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The Washington Post loses subscribers over its position on the US election... media reporter and writer Tara Conlan tells us why this might be good news for the Guardian.

Podcasting powerhouse Novel's making waves; CEO Craig Strachan's here to chat Kill List, selling your IP to Hollywood and plans for 2025. 

Also on the programme: are we closer to a World Service funding deal? The dangers of working in TV at the moment... and, in the Media Quiz, we put ourselves out of a job using NotebookLM.

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The Media Club’s stories of the week:

Ian Katz chat at BPG lunch - a little on The Gathering too

Wash Po non-endorsement leads to 10% drop in subscriptions - and the Guardian cleans up

Are we inching closer to a World Service/FO deal?

Novel’s new show The Bunny Trap - and start the bidding war for the #1 hit Kill List

Tara’s brilliant Guardian piece on the dangers of being a modern day runner

ECB Rules Out Free To Air Cricket

Gok Wan joins Magic Breakfast

Journalists back strike over Observer

Michael Parkinson returns in AI form

Chapters:

(00:00) Welcome

(00:46) Amelia Dimoldenberg

(02:04) Saoirse Ronan

(04:18) C4's Ian Katz

(09:45) Washington Post's Subs

(19:07) Podcast Discovery

(19:30) PodShop

(20:55) GB News

(24:34) Novel

(30:55) Freelance Exhaustion

(38:00) Media Quiz

(47:30) Goodbyes

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