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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: Are we nearing a media meltdown?
Description: The media sector has been rocked by some tough news this year. We’ve seen the closure of Today FM, the canning of The Project, restructuring at major news providers and a staggering report that MediaWorks faces an uncertain future. There are now even concerns that the cracks are starting to show in radio listenership. This comes after two decades, during which media companies have seen their business model absolutely disrupted by big tech. Newsrooms have contracted, while the balance sheets of Google and Meta have ballooned.  So why are media companies struggling so m...