Media Talk podcast: Alan Rusbridger faces MPs, Radio Academy awards

To discuss this week's media news John Plunkett is joined by Observer writer Maggie Brown and Roy Greenslade, professor of journalism at City University. The Guardian's editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger told MPs on Tuesday that the paper "will not be put off by intimidation" – and that's how this paper covered it. But what did our colleagues on Fleet Street say? Other stories discussed on the podcast include: BBC Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan's defence of his all-male daytime lineup; the backlash against David Montgomery's plans for Local World titles and yet more procrastinating over a date for digital radio switchover. Plus, it's good news for podcasters as Radio Academy chief executive Paul Robinson reveals the categories making a comeback in the awards previously known as the Sonys. And in Rebecca Nicholson's TV lair, we find the critic devouring the latest episodes of Homeland and the X Factor, as well as Channel 4's How Video Games Changed the World and shop-doc Liberty of London. John PlunkettMatt HillMaggie BrownRoy GreensladePaul RobinsonRebecca Nicholson