquet @nytimes @bellingcat @EliotHiggins @WestminsterWAG @RSylvesterTimes @IainDale @AndrewMarr9 @julieetchitv @MirrorAlison @DailyMirror @sterling7 @MirrorDarren @matthewsyed @PrivateEyeNews 16/ Oh ok ok - I hear you. Here's another recent corker. It's @piersmorgan explaining why @Twitter lost yet another election, and journalists like him and me should spend less time on... er... @Twitter. Ooops!

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1/ Bit more detail on @nick_clegg's move to @facebook. My @BBCNews blog up shortly. Before that, here's a digest, based on a long-ish conversation with him a short while ago...
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3/ Then Clegg + his wife dined w Zuck/Sandberg at Zuck's house. Clegg starts in London in a couple of weeks; family will move (to Menlo Park area, not San Fran) after Xmas. Miriam is giving up her job here; charity work will continue; and no shortage of legal work on West Coast
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