Hat Trick Ends Ents, WaPo Hires Another Brit, ITV Debate Review

06/07/24 • 44 min

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Hat Trick Productions closes its comedy entertainment division. What does it mean for the future of TV comedy when one of the biggest British successes has to shutter its operations? Media news and analysis with Press Gazette reporter Charlotte Tobitt and Head Of Podcasts at Carver PR Becca Newson.

Also on the programme: the Washington Post nab another Brit - why is America turning to this country to run its news divisions?

All that plus, we look at ITN’s plans to combat AI deepfakery whilst Andrew Neil gets stuck in on Times Radio.

And, in the Media Quiz, we reheat a few old formats.

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Also on the programme: the Washington Post nab another Brit - why is America turning to this country to run its news divisions?

All that plus, we look at ITN’s plans to combat AI deepfakery whilst Andrew Neil gets stuck in on Times Radio.

And, in the Media Quiz, we reheat a few old formats.

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